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ARM M1 vs Xeon W3520


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the W3520 is based on Nehalem.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the W3520 gets 73.2 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.9 times faster than the W3520 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
106a5
Core
-
Nehalem-WS
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.667 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.933 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
4 /8
TDP
- W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+x4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
March 2009
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
17.96k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
73.16k 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
W3520
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
7.35k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
4.89k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
2.9k (x0.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
2.82k (x0.74)
TOTAL
41.44k
17.96k (x0.43)

Multithread

M1

W3520
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
29.69k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
22.26k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
14.91k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
6.29k (x0.99)
TOTAL
142.32k
73.16k (x0.51)

Performance/W
M1
W3520
Test#1 (Integers)