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Core i9-13900K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i9-13900K is based on Raptor Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-13900K gets a score of 1763.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-13900K is 2.7 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
b0671
906ed
Core
Raptor Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Raptor Lake
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5.8 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
24/32
8/16
TDP
125 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32/16x64+8x48/16x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x2048+4x4096 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
36864 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
129.15k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1763.08k points
657.19k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i9-13900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
9.77k
5.2k (x0.53)
Test#2 (FP)
24.52k
21.19k (x0.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.17k
6.85k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.37k
15.48k (x0.72)
TOTAL
72.83k
48.71k (x0.67)

Multithread

i9-13900K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
145.21k
42.31k (x0.29)
Test#2 (FP)
444.95k
198.07k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
318.3k
68.37k (x0.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
27.2k
7.38k (x0.27)
TOTAL
935.66k
316.12k (x0.34)

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
i9-13900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
31.93k
18.76k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
31.54k
27.15k (x0.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.8k
7.15k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
20.82k
15.31k (x0.74)
TOTAL
103.09k
68.37k (x0.66)

Multithread

i9-13900K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
522.07k
156.95k (x0.3)
Test#2 (FP)
584.17k
250.7k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
344.38k
70.02k (x0.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
25.36k
7.43k (x0.29)
TOTAL
1475.97k
485.11k (x0.33)

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
i9-13900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
31.8k
18.88k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
32.83k
28.5k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.37k
6.91k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.13k
14.86k (x0.7)
TOTAL
104.13k
69.14k (x0.66)

Multithread

i9-13900K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
532.97k
157.47k (x0.3)
Test#2 (FP)
596.78k
265.75k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
342.96k
68.86k (x0.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
28.6k
7.38k (x0.26)
TOTAL
1501.31k
499.47k (x0.33)

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
i9-13900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
58.6k
33.92k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
33.29k
30k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.77k
7.01k (x0.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
19.49k
15.73k (x0.81)
TOTAL
129.15k
86.65k (x0.67)

Multithread

i9-13900K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
804.04k
302.78k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
613.45k
278.98k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
311.08k
67.89k (x0.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
34.5k
7.53k (x0.22)
TOTAL
1763.08k
657.19k (x0.37)

Performance/W
i9-13900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6432 points/W