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Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Core i5-4590S


Description
Both models E3-1220 v3 and i5-4590S are based on Haswell architecture.

"Haswell is known as fourth-generation core too. It uses 22nm Tri-Gate FinFET (non-planar, ""3D"") technology. It includes four arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and three address generation unit (AGU). This generation is able to run Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) instruction set among BMI1, BMI2, ABM and FMA3. At this time, Intel used new sockets: LGA 1150 for desktops and BGA1364 for the mobile CPUs."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E3-1220 v3 gets a score of 76.1 k points while the i5-4590S gets 78.4 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-4590S is 1 times faster than the E3-1220 v3 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
306c3
Core
Haswell-WS
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4 /4
4/4
TDP
80 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
6144 kB
Date
June 2013
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
39.16k points
34.75k points
Mean multithread perf.
140.76k points
117.77k 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
E3-1220 v3
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
3.45k
4.24k (x1.23)
Test#2 (FP)
9.96k
10.54k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.26k
4.76k (x1.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.27k
4.29k (x1)
TOTAL
21.94k
23.84k (x1.09)

Multithread

E3-1220 v3

i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
14.01k
15.01k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
37.68k
37.75k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.05k
17.12k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.35k
8.48k (x1.15)
TOTAL
76.09k
78.37k (x1.03)

Performance/W
E3-1220 v3
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
175 points/W
231 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
471 points/W
581 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
213 points/W
263 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
92 points/W
130 points/W
TOTAL
951 points/W
1206 points/W

Performance/GHz
E3-1220 v3
i5-4590S
Test#1 (Integers)
985 points/GHz
1146 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2845 points/GHz
2850 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1217 points/GHz
1287 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1220 points/GHz
1159 points/GHz
TOTAL
6268 points/GHz
6442 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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