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Core i5-3570S vs Xeon E5-2660 v2


Description
Both models i5-3570S and E5-2660 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 i5-3570S gets a score of 102.4 k points while the E5-2660 v2 gets 459.3 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2660 v2 is 4.5 times faster than the i5-3570S . 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
3.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
4/4
10 /20
TDP
65 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
10x32+10x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
10x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
25600 kB
Date
June 2012
September 2013
Mean monothread perf.
28.6k points
19.48k points
Mean multithread perf.
102.41k points
459.31k 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
i5-3570S
E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
10.39k
7.26k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
10.08k
6.9k (x0.69)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.01k
2.77k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.13k
2.55k (x0.62)
TOTAL
28.6k
19.48k (x0.68)

Multithread

i5-3570S

E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
40.44k
180.2k (x4.46)
Test#2 (FP)
39.31k
191.43k (x4.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.18k
80.22k (x5.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.49k
7.46k (x1)
TOTAL
102.41k
459.31k (x4.48)

Performance/W
i5-3570S
E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
622 points/W
1897 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
605 points/W
2015 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
233 points/W
844 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
115 points/W
79 points/W
TOTAL
1576 points/W
4835 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-3570S
E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
2734 points/GHz
2420 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2652 points/GHz
2302 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1056 points/GHz
923 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1086 points/GHz
851 points/GHz
TOTAL
7528 points/GHz
6495 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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