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Ryzen 7 1700X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


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

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 1700X gets a score of 372.7 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.8 times faster than the 1700X. 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
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
5 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
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
56.76k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
372.73k 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
1700X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
12.5k
18.88k (x1.51)
Test#2 (FP)
22.92k
28.5k (x1.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.45k
6.91k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.72k
14.86k (x1.01)
TOTAL
55.59k
69.14k (x1.24)

Multithread

1700X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
92.51k
157.47k (x1.7)
Test#2 (FP)
144.76k
265.75k (x1.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.43k
68.86k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.08k
7.38k (x0.33)
TOTAL
313.78k
499.47k (x1.59)

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
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
13.72k
33.92k (x2.47)
Test#2 (FP)
22.48k
30k (x1.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.12k
7.01k (x1.37)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.44k
15.73k (x1.02)
TOTAL
56.76k
86.65k (x1.53)

Multithread

1700X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
110.92k
302.78k (x2.73)
Test#2 (FP)
200.56k
278.98k (x1.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
54.24k
67.89k (x1.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.01k
7.53k (x1.08)
TOTAL
372.73k
657.19k (x1.76)

Performance/W
1700X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1168 points/W