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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Xeon E5-2660 v2


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the E5-2660 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 499.5 k points while the E5-2660 v2 gets 459.3 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.1 times faster than the E5-2660 v2 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
306e4
Core
Comet Lake-H
Ivy Bridge-EP
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
8/16
10 /20
TDP
- W
95 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
10x32+10x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
10x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
25600 kB
Date
March 2020
September 2013
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
19.48k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
459.31k points

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
E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
7.26k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
6.9k (x0.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
2.77k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
2.55k (x0.17)
TOTAL
69.14k
19.48k (x0.28)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
180.2k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
191.43k (x0.72)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
80.22k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.46k (x1.01)
TOTAL
499.47k
459.31k (x0.92)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2660 v2
Test#1 (Integers)