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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Athlon II X2 260


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the 260 is based on K10.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 415 k points while the 260 gets 27.5 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 15.1 times faster than the 260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
100f63
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Regor
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
Socket AM3
Cores/Threads
12/24
2/2
TDP
W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
2x128 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
2x1024 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
kB
Date
October 2013
May 2010
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
17.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k 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
E5-2651 v2
260
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
6.04k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
6.2k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
3.11k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
1.7k (x0.75)
TOTAL
17.68k
17.05k (x0.96)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

260
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
10.02k (x0.06)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
10.18k (x0.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
5.1k (x0.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
2.25k (x0.22)
TOTAL
415.01k
27.54k (x0.07)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
260
Test#1 (Integers)