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Core i5-3437U vs Xeon E5-2651 v2


Description
Both models i5-3437U and E5-2651 v2 are based on Ivy Bridge architecture.

"Ivy Bridge is the last Intel microarchitecture for which there is official driver support for Windows XP . It is made under 22 nm Tri-Gate transistor (""3D"") technology and is basically a Sandy Bridge shrink. It has PCI Express 3.0 support and RdRand instruction for security tasks."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-3437U gets a score of 30.5 k points while the E5-2651 v2 gets 426.2 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 14 times faster than the i5-3437U . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306a9
306e4
Core
Ivy Bridge
Ivy Bridge-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.9 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.9 GHz
2.2 GHz
Socket
BGA1023
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
2 /4
12/24
TDP
17 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
12x256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
30720 kB
Date
January 2013
October 2013
Mean monothread perf.
14.65k points
17.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
30.46k points
426.18k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-3437U
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
4.96k
6.69k (x1.35)
Test#2 (FP)
5.67k
6.35k (x1.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.91k
2.54k (x1.33)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.11k
2.17k (x1.03)
TOTAL
14.65k
17.75k (x1.21)

Multithread

i5-3437U

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
10.4k
165.17k (x15.88)
Test#2 (FP)
12.73k
176.85k (x13.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.34k
73.91k (x17.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.99k
10.25k (x3.43)
TOTAL
30.46k
426.18k (x13.99)

Performance/W
i5-3437U
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
612 points/W