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ARM M1 vs Xeon E5645


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the E5645 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the E5645 gets 77 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.8 times faster than the E5645 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
206c2
Core
-
Westmere-EP
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
6 /6
TDP
- W
80 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
64 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
12288 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2010
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
15.64k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
76.96k 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
E5645
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
6.47k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
4.4k (x0.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
2.43k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
2.33k (x0.61)
TOTAL
41.44k
15.64k (x0.38)

Multithread

M1

E5645
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
34.43k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
24.23k (x0.28)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
14.48k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
3.81k (x0.6)
TOTAL
142.32k
76.96k (x0.54)

Performance/W
M1
E5645
Test#1 (Integers)