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ARM M1 vs Xeon W3550


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the W3550 is based on .

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the W3550 gets 73.2 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.9 times faster than the W3550 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f4a
106a5
Core
-
Bloomfield
Architecture
-
-
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.066 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
4 /4
TDP
- W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
64 kB
Cache L2
- kB
256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
January 1900
August 2009
Mean monothread perf.
41.44k points
20.24k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
73.21k 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
W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
8.34k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
5.56k (x0.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
3.26k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3.08k (x0.81)
TOTAL
41.44k
20.24k (x0.49)

Multithread

M1

W3550
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
32.5k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
21.59k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
12.85k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
6.27k (x0.99)
TOTAL
142.32k
73.21k (x0.51)

Performance/W
M1
W3550
Test#1 (Integers)