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Core i7-1280P vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-1280P is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-1280P gets a score of 468.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.4 times faster than the i7-1280P. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906a3
906ed
Core
Alder Lake-P
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.8 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1744
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
14/20
8/16
TDP
28 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
April 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
91.45k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
468.3k 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
i7-1280P
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.94k
5.2k (x0.75)
Test#2 (FP)
18.46k
21.19k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.27k
6.85k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.6k
15.48k (x1.14)
TOTAL
50.27k
48.71k (x0.97)

Multithread

i7-1280P

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
44.01k
42.31k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
125.05k
198.07k (x1.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
76.28k
68.37k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.52k
7.38k (x0.48)
TOTAL
260.85k
316.12k (x1.21)

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
i7-1280P
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.72k
18.76k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
23.88k
27.15k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.75k
7.15k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.71k
15.31k (x1.12)
TOTAL
73.05k
68.37k (x0.94)

Multithread

i7-1280P

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
151.95k
156.95k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
160.95k
250.7k (x1.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
84.9k
70.02k (x0.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.91k
7.43k (x0.47)
TOTAL
413.72k
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
i7-1280P
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.76k
18.88k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
25.2k
28.5k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.64k
6.91k (x0.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.33k
14.86k (x1.11)
TOTAL
73.92k
69.14k (x0.94)

Multithread

i7-1280P

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
149.83k
157.47k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
170.43k
265.75k (x1.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
83.32k
68.86k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.67k
7.38k (x0.47)
TOTAL
419.25k
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
i7-1280P
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
39.78k
33.92k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
26.06k
30k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.44k
7.01k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.17k
15.73k (x1.19)
TOTAL
91.45k
86.65k (x0.95)

Multithread

i7-1280P

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
209.96k
302.78k (x1.44)
Test#2 (FP)
170.21k
278.98k (x1.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72.04k
67.89k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.09k
7.53k (x0.47)
TOTAL
468.3k
657.19k (x1.4)

Performance/W
i7-1280P
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7499 points/W