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Ryzen 7 1700 vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 1700 is based on Zen architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700 gets a score of 333.3 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 1700 is 1.6 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
800f11
506e8
Core
Summit Ridge
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x64+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
2x8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
52.69k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
333.31k points
211.6k 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
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
12.65k
23.91k (x1.89)
Test#2 (FP)
20.95k
21.03k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.63k
5.05k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.47k
6.4k (x0.44)
TOTAL
52.69k
56.39k (x1.07)

Multithread

1700

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
101.78k
95.3k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
177.57k
91.94k (x0.52)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
47.18k
22.06k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.78k
2.3k (x0.34)
TOTAL
333.31k
211.6k (x0.63)

Performance/W
1700
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1566 points/W