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Core Duo T2450 vs Xeon E5506


Description
The T2450 is based on Mobile architecture while the E5506 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the T2450 gets a score of 11.4 k points while the E5506 gets 90.4 k points.

Summarizing, the E5506 is 7.9 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6ec
106a5
Core
Yonah
Gainestown
Architecture
Mobile
Base frecuency
2 GHz
2.133 GHz
Socket
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
4 /4
TDP
W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
kB
4096 kB
Date
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
6.49k points
9.97k points
Mean multithread perf.
11.37k points
90.45k 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
T2450
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
1.04k
1.21k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
1.85k
2.75k (x1.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.76k
1.94k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.97k
0.78k (x0.8)
TOTAL
5.62k
6.68k (x1.19)

Multithread

T2450

E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
1.78k
12.25k (x6.89)
Test#2 (FP)
3.51k
25.55k (x7.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.05k
17.1k (x5.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.94k
5.01k (x5.36)
TOTAL
9.28k
59.9k (x6.45)

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
T2450
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
1.81k
4.48k (x2.47)
Test#2 (FP)
1.96k
2.99k (x1.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.81k
1.81k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.9k
0.69k (x0.77)
TOTAL
6.49k
9.97k (x1.54)

Multithread

T2450

E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
3.41k
41k (x12.04)
Test#2 (FP)
3.89k
28.17k (x7.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.1k
17.4k (x5.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.97k
3.88k (x3.98)
TOTAL
11.37k
90.45k (x7.96)

Performance/W
T2450
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)