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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Ryzen 7 1700


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the 1700 is based on Zen.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the 1700 gets 333.3 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2 times faster than the 1700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
800f11
Core
Comet Lake-H
Summit Ridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x64+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x512 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
2x8192 kB
Date
March 2020
March 2017
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
52.69k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
333.31k 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
1700
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
13.95k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
22.02k (x0.77)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
5.17k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
16.61k (x1.12)
TOTAL
69.14k
57.75k (x0.84)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

1700
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
120.59k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
197.34k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
56.83k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.41k (x0.87)
TOTAL
499.47k
381.16k (x0.76)

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
1700
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
12.65k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
20.95k (x0.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
4.63k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
14.47k (x0.92)
TOTAL
86.65k
52.69k (x0.61)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

1700
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
101.78k (x0.34)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
177.57k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
47.18k (x0.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
6.78k (x0.9)
TOTAL
657.19k
333.31k (x0.51)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
1700
Test#1 (Integers)