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Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Pentium E5500


Description
The 4200+ is based on K8 architecture while the E5500 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 4200+ gets a score of 13.3 k points while the E5500 gets 20.7 k points.

Summarizing, the E5500 is 1.6 times faster than the 4200+. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
40fb2
1067a
Core
Brisbane
Wolfdale
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
Socket AM2
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
2x512 kB
2048 kB
Date
January 2007
April 2010
Mean monothread perf.
9.57k points
12.77k points
Mean multithread perf.
17.83k 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
4200+
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
1.13k
2.56k (x2.27)
Test#2 (FP)
3.76k
6.54k (x1.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.72k
2.76k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.67k
0.91k (x1.35)
TOTAL
7.28k
12.77k (x1.75)

Multithread

4200+

E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
2.18k
4.32k (x1.98)
Test#2 (FP)
7.1k
10.8k (x1.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.34k
4.7k (x1.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.7k
0.87k (x1.25)
TOTAL
13.32k
20.69k (x1.55)

Performance/W
4200+
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
34 points/W
66 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
109 points/W
166 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
51 points/W
72 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
11 points/W
13 points/W
TOTAL
205 points/W
318 points/W

Performance/GHz
4200+
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
514 points/GHz
914 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1710 points/GHz
2335 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
781 points/GHz
985 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
306 points/GHz
325 points/GHz
TOTAL
3311 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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