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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i5-9600KF


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i5-9600KF 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 i5-9600KF gets 371.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.8 times faster than the i5-9600KF. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ec
Core
Comet Lake-H
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/6
TDP
- W
95 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
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
77.34k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
371.08k 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
i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.63k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
19.43k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
6.17k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
13.82k (x0.89)
TOTAL
48.71k
44.04k (x0.9)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
26.64k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
110.11k (x0.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
33.07k (x0.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.3k (x1.12)
TOTAL
316.12k
178.11k (x0.56)

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
i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
16.5k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
24.35k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
6.54k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
13.59k (x0.89)
TOTAL
68.37k
60.98k (x0.89)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
93.78k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
134.47k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
32.24k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
8.22k (x1.11)
TOTAL
485.11k
268.71k (x0.55)

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
i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
16.92k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
25.44k (x0.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
6.36k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
13.25k (x0.89)
TOTAL
69.14k
61.97k (x0.9)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
95.51k (x0.61)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
143.19k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
33.85k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.21k (x1.11)
TOTAL
499.47k
280.77k (x0.56)

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
i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
30.52k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
26.54k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.41k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
13.87k (x0.88)
TOTAL
86.65k
77.34k (x0.89)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
174.66k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
154.06k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
34.11k (x0.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
8.24k (x1.09)
TOTAL
657.19k
371.08k (x0.56)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i5-9600KF
Test#1 (Integers)