Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-4790
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-4790 is based on Haswell.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-4790 gets 173.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.8 times faster than the i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-4790 gets 173.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.8 times faster than the i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
306c3
Core
Comet Lake-H
Haswell
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2020
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
44.73k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
173.89k 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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.51k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
11.24k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.03k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
5.02k (x0.32)
TOTAL
48.71k
25.8k (x0.53)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
15.72k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
54.99k (x0.28)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
23.87k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
5.48k (x0.74)
TOTAL
316.12k
100.06k (x0.32)
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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
13.52k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
11.94k (x0.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
4.96k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
4.84k (x0.32)
TOTAL
68.37k
35.25k (x0.52)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
54.7k (x0.35)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
52.41k (x0.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
24.5k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
6.77k (x0.91)
TOTAL
485.11k
138.37k (x0.29)
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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
14.07k (x0.75)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
12.63k (x0.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
5.35k (x0.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
4.98k (x0.34)
TOTAL
69.14k
37.03k (x0.54)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
57.88k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
60.83k (x0.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
24.4k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.95k (x0.94)
TOTAL
499.47k
150.07k (x0.3)
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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
22.19k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
12.45k (x0.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
5.11k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
4.98k (x0.32)
TOTAL
86.65k
44.73k (x0.52)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
87.14k (x0.29)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
58k (x0.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
22.75k (x0.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
6k (x0.8)
TOTAL
657.19k
173.89k (x0.26)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)