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ARM M1 vs Xeon E5506


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the E5506 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the E5506 gets 90.4 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.6 times faster than the E5506 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
106a5
Core
-
Gainestown
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.133 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
4 /4
TDP
- W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
64 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
4096 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
9.97k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
90.45k 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
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
4.48k (x0.47)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
2.99k (x0.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
1.81k (x0.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
0.69k (x0.18)
TOTAL
41.44k
9.97k (x0.24)

Multithread

M1

E5506
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
41k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
28.17k (x0.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
17.4k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
3.88k (x0.61)
TOTAL
142.32k
90.45k (x0.64)

Performance/W
M1
E5506
Test#1 (Integers)