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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-5820K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-5820K is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 499.5 k points while the i7-5820K gets 129.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.9 times faster than the i7-5820K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
306f2
Core
Comet Lake-H
Haswell-E
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/12
TDP
- W
140 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
15360 kB
Date
March 2020
September 2014
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
31.53k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
129.06k 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
i7-5820K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
3.82k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
9.64k (x0.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
4.29k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
3.78k (x0.24)
TOTAL
48.71k
21.53k (x0.44)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-5820K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
18.07k (x0.43)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
64.25k (x0.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
27.03k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.03k (x1.09)
TOTAL
316.12k
117.38k (x0.37)

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
i7-5820K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
12.03k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
11.23k (x0.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
4.55k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
3.72k (x0.25)
TOTAL
69.14k
31.53k (x0.46)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-5820K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
49.48k (x0.31)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
52.21k (x0.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
19.7k (x0.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.67k (x1.04)
TOTAL
499.47k
129.06k (x0.26)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-5820K
Test#1 (Integers)