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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Ryzen 9 3900


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the 3900 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 3900 gets 687.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 3900 is 1 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
870f10
Core
Comet Lake-H
Matisse
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
8/16
12/24
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
12x512 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
4x16384 kB
Date
March 2020
September 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
74.97k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
687.5k 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
3900
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.39k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
16.99k (x0.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
7.74k (x1.13)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
24.57k (x1.59)
TOTAL
48.71k
53.69k (x1.1)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3900
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
48.45k (x1.15)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
230.81k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
122.82k (x1.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
54.73k (x7.42)
TOTAL
316.12k
456.8k (x1.45)

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
3900
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
16.59k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
24.55k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
8.55k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
26.28k (x1.72)
TOTAL
68.37k
75.97k (x1.11)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3900
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
181.33k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
261.01k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
126.62k (x1.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
66.64k (x8.97)
TOTAL
485.11k
635.6k (x1.31)

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
3900
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
16.16k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
23.75k (x0.83)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
9.32k (x1.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
23.17k (x1.56)
TOTAL
69.14k
72.4k (x1.05)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3900
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
174.73k (x1.11)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
275.63k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
125.65k (x1.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
44.17k (x5.99)
TOTAL
499.47k
620.18k (x1.24)

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
3900
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
16.85k (x0.5)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
26.03k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
9.54k (x1.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
22.55k (x1.43)
TOTAL
86.65k
74.97k (x0.87)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

3900
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
229.41k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
292.81k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
128.48k (x1.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
36.8k (x4.89)
TOTAL
657.19k
687.5k (x1.05)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
3900
Test#1 (Integers)