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Ryzen 9 5900X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 5900X is based on Zen 3 architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5900X gets a score of 840.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 5900X is 1.3 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
a20f10
906ed
Core
Vermeer
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.8 GHz
5 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
2x32768 kB
16384 kB
Date
November 2020
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
89.82k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
840.11k 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
5900X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.34k
33.92k (x1.39)
Test#2 (FP)
26.8k
30k (x1.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.12k
7.01k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
26.55k
15.73k (x0.59)
TOTAL
89.82k
86.65k (x0.96)

Multithread

5900X

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
263.12k
302.78k (x1.15)
Test#2 (FP)
353.9k
278.98k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
159.07k
67.89k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
64.01k
7.53k (x0.12)
TOTAL
840.11k
657.19k (x0.78)

Performance/W
5900X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2506 points/W