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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i5-6500


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i5-6500 is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i5-6500 gets 179.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i5-6500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
506e3
Core
Kaby Lake
Skylake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 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
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
53.7k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
179.44k 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 3GHz
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
22.89k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
19.87k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
4.58k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
6.36k (x0.61)
TOTAL
58.05k
53.7k (x0.93)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
84.36k (x0.91)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
72.91k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
16.08k (x0.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
6.1k (x1.06)
TOTAL
210.91k
179.44k (x0.85)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i5-6500
Test#1 (Integers)