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Xeon E5506 vs ARM M1


Description
The E5506 is based on Nehalem architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5506 gets a score of 90.4 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.6 times faster than the E5506 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
f4a
Core
Gainestown
-
Architecture
Nehalem
Base frecuency
2.133 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
-
Cores/Threads
4 /4
4/4
TDP
80 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
- kB
Cache L2
256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
- kB
Date
March 2009
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
9.97k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
90.45k points
142.32k 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
E5506
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
4.48k
9.46k (x2.11)
Test#2 (FP)
2.99k
24.42k (x8.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.81k
3.76k (x2.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.69k
3.8k (x5.49)
TOTAL
9.97k
41.44k (x4.16)

Multithread

E5506

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
41k
34.73k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
28.17k
87.52k (x3.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.4k
13.74k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.88k
6.34k (x1.64)
TOTAL
90.45k
142.32k (x1.57)

Performance/W
E5506
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
513 points/W