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Core i5-4590 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i5-4590 is based on Haswell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-4590 gets a score of 144.8 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.5 times faster than the i5-4590 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
506e8
Core
Haswell
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
84 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
June 2014
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
41.76k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
144.76k points
210.91k points

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
i5-4590
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
21.17k
22.46k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
11.52k
20.45k (x1.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
4.75k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.32k
10.39k (x2.4)
TOTAL
41.76k
58.05k (x1.39)

Multithread

i5-4590

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
77.73k
92.69k (x1.19)
Test#2 (FP)
42.15k
90.45k (x2.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.41k
22.02k (x1.26)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.47k
5.75k (x0.77)
TOTAL
144.76k
210.91k (x1.46)

Performance/W
i5-4590
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
925 points/W