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Core i7-950 vs Celeron 3855U


Description
The i7-950 is based on Westmere architecture while the 3855U is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-950 gets a score of 76.3 k points while the 3855U gets 24.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-950 is 3.1 times faster than the 3855U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
406e3
Core
Bloomfield
Skylake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.066 GHz
1.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.333 GHz
1.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/2
TDP
130 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2096 kB
Date
June 2009
December 2015
Mean monothread perf.
19.46k points
19.24k points
Mean multithread perf.
76.29k points
24.56k 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
i7-950
3855U
Test#1 (Integers)
8.01k
5.93k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
5.38k
8.53k (x1.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
2.28k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.96k
2.5k (x0.84)
TOTAL
19.46k
19.24k (x0.99)

Multithread

i7-950

3855U
Test#1 (Integers)
31.53k
7.87k (x0.25)
Test#2 (FP)
24.16k
11.28k (x0.47)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.84k
2.91k (x0.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.75k
2.5k (x0.53)
TOTAL
76.29k
24.56k (x0.32)

Performance/W
i7-950
3855U
Test#1 (Integers)
243 points/W
524 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
186 points/W
752 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
122 points/W
194 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
37 points/W
166 points/W
TOTAL
587 points/W
1637 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-950
3855U
Test#1 (Integers)
2403 points/GHz
3706 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1614 points/GHz
5333 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
934 points/GHz
1423 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
888 points/GHz
1562 points/GHz
TOTAL
5839 points/GHz
12024 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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