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Core i7-950 vs i5-10500H


Description
The i7-950 is based on Westmere architecture while the i5-10500H is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-950 gets a score of 76.3 k points while the i5-10500H gets 290.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-10500H is 3.8 times faster than the i7-950 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
a0652
Core
Bloomfield
Comet Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.066 GHz
3.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.333 GHz
4.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
LGA 1200
Cores/Threads
4/4
6/12
TDP
130 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
12288 kB
Date
June 2009
April 2020
Mean monothread perf.
19.46k points
72.1k points
Mean multithread perf.
76.29k points
378.99k 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
i5-10500H
Test#1 (Integers)
8.01k
15.89k (x1.98)
Test#2 (FP)
5.38k
22.74k (x4.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
6.09k (x1.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.96k
12.49k (x4.22)
TOTAL
19.46k
57.21k (x2.94)

Multithread

i7-950

i5-10500H
Test#1 (Integers)
31.53k
96.8k (x3.07)
Test#2 (FP)
24.16k
149.1k (x6.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.84k
39.68k (x2.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.75k
5.28k (x1.11)
TOTAL
76.29k
290.85k (x3.81)

Performance/W
i7-950
i5-10500H
Test#1 (Integers)
243 points/W
1489 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
186 points/W
2294 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
122 points/W
610 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
37 points/W
81 points/W
TOTAL
587 points/W
4475 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-950
i5-10500H
Test#1 (Integers)
2403 points/GHz
3531 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1614 points/GHz
5054 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
934 points/GHz
1353 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
888 points/GHz
2776 points/GHz
TOTAL
5839 points/GHz
12713 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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