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Core i5-1235U vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-1235U is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-1235U gets a score of 297.5 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.2 times faster than the i5-1235U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a4
906ed
Core
Alder Lake-U
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
10/12
8/16
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32/8x64+2x48/8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
1x1280+4x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
81.64k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
297.46k 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
i5-1235U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.33k
5.2k (x0.71)
Test#2 (FP)
18.27k
21.19k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.8k
6.85k (x0.53)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.2k
15.48k (x1.17)
TOTAL
51.61k
48.71k (x0.94)

Multithread

i5-1235U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
29.24k
42.31k (x1.45)
Test#2 (FP)
83.32k
198.07k (x2.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.53k
68.37k (x1.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.99k
7.38k (x1.48)
TOTAL
172.07k
316.12k (x1.84)

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
i5-1235U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
23.53k
18.76k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
23.51k
27.15k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.71k
7.15k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.24k
15.31k (x1.16)
TOTAL
74.99k
68.37k (x0.91)

Multithread

i5-1235U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
106.07k
156.95k (x1.48)
Test#2 (FP)
115.88k
250.7k (x2.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
60.53k
70.02k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.88k
7.43k (x1.26)
TOTAL
288.36k
485.11k (x1.68)

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
i5-1235U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
23.03k
18.88k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
24.11k
28.5k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.9k
6.91k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.11k
14.86k (x1.23)
TOTAL
73.15k
69.14k (x0.95)

Multithread

i5-1235U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
111.78k
157.47k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
124.18k
265.75k (x2.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
59.87k
68.86k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.76k
7.38k (x1.28)
TOTAL
301.58k
499.47k (x1.66)

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
i5-1235U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
36.73k
33.92k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
22.09k
30k (x1.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.24k
7.01k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.58k
15.73k (x1.36)
TOTAL
81.64k
86.65k (x1.06)

Multithread

i5-1235U

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
130.18k
302.78k (x2.33)
Test#2 (FP)
110.21k
278.98k (x2.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
50.76k
67.89k (x1.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.31k
7.53k (x1.19)
TOTAL
297.46k
657.19k (x2.21)

Performance/W
i5-1235U
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
8679 points/W