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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i5-3570K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i5-3570K is based on Ivy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 499.5 k points while the i5-3570K gets 120.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 4.2 times faster than the i5-3570K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
306a9
Core
Comet Lake-H
Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1155
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/4
TDP
- W
77 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+x4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
6144 kB
Date
March 2020
April 2012
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
34.57k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
120.16k 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
i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
3.85k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
10.72k (x0.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
4.83k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
5.21k (x0.34)
TOTAL
48.71k
24.6k (x0.51)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
14.34k (x0.34)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
40.2k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
17.91k (x0.26)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.05k (x0.96)
TOTAL
316.12k
79.5k (x0.25)

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
i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
12.78k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
11.69k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
5.01k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
5.19k (x0.34)
TOTAL
68.37k
34.66k (x0.51)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
48.18k (x0.31)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
43.19k (x0.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
18.37k (x0.26)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
7.03k (x0.95)
TOTAL
485.11k
116.78k (x0.24)

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
i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
12.55k (x0.66)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
12.14k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
4.9k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
4.98k (x0.34)
TOTAL
69.14k
34.57k (x0.5)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
47.53k (x0.3)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
46.16k (x0.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
18.36k (x0.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.1k (x1.1)
TOTAL
499.47k
120.16k (x0.24)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i5-3570K
Test#1 (Integers)