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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i9-7980XE


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i9-7980XE 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 i9-7980XE gets 1223.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 1.9 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
50654
Core
Comet Lake-H
Skylake-X
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2066
Cores/Threads
8/16
18/36
TDP
- W
165 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
18x32+18x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
18x1024 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
25344 kB
Date
March 2020
May 2017
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
76.43k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
1223.79k 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
i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
4.89k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
19.98k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
6.14k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
9.81k (x0.63)
TOTAL
48.71k
40.82k (x0.84)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
79.8k (x1.89)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
372.72k (x1.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
121.42k (x1.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
26.48k (x3.59)
TOTAL
316.12k
600.43k (x1.9)

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
i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
31.16k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
28.13k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.65k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
10.5k (x0.67)
TOTAL
86.65k
76.43k (x0.88)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
560.19k (x1.85)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
516.97k (x1.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
123.94k (x1.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
22.69k (x3.01)
TOTAL
657.19k
1223.79k (x1.86)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)