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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Core 2 Duo P8600


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the P8600 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 415 k points while the P8600 gets 21 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 19.8 times faster than the P8600. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
10676
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Penryn-3M
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
BGA 479
Cores/Threads
12/24
2/2
TDP
W
25 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
3072 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
0 kB
Date
October 2013
July 2008
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
12.41k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
20.99k 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
P8600
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
2.76k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
6.11k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
2.3k (x0.88)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
1.25k (x0.55)
TOTAL
17.68k
12.41k (x0.7)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

P8600
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
4.94k (x0.03)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
10.59k (x0.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
4.22k (x0.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
1.24k (x0.12)
TOTAL
415.01k
20.99k (x0.05)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
P8600
Test#1 (Integers)