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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs X5670


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the X5670 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 415 k points while the X5670 gets 115.4 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2651 v2 is 3.6 times faster than the X5670 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
206c2
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Westmere-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.933 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
12/24
6 /6
TDP
W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
12288 kB
Date
October 2013
March 2010
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
20.26k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
115.4k 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
X5670
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
8.35k (x1.24)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
5.58k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
3.32k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
3k (x1.33)
TOTAL
17.68k
20.26k (x1.15)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

X5670
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
49.72k (x0.3)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
35.19k (x0.22)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
21.88k (x0.28)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
8.6k (x0.84)
TOTAL
415.01k
115.4k (x0.28)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
X5670
Test#1 (Integers)