Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-4790K
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-4790K 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 i7-4790K gets 215.5 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3 times faster than the i7-4790K . 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 i7-4790K gets 215.5 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3 times faster than the i7-4790K . 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
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
4 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
88 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2020
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
52.47k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
215.47k 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
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
5.06k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
12.63k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.81k (x0.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
4.96k (x0.32)
TOTAL
48.71k
28.47k (x0.58)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
18.28k (x0.43)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
64.07k (x0.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
27.52k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.97k (x1.08)
TOTAL
316.12k
117.84k (x0.37)
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
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
15.6k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
13.92k (x0.51)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
6.12k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
5k (x0.33)
TOTAL
68.37k
40.65k (x0.59)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
65.48k (x0.42)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
63.29k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
27.93k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
7.84k (x1.06)
TOTAL
485.11k
164.54k (x0.34)
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
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
15.8k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
14.35k (x0.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
5.97k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
5.17k (x0.35)
TOTAL
69.14k
41.29k (x0.6)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
62.79k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
66.48k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
26.35k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.74k (x1.18)
TOTAL
499.47k
164.36k (x0.33)
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
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
26.16k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
14.78k (x0.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.01k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
5.52k (x0.35)
TOTAL
86.65k
52.47k (x0.61)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
107.76k (x0.36)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
70.84k (x0.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
27.99k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
8.87k (x1.18)
TOTAL
657.19k
215.47k (x0.33)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-4790K
Test#1 (Integers)