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Core i5-12400F vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-12400F gets a score of 399.4 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.6 times faster than the i5-12400F. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
90675
906ed
Core
Alder 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
117 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32/0x64+6x48/0x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x1280+0x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
18432 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
76.46k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
399.39k 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
i5-12400F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.43k
5.2k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
18.64k
21.19k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.15k
6.85k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.82k
15.48k (x1.04)
TOTAL
54.04k
48.71k (x0.9)

Multithread

i5-12400F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
36.23k
42.31k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
134.76k
198.07k (x1.47)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
84.06k
68.37k (x0.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.71k
7.38k (x0.44)
TOTAL
271.76k
316.12k (x1.16)

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
i5-12400F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.18k
18.76k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
23.85k
27.15k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.42k
7.15k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.87k
15.31k (x1.03)
TOTAL
77.32k
68.37k (x0.88)

Multithread

i5-12400F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
122.98k
156.95k (x1.28)
Test#2 (FP)
168.77k
250.7k (x1.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
96.11k
70.02k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.32k
7.43k (x0.46)
TOTAL
404.19k
485.11k (x1.2)

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
i5-12400F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.24k
18.88k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
24.74k
28.5k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.95k
6.91k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.47k
14.86k (x1.03)
TOTAL
77.41k
69.14k (x0.89)

Multithread

i5-12400F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
126.87k
157.47k (x1.24)
Test#2 (FP)
186.48k
265.75k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
92.37k
68.86k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.45k
7.38k (x0.48)
TOTAL
421.18k
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
i5-12400F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
33.85k
33.92k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
20.33k
30k (x1.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.51k
7.01k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.77k
15.73k (x1.34)
TOTAL
76.46k
86.65k (x1.13)

Multithread

i5-12400F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
174.21k
302.78k (x1.74)
Test#2 (FP)
141.31k
278.98k (x1.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
64.86k
67.89k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
19.01k
7.53k (x0.4)
TOTAL
399.39k
657.19k (x1.65)

Performance/W
i5-12400F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1489 points/W