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Ryzen 9 3950X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 3950X is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3950X gets a score of 959.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 3950X is 1.5 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. 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
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
16/32
8/16
TDP
105 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
16x32+16x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
16x512 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
4x16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
November 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
72.95k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
959.77k points
657.19k 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
3950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.49k
33.92k (x2.06)
Test#2 (FP)
26.16k
30k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.9k
7.01k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.4k
15.73k (x0.7)
TOTAL
72.95k
86.65k (x1.19)

Multithread

3950X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
334.49k
302.78k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
423.74k
278.98k (x0.66)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
187.85k
67.89k (x0.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.69k
7.53k (x0.55)
TOTAL
959.77k
657.19k (x0.68)

Performance/W
3950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3186 points/W