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Core i5-12400 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-12400 is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-12400 gets a score of 544.6 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i5-12400. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
90672
906ed
Core
Arder Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x48 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x1280 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
18432 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
102.51k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
544.64k 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
i5-12400
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.51k
5.2k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
18.66k
21.19k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.32k
6.85k (x0.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.8k
15.48k (x1.05)
TOTAL
54.29k
48.71k (x0.9)

Multithread

i5-12400

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
35.52k
42.31k (x1.19)
Test#2 (FP)
138.43k
198.07k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
85.55k
68.37k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.72k
7.38k (x0.34)
TOTAL
281.22k
316.12k (x1.12)

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
i5-12400
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.24k
18.76k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
23.92k
27.15k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.43k
7.15k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.84k
15.31k (x1.03)
TOTAL
77.43k
68.37k (x0.88)

Multithread

i5-12400

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
124.33k
156.95k (x1.26)
Test#2 (FP)
168.8k
250.7k (x1.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
100k
70.02k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.2k
7.43k (x0.35)
TOTAL
414.33k
485.11k (x1.17)

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
i5-12400
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
23.84k
18.88k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
25.09k
28.5k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.1k
6.91k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.48k
14.86k (x1.03)
TOTAL
77.51k
69.14k (x0.89)

Multithread

i5-12400

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
123.98k
157.47k (x1.27)
Test#2 (FP)
176.89k
265.75k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
97.42k
68.86k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
20.78k
7.38k (x0.36)
TOTAL
419.07k
499.47k (x1.19)

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
i5-12400
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
48.08k
33.92k (x0.71)
Test#2 (FP)
25.6k
30k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.02k
7.01k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.81k
15.73k (x1.06)
TOTAL
102.51k
86.65k (x0.85)

Multithread

i5-12400

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
230.14k
302.78k (x1.32)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
278.98k (x1.41)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
94.78k
67.89k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.64k
7.53k (x0.35)
TOTAL
544.64k
657.19k (x1.21)

Performance/W
i5-12400
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3541 points/W