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Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs ARM M1


Description
The Q9550 is based on Core architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Q9550 gets a score of 49 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.9 times faster than the Q9550 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
f4a
Core
Yorkfield
-
Architecture
Core
Base frecuency
2.833 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
-
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
128+128 kB
- kB
Cache L2
12288 kB
- kB
Cache L3
0 kB
- kB
Date
March 2008
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
17.29k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
48.98k points
142.32k 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
Q9550
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
3.28k
9.46k (x2.88)
Test#2 (FP)
7.28k
24.42k (x3.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.83k
3.76k (x1.33)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.9k
3.8k (x0.98)
TOTAL
17.29k
41.44k (x2.4)

Multithread

Q9550

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
11.72k
34.73k (x2.96)
Test#2 (FP)
24.91k
87.52k (x3.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.77k
13.74k (x1.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.57k
6.34k (x2.47)
TOTAL
48.98k
142.32k (x2.91)

Performance/W
Q9550
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
123 points/W