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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Core i7-8565U


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i7-8565U is based on Whiskey Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the i7-8565U gets 142.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.5 times faster than the i7-8565U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
806eb
Core
Kaby Lake
Whiskey Lake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA 1528
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
June 2016
August 2018
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
67.83k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
142.55k 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
i7-8565U
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
27.2k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
23.47k (x1.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
4.91k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
12.25k (x1.91)
TOTAL
56.39k
67.83k (x1.2)

Multithread

506E8

i7-8565U
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
64.33k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
58.47k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
15.82k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
3.93k (x1.71)
TOTAL
211.6k
142.55k (x0.67)

Performance/W
506E8
i7-8565U
Test#1 (Integers)