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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 5500U is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5500U gets a score of 261.9 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.9 times faster than the 5500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
860f81
906ec
Core
Lucienne
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
BGA 1140
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
2x4096 kB
16384 kB
Date
March 2021
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
53.76k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
261.91k 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
5500U
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
15.63k
28.3k (x1.81)
Test#2 (FP)
23k
24.99k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.62k
5.55k (x0.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
11.71k (x1.8)
TOTAL
53.76k
70.55k (x1.31)

Multithread

5500U

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
90.38k
229.27k (x2.54)
Test#2 (FP)
118.74k
209.21k (x1.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
48.39k
48.53k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.4k
7.23k (x1.64)
TOTAL
261.91k
494.24k (x1.89)

Performance/W
5500U
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
6025 points/W