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Core i9-12900KF vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i9-12900KF is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-12900KF gets a score of 1219.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-12900KF is 1.9 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
90672
906ed
Core
Alder Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5.2 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
16/24
8/16
TDP
125 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32/8x64+8x48/8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1280+8x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
16384 kB
Date
November 2021
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
120.97k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1219.33k points
657.19k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i9-12900KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
28.96k
18.88k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
28.5k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.94k
6.91k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
17.14k
14.86k (x0.87)
TOTAL
93.05k
69.14k (x0.74)

Multithread

i9-12900KF

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
166.25k
157.47k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
172.03k
265.75k (x1.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
96.95k
68.86k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
55.78k
7.38k (x0.13)
TOTAL
491.01k
499.47k (x1.02)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i9-12900KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
57.05k
33.92k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
29.66k
30k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.48k
7.01k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
17.78k
15.73k (x0.88)
TOTAL
120.97k
86.65k (x0.72)

Multithread

i9-12900KF

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
546.04k
302.78k (x0.55)
Test#2 (FP)
437.01k
278.98k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
211.36k
67.89k (x0.32)
Test#1 (Memory)
24.92k
7.53k (x0.3)
TOTAL
1219.33k
657.19k (x0.54)

Performance/W
i9-12900KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4368 points/W