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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Ryzen 5 3600


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the 3600 is based on Zen 2.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the 3600 gets 348.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.9 times faster than the 3600. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
870f10
Core
Comet Lake-H
Matisse
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/12
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x512 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
32768 kB
Date
March 2020
July 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
348.35k 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
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.2k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
17.36k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
7.5k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
23.79k (x1.54)
TOTAL
48.71k
52.85k (x1.08)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3600
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
22.11k (x0.52)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
108.04k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
56.81k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
36.39k (x4.93)
TOTAL
316.12k
223.36k (x0.71)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
906ED 2.1GHz
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
15.38k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
21.94k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
7.97k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
24.76k (x1.62)
TOTAL
68.37k
70.05k (x1.02)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3600
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
96.91k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
135.12k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
70.39k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
56.43k (x7.59)
TOTAL
485.11k
358.85k (x0.74)

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
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
15.04k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
20.95k (x0.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
8.57k (x1.24)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
21.71k (x1.46)
TOTAL
69.14k
66.27k (x0.96)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3600
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
94.36k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
141.73k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
69.38k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
32.72k (x4.43)
TOTAL
499.47k
338.19k (x0.68)

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
3600
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
16.04k (x0.47)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
24.47k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
8.38k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
21.66k (x1.38)
TOTAL
86.65k
70.55k (x0.81)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3600
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
113.63k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
143.55k (x0.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
63.84k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
27.34k (x3.63)
TOTAL
657.19k
348.35k (x0.53)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
3600
Test#1 (Integers)