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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Pentium B980


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the B980 is based on Sandy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 415 k points while the B980 gets 31.8 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 13.1 times faster than the B980. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
206a7
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
PGA 988B
Cores/Threads
12/24
2/2
TDP
W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
2048 kB
Date
October 2013
September 2012
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
18.12k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
31.77k 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
E5-2651 v2
B980
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
7.2k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
5.75k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
2.87k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
2.3k (x1.02)
TOTAL
17.68k
18.12k (x1.02)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

B980
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
13.39k (x0.08)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
10.58k (x0.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
5.22k (x0.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
2.58k (x0.25)
TOTAL
415.01k
31.77k (x0.08)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
B980
Test#1 (Integers)