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Athlon II X2 260 vs Core i7-950


Description
The 260 is based on K10 architecture while the i7-950 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 260 gets a score of 27.5 k points while the i7-950 gets 76.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-950 is 2.8 times faster than the 260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
100f63
106a5
Core
Regor
Bloomfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.066 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
Socket AM3
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/4
TDP
65 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
kB
8192 kB
Date
May 2010
June 2009
Mean monothread perf.
17.05k points
19.46k points
Mean multithread perf.
27.54k points
76.29k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
260
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
6.04k
8.01k (x1.33)
Test#2 (FP)
6.2k
5.38k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
3.11k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.7k
2.96k (x1.74)
TOTAL
17.05k
19.46k (x1.14)

Multithread

260

i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
10.02k
31.53k (x3.15)
Test#2 (FP)
10.18k
24.16k (x2.37)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.1k
15.84k (x3.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.25k
4.75k (x2.11)
TOTAL
27.54k
76.29k (x2.77)

Performance/W
260
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
154 points/W
243 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
157 points/W
186 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
78 points/W
122 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
35 points/W
37 points/W
TOTAL
424 points/W
587 points/W

Performance/GHz
260
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
1886 points/GHz
2403 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/GHz
1614 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
971 points/GHz
934 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
532 points/GHz
888 points/GHz
TOTAL
5328 points/GHz
5839 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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