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Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs Xeon E3-1220 v3


Description
The Q9550 is based on Core architecture while the E3-1220 v3 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Q9550 gets a score of 49 k points while the E3-1220 v3 gets 76.1 k points.

Summarizing, the E3-1220 v3 is 1.6 times faster than the Q9550 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
306c3
Core
Yorkfield
Haswell-WS
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.833 GHz
3.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.833 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4/4
4 /4
TDP
95 W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
128+128 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
12288 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2008
June 2013
Mean monothread perf.
17.29k points
39.16k points
Mean multithread perf.
48.98k points
140.76k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
Q9550
E3-1220 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
2.6k
3.45k (x1.33)
Test#2 (FP)
6.67k
9.96k (x1.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.72k
4.26k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.43k
4.27k (x0.96)
TOTAL
16.42k
21.94k (x1.34)

Multithread

Q9550

E3-1220 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
9.92k
14.01k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
25.37k
37.68k (x1.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.31k
17.05k (x1.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.37k
7.35k (x2.18)
TOTAL
48.96k
76.09k (x1.55)

Performance/W
Q9550
E3-1220 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
104 points/W
175 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
267 points/W
471 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
109 points/W
213 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
35 points/W
92 points/W
TOTAL
515 points/W
951 points/W

Performance/GHz
Q9550
E3-1220 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
917 points/GHz
985 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2356 points/GHz
2845 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
959 points/GHz
1217 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1565 points/GHz
1220 points/GHz
TOTAL
5797 points/GHz
6268 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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