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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Ryzen 9 5900X


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the 5900X is based on Zen 3.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the 5900X gets 840.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 5900X is 4 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
a20f10
Core
Kaby Lake
Vermeer
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
4/8
12/24
TDP
- W
105 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
12x32+12x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
12x512 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2x32768 kB
Date
June 2016
November 2020
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
89.82k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
840.11k 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
5900X
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
24.34k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
26.8k (x1.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
12.12k (x2.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
26.55k (x4.15)
TOTAL
56.39k
89.82k (x1.59)

Multithread

506E8

5900X
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
263.12k (x2.76)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
353.9k (x3.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
159.07k (x7.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
64.01k (x27.82)
TOTAL
211.6k
840.11k (x3.97)

Performance/W
506E8
5900X
Test#1 (Integers)