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Pentium E5500 vs Core i7-860


Description
The E5500 is based on Core architecture while the i7-860 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5500 gets a score of 20.7 k points while the i7-860 gets 49.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-860 is 2.4 times faster than the E5500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
106e5
Core
Wolfdale
Lynnfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.8 GHz
3.467 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA 1156
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/8
TDP
65 W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2010
September 2009
Mean monothread perf.
12.77k points
19.19k points
Mean multithread perf.
20.69k points
75.43k 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
E5500
i7-860
Test#1 (Integers)
2.56k
2.15k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
6.54k
4.87k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.76k
2.82k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.91k
3.13k (x3.43)
TOTAL
12.77k
12.97k (x1.02)

Multithread

E5500

i7-860
Test#1 (Integers)
4.32k
8.24k (x1.91)
Test#2 (FP)
10.8k
21.63k (x2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.7k
14.65k (x3.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.87k
5.02k (x5.75)
TOTAL
20.69k
49.54k (x2.39)

Performance/W
E5500
i7-860
Test#1 (Integers)
66 points/W
87 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
166 points/W
228 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72 points/W
154 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
13 points/W
53 points/W
TOTAL
318 points/W
521 points/W

Performance/GHz
E5500
i7-860
Test#1 (Integers)
914 points/GHz
620 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2335 points/GHz
1405 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
985 points/GHz
814 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
325 points/GHz
902 points/GHz
TOTAL
4560 points/GHz
3741 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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