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Xeon E3-1225 vs Pentium G850


Description
Both models E3-1225 and G850 are based on Sandy Bridge architecture.

"Sandy Bridge codename was originally ""Gesher"". The development began in 2005 and four years later, the first Sandy Bridge CPU was presented. The most prominent features are Intel Turbo Boost 2.0, AES encryption and SHA-1 hashing acceleration, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) 256-bit instruction set and the ability to have up to 8 physical cores or 16 logical cores through Hyper-Threading."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E3-1225 gets a score of 69 k points while the G850 gets 40.5 k points.

Summarizing, the E3-1225 is 1.7 times faster than the G850 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
206a7
206a7
Core
Sandy Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/2
TDP
95 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
3072 kB
Date
April 2011
May 2012
Mean monothread perf.
23.94k points
21.85k points
Mean multithread perf.
68.97k points
40.5k 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
E3-1225
G850
Test#1 (Integers)
9.65k
8.77k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
7.76k
7.08k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.95k
3.72k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.57k
2.28k (x0.89)
TOTAL
23.94k
21.85k (x0.91)

Multithread

E3-1225

G850
Test#1 (Integers)
30.52k
17.5k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
24.1k
13.48k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.01k
7.32k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.34k
2.19k (x0.94)
TOTAL
68.97k
40.5k (x0.59)

Performance/W
E3-1225
G850
Test#1 (Integers)
321 points/W
269 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
254 points/W
207 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
126 points/W
113 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
25 points/W
34 points/W
TOTAL
726 points/W
623 points/W

Performance/GHz
E3-1225
G850
Test#1 (Integers)
2839 points/GHz
3025 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2283 points/GHz
2440 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1162 points/GHz
1283 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
757 points/GHz
787 points/GHz
TOTAL
7041 points/GHz
7534 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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