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Ryzen 5 2600X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 2600X is based on Zen+ architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 2600X gets a score of 333.1 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.5 times faster than the 2600X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f82
906ec
Core
Pinnacle Ridge
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 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 2018
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
66.44k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
333.12k 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
2600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
15.75k
28.3k (x1.8)
Test#2 (FP)
26.29k
24.99k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.91k
5.55k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.48k
11.71k (x0.63)
TOTAL
66.44k
70.55k (x1.06)

Multithread

2600X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
94.49k
229.27k (x2.43)
Test#2 (FP)
182.53k
209.21k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
45.95k
48.53k (x1.06)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.15k
7.23k (x0.71)
TOTAL
333.12k
494.24k (x1.48)

Performance/W
2600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
995 points/W