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Engineering Sample 906EC vs 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The 906EC is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906EC gets a score of 494.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.3 times faster than the 906EC. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ec
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.3 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
- W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
70.55k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
494.24k 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
906EC
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
28.3k
33.92k (x1.2)
Test#2 (FP)
24.99k
30k (x1.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.55k
7.01k (x1.26)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.71k
15.73k (x1.34)
TOTAL
70.55k
86.65k (x1.23)

Multithread

906EC

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
229.27k
302.78k (x1.32)
Test#2 (FP)
209.21k
278.98k (x1.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
48.53k
67.89k (x1.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.23k
7.53k (x1.04)
TOTAL
494.24k
657.19k (x1.33)

Performance/W
906EC
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)