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Ryzen 9 3900X vs Engineering Sample 906EC


Description
The 3900X is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3900X gets a score of 756.3 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 3900X is 1.5 times faster than the 906EC. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
870f10
906ec
Core
Matisse
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.8 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
8/16
TDP
105 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
12x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
4x16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
July 2019
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
72.51k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
756.3k 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
3900X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
16.73k
28.3k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
24.74k
24.99k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
8.82k
5.55k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.22k
11.71k (x0.53)
TOTAL
72.51k
70.55k (x0.97)

Multithread

3900X

906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
248.24k
229.27k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
309.66k
209.21k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
140.01k
48.53k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
58.39k
7.23k (x0.12)
TOTAL
756.3k
494.24k (x0.65)

Performance/W
3900X
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
2364 points/W