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Ryzen 7 3700X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 3700X is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3700X gets a score of 482.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.4 times faster than the 3700X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
870f10
906ed
Core
Matisse
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
32768 kB
16384 kB
Date
July 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
74.41k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
482.11k points
657.19k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
3700X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.42k
5.2k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
19.3k
21.19k (x1.1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8k
6.85k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
24.54k
15.48k (x0.63)
TOTAL
56.26k
48.71k (x0.87)

Multithread

3700X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
33.79k
42.31k (x1.25)
Test#2 (FP)
167.76k
198.07k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
89.44k
68.37k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.55k
7.38k (x0.77)
TOTAL
300.54k
316.12k (x1.05)

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
3700X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.77k
33.92k (x2.02)
Test#2 (FP)
26.3k
30k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.81k
7.01k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.53k
15.73k (x0.7)
TOTAL
74.41k
86.65k (x1.16)

Multithread

3700X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
165.4k
302.78k (x1.83)
Test#2 (FP)
208.96k
278.98k (x1.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
92.87k
67.89k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.87k
7.53k (x0.51)
TOTAL
482.11k
657.19k (x1.36)

Performance/W
3700X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2545 points/W