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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i7-4790


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i7-4790 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i7-4790 gets 173.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i7-4790 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
306c3
Core
Kaby Lake
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1150
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
- W
84 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
June 2016
May 2014
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
44.73k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
173.89k 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
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
22.19k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
12.45k (x0.61)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
5.11k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
4.98k (x0.48)
TOTAL
58.05k
44.73k (x0.77)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
87.14k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
58k (x0.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
22.75k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
6k (x1.04)
TOTAL
210.91k
173.89k (x0.82)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i7-4790
Test#1 (Integers)