Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-8700
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-8700 is based on Coffee Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the i7-8700 gets 389 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.7 times faster than the i7-8700. 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 i7-8700 gets 389 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.7 times faster than the i7-8700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ea
Core
Comet Lake-H
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/12
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
12288 kB
Date
March 2020
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
75.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
388.95k 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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.48k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
18.31k (x0.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.88k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
13.45k (x0.87)
TOTAL
48.71k
42.12k (x0.86)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
27.35k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
124.94k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
43.23k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.08k (x0.96)
TOTAL
316.12k
202.61k (x0.64)
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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
16.45k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
23.74k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
6.24k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
13.43k (x0.88)
TOTAL
68.37k
59.86k (x0.88)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
100.94k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
159.09k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
43.61k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
6.59k (x0.89)
TOTAL
485.11k
310.23k (x0.64)
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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
16.57k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
25.52k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
6.01k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
12.82k (x0.86)
TOTAL
69.14k
60.92k (x0.88)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
101.85k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
170.31k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
43.12k (x0.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.11k (x0.96)
TOTAL
499.47k
322.39k (x0.65)
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
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
29.25k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
25.98k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.05k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
13.74k (x0.87)
TOTAL
86.65k
75.01k (x0.87)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
182.56k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
159.9k (x0.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
38.18k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
8.31k (x1.1)
TOTAL
657.19k
388.95k (x0.59)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)