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Core 2 Quad Q6700 vs Xeon E5-2651 v2


Description
The Q6700 is based on Core architecture while the E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Q6700 gets a score of 19.8 k points while the E5-2651 v2 gets 415 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 21 times faster than the Q6700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6fb
306e4
Core
Kentsfield
Ivy Bridge-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.666 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.666 GHz
2.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
4/4
12/24
TDP
95 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
8192 kB
12x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
30720 kB
Date
April 2007
October 2013
Mean monothread perf.
10.05k points
17.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
19.77k points
426.18k 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
Q6700
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
3.06k
6.75k (x2.21)
Test#2 (FP)
2.74k
6.05k (x2.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.56k
2.61k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.68k
2.26k (x1.34)
TOTAL
10.05k
17.68k (x1.76)

Multithread

Q6700

E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
7.28k
168.18k (x23.1)
Test#2 (FP)
5.83k
159.6k (x27.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.13k
77.04k (x15.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.53k
10.19k (x6.65)
TOTAL
19.77k
415.01k (x20.99)

Performance/W
Q6700
E5-2651 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
77 points/W