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Celeron N2840 vs Xeon E5506


Description
The N2840 is based on Silvermont architecture while the E5506 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the N2840 gets a score of 16.8 k points while the E5506 gets 90.4 k points.

Summarizing, the E5506 is 5.4 times faster than the N2840. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
30678
106a5
Core
Bay Trail-M
Gainestown
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.167 GHz
2.133 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.58 GHz
2.133 GHz
Socket
BGA1170
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
4 /4
TDP
7,5 W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x24 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
1024 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
4096 kB
Date
July 2014
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
10.36k points
9.97k points
Mean multithread perf.
16.79k points
90.45k 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
N2840
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
4.8k
4.48k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
2.47k
2.99k (x1.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.86k
1.81k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.22k
0.69k (x0.57)
TOTAL
10.36k
9.97k (x0.96)

Multithread

N2840

E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
8.24k
41k (x4.98)
Test#2 (FP)
4.19k
28.17k (x6.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.05k
17.4k (x5.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.32k
3.88k (x2.95)
TOTAL
16.79k
90.45k (x5.39)

Performance/W
N2840
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
1177 points/W
513 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
598 points/W
352 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
436 points/W
217 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
188 points/W
48 points/W
TOTAL
2399 points/W
1131 points/W

Performance/GHz
N2840
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
1861 points/GHz
2099 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
958 points/GHz
1404 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
723 points/GHz
847 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
472 points/GHz
325 points/GHz
TOTAL
4015 points/GHz
4675 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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