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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 529.3 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
906ed
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
81.91k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
529.32k 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
5k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
20.22k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
6.54k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
13.78k (x0.89)
TOTAL
48.71k
45.53k (x0.93)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
36.39k (x0.86)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
166.55k (x0.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
54.92k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.96k (x1.21)
TOTAL
316.12k
266.82k (x0.84)

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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
18.03k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
25.98k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
6.86k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
14.5k (x0.95)
TOTAL
68.37k
65.37k (x0.96)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
131.34k (x0.84)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
204.76k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
55.74k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
8.99k (x1.21)
TOTAL
485.11k
400.83k (x0.83)

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
i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
17.98k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
27.04k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
6.63k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
13.6k (x0.92)
TOTAL
69.14k
65.24k (x0.94)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
130.88k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
208.5k (x0.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
54.12k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
8.91k (x1.21)
TOTAL
499.47k
402.41k (x0.81)

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
32.08k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
28.17k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.68k (x0.95)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
14.98k (x0.95)
TOTAL
86.65k
81.91k (x0.95)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

i9-9900K
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
242.98k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
220.16k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
53.97k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
12.22k (x1.62)
TOTAL
657.19k
529.32k (x0.81)

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