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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-4770K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-4770K is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-4770K gets 173.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.8 times faster than the i7-4770K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
306c3
Core
Comet Lake-H
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2020
June 2013
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
43.21k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
173.93k 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
i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.5k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
11.23k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.16k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
5.28k (x0.34)
TOTAL
48.71k
26.17k (x0.54)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
16.27k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
58.37k (x0.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
24.33k (x0.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
10.42k (x1.41)
TOTAL
316.12k
109.39k (x0.35)

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
i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
13.78k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
12.7k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
5.23k (x0.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
4.92k (x0.33)
TOTAL
69.14k
36.63k (x0.53)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
56.86k (x0.36)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
60.65k (x0.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
24.02k (x0.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
5.22k (x0.71)
TOTAL
499.47k
146.75k (x0.29)

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
i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
21.28k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
12.25k (x0.41)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
4.78k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
4.9k (x0.31)
TOTAL
86.65k
43.21k (x0.5)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
86.17k (x0.28)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
56.81k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
21.88k (x0.32)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
9.07k (x1.2)
TOTAL
657.19k
173.93k (x0.26)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4770K
Test#1 (Integers)