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ARM M1 vs Core 2 Duo E8400


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the E8400 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the E8400 gets 27.1 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 5.3 times faster than the E8400 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
1067a
Core
-
Wolfdale
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
4/4
2/2
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
6144 kB
Cache L3
- kB
0 kB
Date
January 1900
January 2008
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
17.28k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
27.11k 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
M1
E8400
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
3.3k (x0.35)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
7.28k (x0.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
2.88k (x0.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.83k (x1.01)
TOTAL
41.44k
17.28k (x0.42)

Multithread

M1

E8400
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
6.3k (x0.18)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
13.71k (x0.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
5.32k (x0.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
1.78k (x0.28)
TOTAL
142.32k
27.11k (x0.19)

Performance/W
M1
E8400
Test#1 (Integers)