Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i5-8400
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i5-8400 is based on Coffee Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i5-8400 gets 289.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.3 times faster than the i5-8400. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i5-8400 gets 289.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.3 times faster than the i5-8400. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ea
Core
Comet Lake-H
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/6
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
9216 kB
Date
March 2020
September 2017
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
64.98k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
289.61k 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
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.08k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
14.96k (x0.71)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
4.98k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
10.29k (x0.66)
TOTAL
48.71k
34.31k (x0.7)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
21.54k (x0.51)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
85.13k (x0.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
28.24k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
4.08k (x0.55)
TOTAL
316.12k
139k (x0.44)
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
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
26.5k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
23.11k (x0.77)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
5.2k (x0.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
10.16k (x0.65)
TOTAL
86.65k
64.98k (x0.75)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
135.08k (x0.45)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
121.49k (x0.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
27.53k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
5.5k (x0.73)
TOTAL
657.19k
289.61k (x0.44)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)