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Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz vs Core i9-7980XE


Description
The 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the i9-7980XE is based on Skylake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 506E8 3GHz gets a score of 210.9 k points while the i9-7980XE gets 1223.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 5.8 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
50654
Core
Kaby Lake
Skylake-X
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 2066
Cores/Threads
4/8
18/36
TDP
- W
165 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
18x32+18x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
18x1024 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
25344 kB
Date
June 2016
May 2017
Mean monothread perf.
58.05k points
76.43k points
Mean multithread perf.
210.91k points
1223.79k 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
i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
22.46k
31.16k (x1.39)
Test#2 (FP)
20.45k
28.13k (x1.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
6.65k (x1.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.39k
10.5k (x1.01)
TOTAL
58.05k
76.43k (x1.32)

Multithread

506E8 3GHz

i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)
92.69k
560.19k (x6.04)
Test#2 (FP)
90.45k
516.97k (x5.72)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.02k
123.94k (x5.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.75k
22.69k (x3.95)
TOTAL
210.91k
1223.79k (x5.8)

Performance/W
506E8 3GHz
i9-7980XE
Test#1 (Integers)