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Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Pentium E5500


Description
The E5-2670 v3 is based on Haswell architecture while the E5500 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2670 v3 gets a score of 182.6 k points while the E5500 gets 20.7 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2670 v3 is 8.8 times faster than the E5500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306f2
1067a
Core
Haswell-EP
Wolfdale
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.1 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011-3
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
12/24
2/2
TDP
120 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
0 kB
Date
September 2014
April 2010
Mean monothread perf.
36.41k points
12.77k points
Mean multithread perf.
452.9k points
20.69k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
E5-2670 v3
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
3.52k
2.56k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
8.68k
6.54k (x0.75)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.83k
2.76k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.13k
0.91k (x0.29)
TOTAL
18.17k
12.77k (x0.7)

Multithread

E5-2670 v3

E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
32.7k
4.32k (x0.13)
Test#2 (FP)
105.18k
10.8k (x0.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
35.18k
4.7k (x0.13)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.54k
0.87k (x0.09)
TOTAL
182.59k
20.69k (x0.11)

Performance/W
E5-2670 v3
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
272 points/W
66 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
876 points/W
166 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
293 points/W
72 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
79 points/W
13 points/W
TOTAL
1522 points/W
318 points/W

Performance/GHz
E5-2670 v3
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
1136 points/GHz
914 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2801 points/GHz
2335 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
914 points/GHz
985 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1010 points/GHz
325 points/GHz
TOTAL
5861 points/GHz
4560 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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