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Ryzen 5 1600X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 1600X is based on Zen architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1600X gets a score of 173.2 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 2.9 times faster than the 1600X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
906ec
Core
Summit Ridge
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x64+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
2x8192 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2017
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
60.09k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
173.2k points
494.24k 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
1600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
14.63k
28.3k (x1.93)
Test#2 (FP)
24.09k
24.99k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.51k
5.55k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.86k
11.71k (x0.74)
TOTAL
60.09k
70.55k (x1.17)

Multithread

1600X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
48.75k
229.27k (x4.7)
Test#2 (FP)
80.1k
209.21k (x2.61)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.5k
48.53k (x1.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
19.85k
7.23k (x0.36)
TOTAL
173.2k
494.24k (x2.85)

Performance/W
1600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
513 points/W