Xeon E5-2670 v3 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The E5-2670 v3 is based on Haswell architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2670 v3 gets a score of 452.9 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the E5-2670 v3. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2670 v3 gets a score of 452.9 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the E5-2670 v3. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
306f2
906ed
Core
Haswell-EP
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.1 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011-3
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
8/16
TDP
120 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
16384 kB
Date
September 2014
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
36.41k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
452.9k 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
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.52k
5.2k (x1.48)
Test#2 (FP)
8.68k
21.19k (x2.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.83k
6.85k (x2.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.13k
15.48k (x4.94)
TOTAL
18.17k
48.71k (x2.68)
Multithread
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
32.7k
42.31k (x1.29)
Test#2 (FP)
105.18k
198.07k (x1.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
35.18k
68.37k (x1.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.54k
7.38k (x0.77)
TOTAL
182.59k
316.12k (x1.73)
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
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.08k
18.76k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
9.57k
27.15k (x2.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.18k
7.15k (x2.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.28k
15.31k (x4.66)
TOTAL
27.11k
68.37k (x2.52)
Multithread
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
139.07k
156.95k (x1.13)
Test#2 (FP)
133.47k
250.7k (x1.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
46.6k
70.02k (x1.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.65k
7.43k (x1.12)
TOTAL
325.78k
485.11k (x1.49)
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
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.18k
18.88k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
10.06k
28.5k (x2.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.21k
6.91k (x2.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.12k
14.86k (x4.76)
TOTAL
27.57k
69.14k (x2.51)
Multithread
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
140.98k
157.47k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
145.37k
265.75k (x1.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
45.62k
68.86k (x1.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.75k
7.38k (x1.09)
TOTAL
338.73k
499.47k (x1.47)
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
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
18.62k
33.92k (x1.82)
Test#2 (FP)
10.49k
30k (x2.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.04k
7.01k (x1.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.26k
15.73k (x4.82)
TOTAL
36.41k
86.65k (x2.38)
Multithread
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
236.25k
302.78k (x1.28)
Test#2 (FP)
151.05k
278.98k (x1.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
58.9k
67.89k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.7k
7.53k (x1.12)
TOTAL
452.9k
657.19k (x1.45)
Performance/W
E5-2670 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1969 points/W