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Pentium E5500 vs Core 2 Duo T6600


Description
Both models E5500 and T6600 are based on Core architecture.



Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5500 gets a score of 20.7 k points while the T6600 gets 18.6 k points.

Summarizing, the E5500 is 1.1 times faster than the T6600. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
1067a
Core
Wolfdale
Penryn-3M
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
2.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
Socket P
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
April 2010
January 2009
Mean monothread perf.
12.77k points
11.15k points
Mean multithread perf.
20.69k points
20.63k 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
T6600
Test#1 (Integers)
2.56k
2.01k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
6.54k
5.17k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.76k
2.17k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.91k
0.75k (x0.83)
TOTAL
12.77k
10.1k (x0.79)

Multithread

E5500

T6600
Test#1 (Integers)
4.32k
3.88k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
10.8k
9.84k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.7k
4.17k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.87k
0.69k (x0.79)
TOTAL
20.69k
18.58k (x0.9)

Performance/W
E5500
T6600
Test#1 (Integers)
66 points/W
111 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
166 points/W
281 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72 points/W
119 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
13 points/W
20 points/W
TOTAL
318 points/W
531 points/W

Performance/GHz
E5500
T6600
Test#1 (Integers)
914 points/GHz
913 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2335 points/GHz
2349 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
985 points/GHz
987 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
325 points/GHz
342 points/GHz
TOTAL
4560 points/GHz
4592 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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