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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Core i9-9900K


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the i9-9900K 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 i9-9900K gets 545.3 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i9-9900K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ec
Core
Comet Lake-H
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
- W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
March 2020
October 2018
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
86.24k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
545.3k 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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
5.17k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
21.15k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
7.01k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
15.32k (x0.99)
TOTAL
48.71k
48.66k (x1)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
38.45k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
155.68k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
51k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
18.26k (x2.47)
TOTAL
316.12k
263.38k (x0.83)

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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
33.62k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
30.02k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
7.17k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
15.43k (x0.98)
TOTAL
86.65k
86.24k (x1)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
248.93k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
224.43k (x0.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
53.39k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
18.54k (x2.46)
TOTAL
657.19k
545.3k (x0.83)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)