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Core i3-4170 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i3-4170 is based on Haswell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-4170 gets a score of 92.7 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 2.3 times faster than the i3-4170. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
506e8
Core
Haswell
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/8
TDP
54 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
44.24k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
92.71k points
210.91k 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
i3-4170
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.17k
22.46k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
12.58k
20.45k (x1.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.09k
4.75k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.4k
10.39k (x2.36)
TOTAL
44.24k
58.05k (x1.31)

Multithread

i3-4170

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
47k
92.69k (x1.97)
Test#2 (FP)
31.06k
90.45k (x2.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.96k
22.02k (x1.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.68k
5.75k (x2.14)
TOTAL
92.71k
210.91k (x2.27)

Performance/W
i3-4170
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
870 points/W