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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Core i5-6300HQ


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i5-6300HQ is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the i5-6300HQ gets 135.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.6 times faster than the i5-6300HQ. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
506e3
Core
Kaby Lake
Skylake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
2.3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1440
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/4
TDP
- W
45 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
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
40.99k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
135.14k 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
i5-6300HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
17.99k (x0.75)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
15.61k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
3.56k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
3.83k (x0.6)
TOTAL
56.39k
40.99k (x0.73)

Multithread

506E8

i5-6300HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
64.95k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
54.01k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
11.9k (x0.54)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
4.29k (x1.87)
TOTAL
211.6k
135.14k (x0.64)

Performance/W
506E8
i5-6300HQ
Test#1 (Integers)