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Pentium E5500 vs Core i7-930


Description
The E5500 is based on Core architecture while the i7-930 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5500 gets a score of 20.7 k points while the i7-930 gets 42.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-930 is 2 times faster than the E5500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
106a5
Core
Wolfdale
Bloomfield
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.8 GHz
3.067 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/8
TDP
65 W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2010
February 2010
Mean monothread perf.
12.77k points
17.58k points
Mean multithread perf.
20.69k points
69.39k 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
i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
2.56k
1.94k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
6.54k
4.38k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.76k
2.64k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.91k
2.41k (x2.64)
TOTAL
12.77k
11.37k (x0.89)

Multithread

E5500

i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
4.32k
7.3k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
10.8k
19.36k (x1.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.7k
13.43k (x2.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.87k
2.01k (x2.3)
TOTAL
20.69k
42.11k (x2.04)

Performance/W
E5500
i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
66 points/W
56 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
166 points/W
149 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72 points/W
103 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
13 points/W
15 points/W
TOTAL
318 points/W
324 points/W

Performance/GHz
E5500
i7-930
Test#1 (Integers)
914 points/GHz
633 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2335 points/GHz
1429 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
985 points/GHz
860 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
325 points/GHz
785 points/GHz
TOTAL
4560 points/GHz
3708 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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