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Xeon W3520 vs ARM M1


Description
The W3520 is based on Nehalem architecture while the M1 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the W3520 gets a score of 73.2 k points while the M1 gets 142.3 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.9 times faster than the W3520 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
106a5
f4a
Core
Nehalem-WS
-
Architecture
Nehalem
Base frecuency
2.667 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.933 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1366
-
Cores/Threads
4 /8
4/4
TDP
130 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
- kB
Date
March 2009
January 1900
Mean monothread perf.
17.96k points
41.44k points
Mean multithread perf.
73.16k 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
W3520
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
7.35k
9.46k (x1.29)
Test#2 (FP)
4.89k
24.42k (x4.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.9k
3.76k (x1.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.82k
3.8k (x1.35)
TOTAL
17.96k
41.44k (x2.31)

Multithread

W3520

M1
Test#1 (Integers)
29.69k
34.73k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
22.26k
87.52k (x3.93)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.91k
13.74k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.29k
6.34k (x1.01)
TOTAL
73.16k
142.32k (x1.95)

Performance/W
W3520
M1
Test#1 (Integers)
228 points/W