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Ryzen 5 1600 vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 1600 is based on Zen architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1600 gets a score of 272.8 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 1600 is 1.3 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
506e8
Core
Summit Ridge
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x64+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
2x8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
56.16k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
272.8k points
211.6k 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
1600
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
13.67k
23.91k (x1.75)
Test#2 (FP)
22.28k
21.03k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.99k
5.05k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.22k
6.4k (x0.42)
TOTAL
56.16k
56.39k (x1)

Multithread

1600

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
81.03k
95.3k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
145.84k
91.94k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
39.14k
22.06k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.79k
2.3k (x0.34)
TOTAL
272.8k
211.6k (x0.78)

Performance/W
1600
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1247 points/W