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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i5-8400


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i5-8400 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i5-8400 gets 289.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8400 is 1.4 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
906ea
Core
Kaby Lake
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
6/6
TDP
- W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
9216 kB
Date
June 2016
September 2017
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
64.98k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
289.61k 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
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
26.5k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
23.11k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
5.2k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
10.16k (x0.98)
TOTAL
58.05k
64.98k (x1.12)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
135.08k (x1.46)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
121.49k (x1.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
27.53k (x1.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
5.5k (x0.96)
TOTAL
210.91k
289.61k (x1.37)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i5-8400
Test#1 (Integers)