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Core i5-4210U vs i7-950


Description
The i5-4210U is based on Haswell architecture while the i7-950 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-4210U gets a score of 45.2 k points while the i7-950 gets 76.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-950 is 1.7 times faster than the i5-4210U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
40651
106a5
Core
Haswell
Bloomfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.7 GHz
3.066 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.7 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
BGA 1169
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/4
TDP
15 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2014
June 2009
Mean monothread perf.
27.41k points
19.46k points
Mean multithread perf.
57.58k points
76.29k 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
i5-4210U
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
9.26k
8.01k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
8.2k
5.38k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.57k
3.11k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.92k
2.96k (x1.01)
TOTAL
23.95k
19.46k (x0.81)

Multithread

i5-4210U

i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
17.53k
31.53k (x1.8)
Test#2 (FP)
17.56k
24.16k (x1.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.65k
15.84k (x2.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.49k
4.75k (x1.91)
TOTAL
45.22k
76.29k (x1.69)

Performance/W
i5-4210U
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
1169 points/W
243 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1171 points/W
186 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
510 points/W
122 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
166 points/W
37 points/W
TOTAL
3015 points/W
587 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-4210U
i7-950
Test#1 (Integers)
3429 points/GHz
2403 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
3038 points/GHz
1614 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1322 points/GHz
934 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1083 points/GHz
888 points/GHz
TOTAL
8872 points/GHz
5839 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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