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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-7700


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-7700 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-7700 gets 257.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.6 times faster than the i7-7700 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906e9
Core
Comet Lake-H
Kaby Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
65 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
September 2016
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
67.33k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
257.52k 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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.23k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
16.76k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.42k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
12.23k (x0.79)
TOTAL
48.71k
38.64k (x0.79)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
16.71k (x0.39)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
73.1k (x0.37)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
25.76k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.12k (x0.96)
TOTAL
316.12k
122.68k (x0.39)

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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
15.33k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
21.94k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
5.85k (x0.82)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
12.52k (x0.82)
TOTAL
68.37k
55.64k (x0.81)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
61.73k (x0.39)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
99.91k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
27.03k (x0.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
9.28k (x1.25)
TOTAL
485.11k
197.96k (x0.41)

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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
15.34k (x0.81)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
23.41k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
5.87k (x0.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
11.07k (x0.75)
TOTAL
69.14k
55.69k (x0.81)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
62.68k (x0.4)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
105.24k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
26.35k (x0.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
5.79k (x0.79)
TOTAL
499.47k
200.07k (x0.4)

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
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
26.7k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
23.7k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
5.46k (x0.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
11.48k (x0.73)
TOTAL
86.65k
67.33k (x0.78)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
115.97k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
108.43k (x0.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
26.28k (x0.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
6.85k (x0.91)
TOTAL
657.19k
257.52k (x0.39)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-7700
Test#1 (Integers)