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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i9-12900KF


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i9-12900KF 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 i9-12900KF gets 1219.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-12900KF is 1.9 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-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1700
Cores/Threads
8/16
16/24
TDP
- W
125 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32/8x64+8x48/8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x1280+8x2048 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
30720 kB
Date
March 2020
November 2021
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
120.97k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
1219.33k points

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
906ED 2.1GHz
i9-12900KF
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
28.96k (x1.53)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
30k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
16.94k (x2.45)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
17.14k (x1.15)
TOTAL
69.14k
93.05k (x1.35)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-12900KF
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
166.25k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
172.03k (x0.65)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
96.95k (x1.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
55.78k (x7.56)
TOTAL
499.47k
491.01k (x0.98)

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
i9-12900KF
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
57.05k (x1.68)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
29.66k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
16.48k (x2.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
17.78k (x1.13)
TOTAL
86.65k
120.97k (x1.4)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-12900KF
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
546.04k (x1.8)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
437.01k (x1.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
211.36k (x3.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
24.92k (x3.31)
TOTAL
657.19k
1219.33k (x1.86)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i9-12900KF
Test#1 (Integers)