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Pentium G850 vs Athlon II X2 260


Description
The G850 is based on Sandy Bridge architecture while the 260 is based on K10.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the G850 gets a score of 40.5 k points while the 260 gets 27.5 k points.

Summarizing, the G850 is 1.5 times faster than the 260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
206a7
100f63
Core
Sandy Bridge
Regor
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
Socket AM3
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
2x128 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
2x1024 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
kB
Date
May 2012
May 2010
Mean monothread perf.
21.85k points
17.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
40.5k points
27.54k 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
G850
260
Test#1 (Integers)
8.77k
6.04k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
7.08k
6.2k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.72k
3.11k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.28k
1.7k (x0.75)
TOTAL
21.85k
17.05k (x0.78)

Multithread

G850

260
Test#1 (Integers)
17.5k
10.02k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
13.48k
10.18k (x0.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.32k
5.1k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.19k
2.25k (x1.02)
TOTAL
40.5k
27.54k (x0.68)

Performance/W
G850
260
Test#1 (Integers)
269 points/W
154 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
207 points/W
157 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
113 points/W
78 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
34 points/W
35 points/W
TOTAL
623 points/W
424 points/W

Performance/GHz
G850
260
Test#1 (Integers)
3025 points/GHz
1886 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2440 points/GHz
1939 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1283 points/GHz
971 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
787 points/GHz
532 points/GHz
TOTAL
7534 points/GHz
5328 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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