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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-7700K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-7700K 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 i7-7700K gets 289.8 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.3 times faster than the i7-7700K . 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
4.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
95 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
76.9k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
289.82k 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
i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.63k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
18.92k (x0.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
6.22k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
13.92k (x0.9)
TOTAL
48.71k
43.7k (x0.9)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
18.53k (x0.44)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
86.49k (x0.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
28.78k (x0.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
9.67k (x1.31)
TOTAL
316.12k
143.47k (x0.45)

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
i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
17.55k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
27.82k (x0.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
6.8k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
14.83k (x1)
TOTAL
69.14k
67k (x0.97)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
68.4k (x0.43)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
118.8k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
33.34k (x0.48)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
17.43k (x2.36)
TOTAL
499.47k
237.97k (x0.48)

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
i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
30.44k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
26.91k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.25k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
13.3k (x0.85)
TOTAL
86.65k
76.9k (x0.89)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i7-7700K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
127.73k (x0.42)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
123.68k (x0.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
29.34k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
9.08k (x1.2)
TOTAL
657.19k
289.82k (x0.44)

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