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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 5600X is based on Zen 3 architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5600X gets a score of 435.1 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.1 times faster than the 5600X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a20f10
906ec
Core
Vermeer
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 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
November 2020
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.03k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
435.05k 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
5600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
23.28k
28.3k (x1.22)
Test#2 (FP)
25.58k
24.99k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.72k
5.55k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
25.45k
11.71k (x0.46)
TOTAL
86.03k
70.55k (x0.82)

Multithread

5600X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
135.28k
229.27k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
180.56k
209.21k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
80.27k
48.53k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
38.94k
7.23k (x0.19)
TOTAL
435.05k
494.24k (x1.14)

Performance/W
5600X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
2081 points/W