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Ryzen 7 1700X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700X gets a score of 372.7 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906EC is 1.3 times faster than the 1700X. 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
3.4 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
95 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.
56.76k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
372.73k 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
1700X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
13.72k
28.3k (x2.06)
Test#2 (FP)
22.48k
24.99k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.12k
5.55k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.44k
11.71k (x0.76)
TOTAL
56.76k
70.55k (x1.24)

Multithread

1700X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
110.92k
229.27k (x2.07)
Test#2 (FP)
200.56k
209.21k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.24k
48.53k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.01k
7.23k (x1.03)
TOTAL
372.73k
494.24k (x1.33)

Performance/W
1700X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
1168 points/W