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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-12700K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-12700K is based on Alder Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-12700K gets 1034.1 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-12700K is 1.6 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
906ed
90672
Core
Comet Lake-H
Alder Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1700
Cores/Threads
8/16
12/20
TDP
- W
190 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32/4x64+8x48/4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x1280+4x2048 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
25600 kB
Date
March 2020
November 2021
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
110.2k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
1034.06k 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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-12700K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
8.44k (x1.62)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
21.1k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
14.52k (x2.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
12.87k (x0.83)
TOTAL
48.71k
56.92k (x1.17)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-12700K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
70.7k (x1.67)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
251.29k (x1.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
159.92k (x2.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
32.47k (x4.4)
TOTAL
316.12k
514.38k (x1.63)

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
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-12700K
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
52.13k (x1.54)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
28.97k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
15.04k (x2.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
14.07k (x0.89)
TOTAL
86.65k
110.2k (x1.27)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-12700K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
458.8k (x1.52)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
377.45k (x1.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
171.31k (x2.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
26.51k (x3.52)
TOTAL
657.19k
1034.06k (x1.57)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-12700K
Test#1 (Integers)