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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Core i3-8100


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i3-8100 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the i3-8100 gets 200.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.1 times faster than the i3-8100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
906eb
Core
Kaby Lake
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
6144 kB
Date
June 2016
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
59.18k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
200.4k 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
i3-8100
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
24.47k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
21.52k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
4.95k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
8.24k (x1.29)
TOTAL
56.39k
59.18k (x1.05)

Multithread

506E8

i3-8100
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
92.86k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
83.05k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
18.55k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
5.93k (x2.58)
TOTAL
211.6k
200.4k (x0.95)

Performance/W
506E8
i3-8100
Test#1 (Integers)