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Ryzen 5 3500X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 3500X is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3500X gets a score of 373.6 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.3 times faster than the 3500X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
870f10
906ec
Core
Matisse
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
32768 kB
16384 kB
Date
September 2019
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
66.61k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
373.61k 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
3500X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
15.48k
28.3k (x1.83)
Test#2 (FP)
22.91k
24.99k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.1k
5.55k (x0.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.11k
11.71k (x0.55)
TOTAL
66.61k
70.55k (x1.06)

Multithread

3500X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
90.39k
229.27k (x2.54)
Test#2 (FP)
139.1k
209.21k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.2k
48.53k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
90.92k
7.23k (x0.08)
TOTAL
373.61k
494.24k (x1.32)

Performance/W
3500X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
1391 points/W