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Ryzen 7 1700 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 1700 is based on Zen architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700 gets a score of 333.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2 times faster than the 1700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
906ed
Core
Summit Ridge
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
5 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
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
52.69k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
333.31k 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
1700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
13.95k
18.88k (x1.35)
Test#2 (FP)
22.02k
28.5k (x1.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.17k
6.91k (x1.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
16.61k
14.86k (x0.89)
TOTAL
57.75k
69.14k (x1.2)

Multithread

1700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
120.59k
157.47k (x1.31)
Test#2 (FP)
197.34k
265.75k (x1.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
56.83k
68.86k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.41k
7.38k (x1.15)
TOTAL
381.16k
499.47k (x1.31)

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
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
12.65k
33.92k (x2.68)
Test#2 (FP)
20.95k
30k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.63k
7.01k (x1.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.47k
15.73k (x1.09)
TOTAL
52.69k
86.65k (x1.64)

Multithread

1700

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
101.78k
302.78k (x2.97)
Test#2 (FP)
177.57k
278.98k (x1.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
47.18k
67.89k (x1.44)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.78k
7.53k (x1.11)
TOTAL
333.31k
657.19k (x1.97)

Performance/W
1700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1566 points/W