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Core i7-11700 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-11700 is based on Rocket Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-11700 gets a score of 729 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-11700 is 1.1 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
a0671
906ed
Core
Rocket Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1200
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x48 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
March 2021
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
98.87k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
728.98k 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
i7-11700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
5.48k
5.2k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
20.99k
21.19k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.58k
6.85k (x0.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.24k
15.48k (x0.73)
TOTAL
60.28k
48.71k (x0.81)

Multithread

i7-11700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
44.15k
42.31k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
196.6k
198.07k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
102.57k
68.37k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.64k
7.38k (x0.69)
TOTAL
353.96k
316.12k (x0.89)

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
i7-11700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
18.05k
18.76k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
26.13k
27.15k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.92k
7.15k (x0.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.22k
15.31k (x0.72)
TOTAL
79.32k
68.37k (x0.86)

Multithread

i7-11700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
160.49k
156.95k (x0.98)
Test#2 (FP)
225.25k
250.7k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
113.88k
70.02k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.64k
7.43k (x0.7)
TOTAL
510.25k
485.11k (x0.95)

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
i7-11700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
18.96k
18.88k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
28.34k
28.5k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.26k
6.91k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
20.2k
14.86k (x0.74)
TOTAL
80.76k
69.14k (x0.86)

Multithread

i7-11700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
164.31k
157.47k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
253.96k
265.75k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
115.28k
68.86k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.65k
7.38k (x0.69)
TOTAL
544.2k
499.47k (x0.92)

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
i7-11700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
35.12k
33.92k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
29.24k
30k (x1.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.56k
7.01k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.95k
15.73k (x0.72)
TOTAL
98.87k
86.65k (x0.88)

Multithread

i7-11700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
304k
302.78k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
304.7k
278.98k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
109.64k
67.89k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.64k
7.53k (x0.71)
TOTAL
728.98k
657.19k (x0.9)

Performance/W
i7-11700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4677 points/W