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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i7-6700HQ


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i7-6700HQ is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i7-6700HQ gets 205.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1 times faster than the i7-6700HQ. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e8
506e3
Core
Kaby Lake
Skylake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA1440
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
- W
45 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
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
50.54k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
205.24k 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
i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
21.33k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
18.34k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
4.44k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
6.44k (x0.62)
TOTAL
58.05k
50.54k (x0.87)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
91.89k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
87.87k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
20.61k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
4.87k (x0.85)
TOTAL
210.91k
205.24k (x0.97)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i7-6700HQ
Test#1 (Integers)