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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs A9 9420


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the 9420 is based on Excavator.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the 9420 gets 26.2 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 16.3 times faster than the 9420. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
670f00
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Stoney Ridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
Micro-BGA
Cores/Threads
12/24
2/2
TDP
W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
96+2x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
1024 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
0 kB
Date
October 2013
April 2017
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
33.09k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
46.33k 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
E5-2651 v2
9420
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
8.41k (x1.25)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
11.48k (x1.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
3.29k (x1.26)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
2.24k (x0.99)
TOTAL
17.68k
25.41k (x1.44)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

9420
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
11.25k (x0.07)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
13.69k (x0.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
2.09k (x0.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
1.87k (x0.18)
TOTAL
415.01k
28.89k (x0.07)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
E5-2651 v2
9420
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
7.55k (x1.13)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
13.9k (x2.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
3.11k (x1.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
2.18k (x1)
TOTAL
17.75k
26.74k (x1.51)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

9420
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
9.09k (x0.06)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
12.25k (x0.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
3k (x0.04)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
1.81k (x0.18)
TOTAL
426.18k
26.15k (x0.06)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
9420
Test#1 (Integers)