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Ryzen 7 1700 vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 1700 is based on Zen architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700 gets a score of 333.3 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.5 times faster than the 1700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
906ec
Core
Summit Ridge
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x64+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
2x8192 kB
16384 kB
Date
March 2017
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
52.69k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
333.31k 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
1700
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
12.65k
28.3k (x2.24)
Test#2 (FP)
20.95k
24.99k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.63k
5.55k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.47k
11.71k (x0.81)
TOTAL
52.69k
70.55k (x1.34)

Multithread

1700

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
101.78k
229.27k (x2.25)
Test#2 (FP)
177.57k
209.21k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
47.18k
48.53k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.78k
7.23k (x1.07)
TOTAL
333.31k
494.24k (x1.48)

Performance/W
1700
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
1566 points/W