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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i7-6560U


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i7-6560U is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i7-6560U gets 107 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 2 times faster than the i7-6560U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
406e3
Core
Kaby Lake
Skylake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/4
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
4096 kB
Date
June 2016
September 2015
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
52.96k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
107.01k 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
i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
22.21k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
19.25k (x0.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
4.41k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
7.09k (x0.68)
TOTAL
58.05k
52.96k (x0.91)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
44.94k (x0.48)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
44.98k (x0.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
10.83k (x0.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
6.26k (x1.09)
TOTAL
210.91k
107.01k (x0.51)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i7-6560U
Test#1 (Integers)