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Core 2 Duo E8500 vs Xeon E5502


Description
The E8500 is based on Core architecture while the E5502 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E8500 gets a score of 31.2 k points while the E5502 gets 22.3 k points.

Summarizing, the E8500 is 1.4 times faster than the E5502 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
106a5
Core
Wolfdale
Gainestown
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.167 GHz
1.867 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
2 /2
TDP
65 W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
6144 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
kB
4096 kB
Date
August 2008
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
19.46k points
11.3k points
Mean multithread perf.
31.21k points
22.28k 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
E8500
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
3.65k
4.76k (x1.31)
Test#2 (FP)
8.07k
3.15k (x0.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
1.94k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.59k
1.45k (x0.32)
TOTAL
19.46k
11.3k (x0.58)

Multithread

E8500

E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
7.11k
9.48k (x1.33)
Test#2 (FP)
15.79k
6.3k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.2k
3.86k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.13k
2.64k (x1.24)
TOTAL
31.21k
22.28k (x0.71)

Performance/W
E8500
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
109 points/W
118 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
243 points/W
79 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
95 points/W
48 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
33 points/W
33 points/W
TOTAL
480 points/W
278 points/W

Performance/GHz
E8500
E5502
Test#1 (Integers)
1151 points/GHz
2549 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2549 points/GHz
1685 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
994 points/GHz
1038 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1450 points/GHz
779 points/GHz
TOTAL
6144 points/GHz
6051 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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