Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Xeon E5-2697 v2
Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the E5-2697 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 E5-2697 v2 gets 633.1 k points.
Summarizing, the E5-2697 v2 is 1.3 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. 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 499.5 k points while the E5-2697 v2 gets 633.1 k points.
Summarizing, the E5-2697 v2 is 1.3 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
306e4
Core
Comet Lake-H
Ivy Bridge-EP
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2011
Cores/Threads
8/16
12 /24
TDP
- W
130 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 2013
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
27.92k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
633.14k 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
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
3.44k (x0.66)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
9.54k (x0.45)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
4.21k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
3.94k (x0.25)
TOTAL
48.71k
21.13k (x0.43)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
73.17k (x1.73)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
230.83k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
107.14k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
7.99k (x1.08)
TOTAL
316.12k
419.12k (x1.33)
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
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
18.76k
10.64k (x0.57)
Test#2 (FP)
27.15k
9.53k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.15k
4.12k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.31k
3.62k (x0.24)
TOTAL
68.37k
27.91k (x0.41)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
156.95k
252.69k (x1.61)
Test#2 (FP)
250.7k
238.68k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
70.02k
115.5k (x1.65)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.43k
10.98k (x1.48)
TOTAL
485.11k
617.84k (x1.27)
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
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
18.88k
10.53k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
28.5k
9.98k (x0.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.91k
4k (x0.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.86k
3.4k (x0.23)
TOTAL
69.14k
27.92k (x0.4)
Multithread
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)
157.47k
247.05k (x1.57)
Test#2 (FP)
265.75k
264.43k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.86k
111.01k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
10.66k (x1.44)
TOTAL
499.47k
633.14k (x1.27)
Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
E5-2697 v2
Test#1 (Integers)