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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Ryzen 5 5500


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the 5500 is based on Zen 3.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the 5500 gets 373 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.8 times faster than the 5500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
a50f00
Core
Comet Lake-H
Cezanne
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
16384 kB
Date
March 2020
April 2022
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
80.52k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
373.05k 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
5500
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
15.32k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
22.98k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
9.3k (x1.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
21.19k (x1.43)
TOTAL
69.14k
68.8k (x0.99)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5500
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
80.25k (x0.51)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
163.59k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
72.83k (x1.06)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.34k (x0.99)
TOTAL
499.47k
324.01k (x0.65)

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
5500
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
22.09k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
24.59k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
10.94k (x1.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
22.89k (x1.46)
TOTAL
86.65k
80.52k (x0.93)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5500
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
124.44k (x0.41)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
167.06k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
74.34k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
7.2k (x0.96)
TOTAL
657.19k
373.05k (x0.57)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
5500
Test#1 (Integers)