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Ryzen 9 5900X vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 5900X is based on Zen 3 architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 5900X gets a score of 840.1 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 5900X is 4 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
a20f10
506e8
Core
Vermeer
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
4/8
TDP
105 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
12x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
2x32768 kB
8192 kB
Date
November 2020
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
89.82k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
840.11k points
211.6k 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
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
24.34k
23.91k (x0.98)
Test#2 (FP)
26.8k
21.03k (x0.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.12k
5.05k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
26.55k
6.4k (x0.24)
TOTAL
89.82k
56.39k (x0.63)

Multithread

5900X

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
263.12k
95.3k (x0.36)
Test#2 (FP)
353.9k
91.94k (x0.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
159.07k
22.06k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
64.01k
2.3k (x0.04)
TOTAL
840.11k
211.6k (x0.25)

Performance/W
5900X
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
2506 points/W