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Core i7-12700H vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-12700H is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-12700H gets a score of 643.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1 times faster than the i7-12700H. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a3
906ed
Core
Alder Lake-H
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
4.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1744
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
14/20
8/16
TDP
115 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32/8x64+6x48/8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x1280+6x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
24576 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
93.12k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
643.29k 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
i7-12700H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.95k
5.2k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
19.74k
21.19k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.29k
6.85k (x0.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.97k
15.48k (x1.03)
TOTAL
55.95k
48.71k (x0.87)

Multithread

i7-12700H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
53.64k
42.31k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
171.15k
198.07k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
94.92k
68.37k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.24k
7.38k (x0.8)
TOTAL
328.95k
316.12k (x0.96)

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
i7-12700H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.26k
18.76k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
24.03k
27.15k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.75k
7.15k (x0.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.08k
15.31k (x1.27)
TOTAL
75.12k
68.37k (x0.91)

Multithread

i7-12700H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
199.99k
156.95k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
218.01k
250.7k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
102.62k
70.02k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.42k
7.43k (x0.79)
TOTAL
530.04k
485.11k (x0.92)

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
i7-12700H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
25.81k
18.88k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
26.18k
28.5k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.71k
6.91k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.88k
14.86k (x1.07)
TOTAL
80.58k
69.14k (x0.86)

Multithread

i7-12700H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
203.61k
157.47k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
249.64k
265.75k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
101.32k
68.86k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.55k
7.38k (x0.77)
TOTAL
564.12k
499.47k (x0.89)

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
i7-12700H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
41.64k
33.92k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
25.48k
30k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.2k
7.01k (x0.53)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.8k
15.73k (x1.23)
TOTAL
93.12k
86.65k (x0.93)

Multithread

i7-12700H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
276.56k
302.78k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
251.6k
278.98k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
104.55k
67.89k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.58k
7.53k (x0.71)
TOTAL
643.29k
657.19k (x1.02)

Performance/W
i7-12700H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2405 points/W