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ARM M1 vs Xeon X5670


Description
The M1 is based on - architecture while the X5670 is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the M1 gets a score of 142.3 k points while the X5670 gets 115.4 k points.

Summarizing, the M1 is 1.2 times faster than the X5670 . 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
2.933 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.333 GHz
Socket
-
LGA 1366
Cores/Threads
4/4
6 /6
TDP
- W
95 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
20.26k points
Mean multithread perf.
142.32k points
115.4k 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
X5670
Test#1 (Integers)
9.46k
8.35k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
24.42k
5.58k (x0.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.76k
3.32k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
3k (x0.79)
TOTAL
41.44k
20.26k (x0.49)

Multithread

M1

X5670
Test#1 (Integers)
34.73k
49.72k (x1.43)
Test#2 (FP)
87.52k
35.19k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.74k
21.88k (x1.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.34k
8.6k (x1.36)
TOTAL
142.32k
115.4k (x0.81)

Performance/W
M1
X5670
Test#1 (Integers)