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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Ryzen 5 5500U


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the 5500U is based on Zen 2.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the 5500U gets 261.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 5500U is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
860f81
Core
Kaby Lake
Lucienne
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA 1140
Cores/Threads
4/8
6/12
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
6x512 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2x4096 kB
Date
June 2016
March 2021
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
53.76k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
261.91k points

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
506E8
5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
15.63k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
23k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
8.62k (x1.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
6.51k (x1.02)
TOTAL
56.39k
53.76k (x0.95)

Multithread

506E8

5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
90.38k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
118.74k (x1.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
48.39k (x2.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
4.4k (x1.91)
TOTAL
211.6k
261.91k (x1.24)

Performance/W
506E8
5500U
Test#1 (Integers)