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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Ryzen 7 5800X


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the 5800X 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 5800X gets 558.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the 5800X. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
a20f12
Core
Comet Lake-H
Vermeer
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
- W
105 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x512 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
32768 kB
Date
March 2020
November 2020
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
89.53k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
558.41k 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
5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.98k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
20.57k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
12.22k (x1.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
28.62k (x1.85)
TOTAL
48.71k
66.39k (x1.36)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
35.09k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
171.84k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
107.67k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
10.83k (x1.47)
TOTAL
316.12k
325.43k (x1.03)

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
5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
18.06k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
25k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
12.8k (x1.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
29.51k (x1.93)
TOTAL
68.37k
85.37k (x1.25)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
125.71k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
196.66k (x0.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
113.22k (x1.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
9.92k (x1.34)
TOTAL
485.11k
445.51k (x0.92)

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
5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
18.1k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
26.41k (x0.93)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
12.39k (x1.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
26.06k (x1.75)
TOTAL
69.14k
82.95k (x1.2)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
125.9k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
233.26k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
109.66k (x1.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
10.21k (x1.38)
TOTAL
499.47k
479.02k (x0.96)

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
5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
24.3k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
26.46k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
12.18k (x1.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
26.58k (x1.69)
TOTAL
86.65k
89.53k (x1.03)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

5800X
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
187.4k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
246.12k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
113.16k (x1.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
11.74k (x1.56)
TOTAL
657.19k
558.41k (x0.85)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
5800X
Test#1 (Integers)