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Xeon w3-2423 vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The w3-2423 is based on Sapphire Rapids architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the w3-2423 gets a score of 254.3 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the w3-2423 is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806f8
506e8
Core
Sapphire Rapids-64L
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Sapphire Rapids
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 4677
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
4/8
TDP
120 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x48 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x2048 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
15360 kB
8192 kB
Date
February 2023
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
46.97k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
254.28k points
211.6k 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
w3-2423
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
21.46k
23.91k (x1.11)
Test#2 (FP)
12.28k
21.03k (x1.71)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.33k
5.05k (x0.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.9k
6.4k (x0.93)
TOTAL
46.97k
56.39k (x1.2)

Multithread

w3-2423

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
97.83k
95.3k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
100.83k
91.94k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
46.56k
22.06k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.06k
2.3k (x0.25)
TOTAL
254.28k
211.6k (x0.83)

Performance/W
w3-2423
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
815 points/W