Ryzen 9 7950X vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The 7950X is based on Zen 4 architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 7950X gets a score of 1597.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 7950X is 2.4 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 7950X gets a score of 1597.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 7950X is 2.4 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
a60f12
906ed
Core
Raphael
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
4.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5.7 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
AM5
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
16/32
8/16
TDP
170 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
16x32+16x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
16x1024 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
131072 kB
16384 kB
Date
September 2022
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
121.33k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1597.79k 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
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.05k
5.2k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
23.41k
21.19k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.49k
6.85k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
34.35k
15.48k (x0.45)
TOTAL
80.3k
48.71k (x0.61)
Multithread
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
128.82k
42.31k (x0.33)
Test#2 (FP)
465.79k
198.07k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
289.43k
68.37k (x0.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
75.23k
7.38k (x0.1)
TOTAL
959.27k
316.12k (x0.33)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
26.86k
18.88k (x0.7)
Test#2 (FP)
30.05k
28.5k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.15k
6.91k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
31.74k
14.86k (x0.47)
TOTAL
104.8k
69.14k (x0.66)
Multithread
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
430.6k
157.47k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
545.91k
265.75k (x0.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
289.57k
68.86k (x0.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
64.33k
7.38k (x0.11)
TOTAL
1330.41k
499.47k (x0.38)
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
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
40.61k
33.92k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
31.82k
30k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.63k
7.01k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
32.28k
15.73k (x0.49)
TOTAL
121.33k
86.65k (x0.71)
Multithread
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
683.17k
302.78k (x0.44)
Test#2 (FP)
563.45k
278.98k (x0.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
286.77k
67.89k (x0.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
64.4k
7.53k (x0.12)
TOTAL
1597.79k
657.19k (x0.41)
Performance/W
7950X
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4019 points/W