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Xeon W3520 vs Core i5-9500


Description
The W3520 is based on Nehalem architecture while the i5-9500 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the W3520 gets a score of 73.2 k points while the i5-9500 gets 261.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-9500 is 3.6 times faster than the W3520 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
906ea
Core
Nehalem-WS
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.667 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.933 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4 /8
6/6
TDP
130 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
9216 kB
Date
March 2009
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
17.96k points
73.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
73.16k points
352.84k 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
W3520
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
7.35k
16.06k (x2.19)
Test#2 (FP)
4.89k
23.19k (x4.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.9k
6.1k (x2.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.82k
12.79k (x4.54)
TOTAL
17.96k
58.14k (x3.24)

Multithread

W3520

i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
29.69k
90.44k (x3.05)
Test#2 (FP)
22.26k
131.23k (x5.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.91k
33.85k (x2.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.29k
5.59k (x0.89)
TOTAL
73.16k
261.11k (x3.57)

Performance/W
W3520
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
228 points/W
1391 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
171 points/W
2019 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
115 points/W
521 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
48 points/W
86 points/W
TOTAL
563 points/W
4017 points/W

Performance/GHz
W3520
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
2506 points/GHz
3650 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1669 points/GHz
5271 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
989 points/GHz
1386 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
960 points/GHz
2907 points/GHz
TOTAL
6123 points/GHz
13214 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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