Engineering Sample 906EC vs Core i3-7100
Description
The 906EC is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the i3-7100 is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906EC gets a score of 494.2 k points while the i3-7100 gets 124.8 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 4 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906EC gets a score of 494.2 k points while the i3-7100 gets 124.8 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 4 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ec
906e9
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Kaby Lake-S
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3.9 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.3 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
2/4
TDP
- W
51 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
3072 kB
Date
January 2019
January 2017
Mean monothread perf.
70.55k points
57.86k points
Mean multithread perf.
494.24k points
124.8k 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
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
28.3k
25.53k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
24.99k
22.98k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.55k
5.37k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.71k
3.97k (x0.34)
TOTAL
70.55k
57.86k (x0.82)
Multithread
906EC
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)
229.27k
54.73k (x0.24)
Test#2 (FP)
209.21k
53.55k (x0.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
48.53k
12.93k (x0.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.23k
3.6k (x0.5)
TOTAL
494.24k
124.8k (x0.25)
Performance/W
906EC
i3-7100
Test#1 (Integers)