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Core i5-1235U vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The i5-1235U is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-1235U gets a score of 297.5 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-1235U is 1.4 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a4
506e8
Core
Alder Lake-U
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
10/12
4/8
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32/8x64+2x48/8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
1x1280+4x2048 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2022
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
81.64k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
297.46k points
211.6k 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
i5-1235U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
36.73k
23.91k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
22.09k
21.03k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.24k
5.05k (x0.45)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.58k
6.4k (x0.55)
TOTAL
81.64k
56.39k (x0.69)

Multithread

i5-1235U

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
130.18k
95.3k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
110.21k
91.94k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
50.76k
22.06k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.31k
2.3k (x0.36)
TOTAL
297.46k
211.6k (x0.71)

Performance/W
i5-1235U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
8679 points/W