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Core i3-1215U vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i3-1215U is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-1215U gets a score of 185.6 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.5 times faster than the i3-1215U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a4
906ed
Core
Alder Lake-H
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
0.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1744
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/8
8/16
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32/4x64+2x48/4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1280+2x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
10240 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
80.34k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
185.6k 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
i3-1215U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.95k
5.2k (x0.75)
Test#2 (FP)
16.28k
21.19k (x1.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.49k
6.85k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.95k
15.48k (x1.56)
TOTAL
43.67k
48.71k (x1.12)

Multithread

i3-1215U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
14.97k
42.31k (x2.83)
Test#2 (FP)
51.01k
198.07k (x3.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.47k
68.37k (x2.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.59k
7.38k (x0.86)
TOTAL
105.05k
316.12k (x3.01)

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
i3-1215U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
20.87k
18.76k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
20.74k
27.15k (x1.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.32k
7.15k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.32k
15.31k (x1.84)
TOTAL
61.26k
68.37k (x1.12)

Multithread

i3-1215U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
45.12k
156.95k (x3.48)
Test#2 (FP)
60.59k
250.7k (x4.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
28.48k
70.02k (x2.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.06k
7.43k (x0.53)
TOTAL
148.26k
485.11k (x3.27)

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
i3-1215U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
15.63k
18.88k (x1.21)
Test#2 (FP)
20.2k
28.5k (x1.41)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.94k
6.91k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.06k
14.86k (x1.84)
TOTAL
53.83k
69.14k (x1.28)

Multithread

i3-1215U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
35.72k
157.47k (x4.41)
Test#2 (FP)
56.41k
265.75k (x4.71)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25k
68.86k (x2.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.48k
7.38k (x0.59)
TOTAL
129.6k
499.47k (x3.85)

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
i3-1215U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
37.56k
33.92k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
21.13k
30k (x1.42)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.35k
7.01k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.31k
15.73k (x1.53)
TOTAL
80.34k
86.65k (x1.08)

Multithread

i3-1215U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
73.97k
302.78k (x4.09)
Test#2 (FP)
72.37k
278.98k (x3.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.61k
67.89k (x2.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.65k
7.53k (x0.78)
TOTAL
185.6k
657.19k (x3.54)

Performance/W
i3-1215U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4931 points/W