Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i7-8700k
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i7-8700k 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 i7-8700k gets 443.8 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the i7-8700k. 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 i7-8700k gets 443.8 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the i7-8700k. 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
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/12
TDP
- W
95 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
80.6k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
443.77k 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
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.13k (x0.79)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
16.96k (x0.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
5.56k (x0.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
12.85k (x0.83)
TOTAL
48.71k
39.5k (x0.81)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
24.01k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
108.69k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
36.62k (x0.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
9.33k (x1.26)
TOTAL
316.12k
178.64k (x0.57)
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
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
12.92k (x0.69)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
20.68k (x0.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
5.3k (x0.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
12.59k (x0.82)
TOTAL
68.37k
51.48k (x0.75)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
94.26k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
152.55k (x0.61)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
39.74k (x0.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
8.53k (x1.15)
TOTAL
485.11k
295.07k (x0.61)
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
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
16.87k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
26.12k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
6.33k (x0.92)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
13.71k (x0.92)
TOTAL
69.14k
63.03k (x0.91)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
105.74k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
180.52k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
44.99k (x0.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.51k (x1.15)
TOTAL
499.47k
339.77k (x0.68)
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
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
31.2k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
27.82k (x0.93)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.57k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
15k (x0.95)
TOTAL
86.65k
80.6k (x0.93)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
202.42k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
186.33k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
44.96k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
10.05k (x1.33)
TOTAL
657.19k
443.77k (x0.68)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i7-8700k
Test#1 (Integers)