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Ryzen 5 1600X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 1600X is based on Zen architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1600X gets a score of 173.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.8 times faster than the 1600X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
906ed
Core
Summit Ridge
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
5 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
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
60.09k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
173.2k 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
1600X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.95k
5.2k (x1.32)
Test#2 (FP)
18.36k
21.19k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.39k
6.85k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
17.35k
15.48k (x0.89)
TOTAL
45.06k
48.71k (x1.08)

Multithread

1600X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
19.47k
42.31k (x2.17)
Test#2 (FP)
77.19k
198.07k (x2.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.4k
68.37k (x4.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.25k
7.38k (x0.6)
TOTAL
124.3k
316.12k (x2.54)

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
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
14.63k
33.92k (x2.32)
Test#2 (FP)
24.09k
30k (x1.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.51k
7.01k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.86k
15.73k (x0.99)
TOTAL
60.09k
86.65k (x1.44)

Multithread

1600X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
48.75k
302.78k (x6.21)
Test#2 (FP)
80.1k
278.98k (x3.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.5k
67.89k (x2.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
19.85k
7.53k (x0.38)
TOTAL
173.2k
657.19k (x3.79)

Performance/W
1600X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
513 points/W