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Ryzen 5 2600 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 2600 is based on Zen+ architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 2600 gets a score of 291.5 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.3 times faster than the 2600. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f82
906ed
Core
Pinnacle Ridge
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
65 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 2018
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
57.13k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
291.53k 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
2600
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.41k
5.2k (x1.53)
Test#2 (FP)
15.96k
21.19k (x1.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.69k
6.85k (x1.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
17.42k
15.48k (x0.89)
TOTAL
41.47k
48.71k (x1.17)

Multithread

2600

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
20.88k
42.31k (x2.03)
Test#2 (FP)
110.37k
198.07k (x1.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
39.25k
68.37k (x1.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.66k
7.38k (x1.11)
TOTAL
177.16k
316.12k (x1.78)

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
2600
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
13.76k
33.92k (x2.46)
Test#2 (FP)
23.03k
30k (x1.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.12k
7.01k (x1.37)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.23k
15.73k (x1.03)
TOTAL
57.13k
86.65k (x1.52)

Multithread

2600

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
83.23k
302.78k (x3.64)
Test#2 (FP)
161.06k
278.98k (x1.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
40.52k
67.89k (x1.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.73k
7.53k (x1.12)
TOTAL
291.53k
657.19k (x2.25)

Performance/W
2600
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1281 points/W