Core i7-9700K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The i7-9700K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700K gets a score of 494.4 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.3 times faster than the i7-9700K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700K gets a score of 494.4 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.3 times faster than the i7-9700K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/8
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2018
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
81.96k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
494.38k points
657.19k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.97k
5.2k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
17.98k
21.19k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.89k
6.85k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.49k
15.48k (x1.07)
TOTAL
43.32k
48.71k (x1.12)
Multithread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
37.81k
42.31k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
138.05k
198.07k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
41.78k
68.37k (x1.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.13k
7.38k (x1.03)
TOTAL
224.77k
316.12k (x1.41)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
17.94k
18.76k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
25.66k
27.15k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.46k
7.15k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.52k
15.31k (x1.05)
TOTAL
64.58k
68.37k (x1.06)
Multithread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
136.23k
156.95k (x1.15)
Test#2 (FP)
191.58k
250.7k (x1.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.51k
70.02k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.25k
7.43k (x1.03)
TOTAL
379.56k
485.11k (x1.28)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
17.43k
18.88k (x1.08)
Test#2 (FP)
26.9k
28.5k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.24k
6.91k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.12k
14.86k (x1.05)
TOTAL
64.69k
69.14k (x1.07)
Multithread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
134.6k
157.47k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
191.15k
265.75k (x1.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
42.84k
68.86k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.25k
7.38k (x1.02)
TOTAL
375.84k
499.47k (x1.33)
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
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
32.45k
33.92k (x1.05)
Test#2 (FP)
28.3k
30k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.27k
7.01k (x1.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.93k
15.73k (x1.05)
TOTAL
81.96k
86.65k (x1.06)
Multithread
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
244.31k
302.78k (x1.24)
Test#2 (FP)
199.72k
278.98k (x1.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
43.15k
67.89k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.2k
7.53k (x1.05)
TOTAL
494.38k
657.19k (x1.33)
Performance/W
i7-9700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2572 points/W