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Core i5-12600K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-12600K is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-12600K gets a score of 764.7 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-12600K is 1.2 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. 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
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.9 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.
111.14k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
764.68k points
657.19k 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
i5-12600K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
52.6k
33.92k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
27.28k
30k (x1.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.86k
7.01k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.4k
15.73k (x0.96)
TOTAL
111.14k
86.65k (x0.78)

Multithread

i5-12600K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
356.58k
302.78k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
263.15k
278.98k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
126.87k
67.89k (x0.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.08k
7.53k (x0.42)
TOTAL
764.68k
657.19k (x0.86)

Performance/W
i5-12600K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
5486 points/W