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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-6500U


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-6500U is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-6500U gets 97.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 6.7 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
406e3
Core
Comet Lake-H
Skylake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.5 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
8/16
2/4
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4096 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
kB
Date
March 2020
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
46.25k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
97.52k 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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
2.98k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
12.19k (x0.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
3.91k (x0.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
5.3k (x0.34)
TOTAL
48.71k
24.37k (x0.5)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
6.1k (x0.14)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
28.73k (x0.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
9.56k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.71k (x0.91)
TOTAL
316.12k
51.09k (x0.16)

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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
11.11k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
15.97k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
4.25k (x0.59)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
5.66k (x0.37)
TOTAL
68.37k
36.99k (x0.54)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
23.1k (x0.15)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
36.73k (x0.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
9.99k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
7k (x0.94)
TOTAL
485.11k
76.82k (x0.16)

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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
11.09k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
17.1k (x0.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
4.12k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
5.58k (x0.38)
TOTAL
69.14k
37.9k (x0.55)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
23.3k (x0.15)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
38.52k (x0.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
9.95k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.95k (x0.94)
TOTAL
499.47k
78.72k (x0.16)

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
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
19.47k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
17.58k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
4.05k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
5.15k (x0.33)
TOTAL
86.65k
46.25k (x0.53)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
42.05k (x0.14)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
40.2k (x0.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
9.4k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
5.86k (x0.78)
TOTAL
657.19k
97.52k (x0.15)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-6500U
Test#1 (Integers)