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ARM M1 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the Q9550 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the Q9550 gets 49 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 2.9 times faster than the Q9550 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
1067a
Core
-
Yorkfield
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.833 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/4
TDP
- W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
128+128 kB
Cache L2
- kB
12288 kB
Cache L3
- kB
0 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2008
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
17.29k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
48.98k 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
Q9550
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
3.28k (x0.35)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
7.28k (x0.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
2.83k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.9k (x1.02)
TOTAL
41.44k
17.29k (x0.42)

Multithread

M1

Q9550
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
11.72k (x0.34)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
24.91k (x0.28)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
9.77k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
2.57k (x0.41)
TOTAL
142.32k
48.98k (x0.34)

Performance/W
M1
Q9550
Test#1 (Integers)