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Ryzen 5 5500 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 5500 is based on Zen 3 architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5500 gets a score of 373 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.8 times faster than the 5500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a50f00
906ed
Core
Cezanne
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
5 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
16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
80.52k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
373.05k points
657.19k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
5500
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
15.32k
18.88k (x1.23)
Test#2 (FP)
22.98k
28.5k (x1.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.3k
6.91k (x0.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.19k
14.86k (x0.7)
TOTAL
68.8k
69.14k (x1.01)

Multithread

5500

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
80.25k
157.47k (x1.96)
Test#2 (FP)
163.59k
265.75k (x1.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
72.83k
68.86k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.34k
7.38k (x1.01)
TOTAL
324.01k
499.47k (x1.54)

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
5500
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.09k
33.92k (x1.54)
Test#2 (FP)
24.59k
30k (x1.22)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.94k
7.01k (x0.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.89k
15.73k (x0.69)
TOTAL
80.52k
86.65k (x1.08)

Multithread

5500

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
124.44k
302.78k (x2.43)
Test#2 (FP)
167.06k
278.98k (x1.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
74.34k
67.89k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.2k
7.53k (x1.05)
TOTAL
373.05k
657.19k (x1.76)

Performance/W
5500
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1914 points/W