Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Xeon E5-2670 v3
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the E5-2670 v3 is based on Haswell.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the E5-2670 v3 gets 452.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the E5-2670 v3. 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 E5-2670 v3 gets 452.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the E5-2670 v3. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
306f2
Core
Comet Lake-H
Haswell-EP
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.1 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011-3
Cores/Threads
8/16
12/24
TDP
- W
120 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
12x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
30720 kB
Date
March 2020
September 2014
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
36.41k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
452.9k 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
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
3.52k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
8.68k (x0.41)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
2.83k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
3.13k (x0.2)
TOTAL
48.71k
18.17k (x0.37)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
32.7k (x0.77)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
105.18k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
35.18k (x0.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
9.54k (x1.29)
TOTAL
316.12k
182.59k (x0.58)
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
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
11.08k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
9.57k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
3.18k (x0.45)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
3.28k (x0.21)
TOTAL
68.37k
27.11k (x0.4)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
139.07k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
133.47k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
46.6k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
6.65k (x0.9)
TOTAL
485.11k
325.78k (x0.67)
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
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
11.18k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
10.06k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
3.21k (x0.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
3.12k (x0.21)
TOTAL
69.14k
27.57k (x0.4)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
140.98k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
145.37k (x0.55)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
45.62k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.75k (x0.92)
TOTAL
499.47k
338.73k (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
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
18.62k (x0.55)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
10.49k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
4.04k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
3.26k (x0.21)
TOTAL
86.65k
36.41k (x0.42)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
236.25k (x0.78)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
151.05k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
58.9k (x0.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
6.7k (x0.89)
TOTAL
657.19k
452.9k (x0.69)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2670 v3
Test#1 (Integers)