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Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz vs Xeon W-2223


Description
The 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake architecture while the W-2223 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 906ED 2.1GHz gets a score of 657.2 k points while the W-2223 gets 243.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.7 times faster than the W-2223. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
50657
Core
Comet Lake-H
Glacier Falls
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2066
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
- W
120 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x1024 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
8448 kB
Date
March 2020
October 2019
Mean monothread perf.
86.65k points
59.68k points
Mean multithread perf.
657.19k points
243.18k 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
W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
5.2k
3.97k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
21.19k
14.5k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.85k
4.78k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.48k
8.19k (x0.53)
TOTAL
48.71k
31.45k (x0.65)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
42.31k
15.56k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
198.07k
59.23k (x0.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
68.37k
22.87k (x0.33)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.38k
6.85k (x0.93)
TOTAL
316.12k
104.51k (x0.33)

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
W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
33.92k
25.09k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
30k
20.76k (x0.69)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
5.07k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.73k
8.76k (x0.56)
TOTAL
86.65k
59.68k (x0.69)

Multithread

906ED 2.1GHz

W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
302.78k
111.43k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
278.98k
100.2k (x0.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
67.89k
24.67k (x0.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.53k
6.89k (x0.91)
TOTAL
657.19k
243.18k (x0.37)

Performance/W
906ED 2.1GHz
W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)