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Core i7-8550U vs Xeon W3530


Description
The i7-8550U is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the W3530 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8550U gets a score of 127.9 k points while the W3530 gets 72.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8550U is 1.8 times faster than the W3530 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
106a5
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Bloomfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.067 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/8
4 /4
TDP
15 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
August 2017
March 2010
Mean monothread perf.
64.2k points
18.2k points
Mean multithread perf.
166.12k points
72.77k 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
i7-8550U
W3530
Test#1 (Integers)
12.93k
7.51k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
20.59k
4.93k (x0.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.41k
3.02k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.48k
2.74k (x0.26)
TOTAL
49.41k
18.2k (x0.37)

Multithread

i7-8550U

W3530
Test#1 (Integers)
41.11k
31.33k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
65.04k
23.11k (x0.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.53k
15.78k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.22k
2.55k (x0.61)
TOTAL
127.9k
72.77k (x0.57)

Performance/W
i7-8550U
W3530
Test#1 (Integers)
2741 points/W
241 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
4336 points/W
178 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1169 points/W
121 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
281 points/W
20 points/W
TOTAL
8527 points/W
560 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-8550U
W3530
Test#1 (Integers)
3232 points/GHz
2450 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5147 points/GHz
1608 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1353 points/GHz
986 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2620 points/GHz
892 points/GHz
TOTAL
12351 points/GHz
5935 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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