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Xeon E5506 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The E5506 is based on Nehalem architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5506 gets a score of 90.4 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the E5506 is 7.9 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
6ec
Core
Gainestown
Yonah
Architecture
Nehalem
Base frecuency
2.133 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
4 /4
2/2
TDP
80 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
kB
Date
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
9.97k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
90.45k points
11.37k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
E5506
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.21k
1.04k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
2.75k
1.85k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.94k
1.76k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.78k
0.97k (x1.24)
TOTAL
6.68k
5.62k (x0.84)

Multithread

E5506

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
12.25k
1.78k (x0.15)
Test#2 (FP)
25.55k
3.51k (x0.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.1k
3.05k (x0.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.01k
0.94k (x0.19)
TOTAL
59.9k
9.28k (x0.15)

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
E5506
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
4.48k
1.81k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
2.99k
1.96k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.81k
1.81k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.69k
0.9k (x1.3)
TOTAL
9.97k
6.49k (x0.65)

Multithread

E5506

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
41k
3.41k (x0.08)
Test#2 (FP)
28.17k
3.89k (x0.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.4k
3.1k (x0.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.88k
0.97k (x0.25)
TOTAL
90.45k
11.37k (x0.13)

Performance/W
E5506
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
513 points/W