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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Ryzen 9 5950X


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the 5950X is based on Zen 3.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the 5950X gets 1060.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 5950X is 5 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
a20f12
Core
Kaby Lake
Vermeer
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
AM4
Cores/Threads
4/8
16/32
TDP
- W
105 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
16x32+16x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
16x512 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
2x32768 kB
Date
June 2016
November 2020
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
79.51k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
1060.62k 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
5950X
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
19.88k (x0.83)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
25.26k (x1.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
10.77k (x2.13)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
23.59k (x3.69)
TOTAL
56.39k
79.51k (x1.41)

Multithread

506E8

5950X
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
349.53k (x3.67)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
470.67k (x5.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
207.28k (x9.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
33.13k (x14.4)
TOTAL
211.6k
1060.62k (x5.01)

Performance/W
506E8
5950X
Test#1 (Integers)