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Core i3-12100F vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The i3-12100F is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-12100F gets a score of 340.5 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.5 times faster than the i3-12100F. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
90675
906ec
Core
Alder Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.3 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
8/16
TDP
58 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+x4x48 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x1280 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2022
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
88.81k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
340.49k points
494.24k 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
i3-12100F
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
39.54k
28.3k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
23.79k
24.99k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.96k
5.55k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.52k
11.71k (x0.87)
TOTAL
88.81k
70.55k (x0.79)

Multithread

i3-12100F

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
148k
229.27k (x1.55)
Test#2 (FP)
123.08k
209.21k (x1.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
52.73k
48.53k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.67k
7.23k (x0.43)
TOTAL
340.49k
494.24k (x1.45)

Performance/W
i3-12100F
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
2552 points/W