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Athlon II X2 260 vs Xeon E5502


Description
The 260 is based on K10 architecture while the E5502 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 260 gets a score of 27.5 k points while the E5502 gets 22.3 k points.

Summarizing, the 260 is 1.2 times faster than the E5502 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
100f63
106a5
Core
Regor
Gainestown
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
1.867 GHz
Socket
Socket AM3
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
2 /2
TDP
65 W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
kB
4096 kB
Date
May 2010
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
17.05k points
11.3k points
Mean multithread perf.
27.54k points
22.28k 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
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
6.04k
4.76k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
6.2k
3.15k (x0.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
1.94k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.7k
1.45k (x0.85)
TOTAL
17.05k
11.3k (x0.66)

Multithread

260

E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
10.02k
9.48k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
10.18k
6.3k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.1k
3.86k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.25k
2.64k (x1.18)
TOTAL
27.54k
22.28k (x0.81)

Performance/W
260
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
154 points/W
118 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
157 points/W
79 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
78 points/W
48 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
35 points/W
33 points/W
TOTAL
424 points/W
278 points/W

Performance/GHz
260
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
1886 points/GHz
2549 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/GHz
1685 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
971 points/GHz
1038 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
532 points/GHz
779 points/GHz
TOTAL
5328 points/GHz
6051 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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