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Engineering Sample 506E8 vs Xeon W-2223


Description
The 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the W-2223 is based on Cascade Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 gets a score of 211.6 k points while the W-2223 gets 243.2 k points.

Summarizing, the W-2223 is 1.1 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
50657
Core
Kaby Lake
Glacier Falls
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2066
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
- W
120 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x1024 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8448 kB
Date
June 2016
October 2019
Mean monothread perf.
56.39k points
59.68k points
Mean multithread perf.
211.6k points
243.18k 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
W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
23.91k
25.09k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
21.03k
20.76k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.05k
5.07k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.4k
8.76k (x1.37)
TOTAL
56.39k
59.68k (x1.06)

Multithread

506E8

W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)
95.3k
111.43k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
91.94k
100.2k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.06k
24.67k (x1.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.3k
6.89k (x2.99)
TOTAL
211.6k
243.18k (x1.15)

Performance/W
506E8
W-2223
Test#1 (Integers)