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


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-12700KF gets a score of 1018.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-12700KF is 1.5 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
Alder Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/20
8/16
TDP
125 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32/4x64+8x48/4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1280/2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
25600 kB
16384 kB
Date
November 2021
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
111.27k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1018.31k 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
i7-12700KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
53.63k
33.92k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
29.55k
30k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.21k
7.01k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.88k
15.73k (x1.22)
TOTAL
111.27k
86.65k (x0.78)

Multithread

i7-12700KF

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
465.61k
302.78k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
367.26k
278.98k (x0.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
164.92k
67.89k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
20.52k
7.53k (x0.37)
TOTAL
1018.31k
657.19k (x0.65)

Performance/W
i7-12700KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3725 points/W