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Core i3-6100 vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The i3-6100 is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-6100 gets a score of 112.3 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.9 times faster than the i3-6100 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-S
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.7 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/8
TDP
51 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
52.84k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
112.28k 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
i3-6100
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
22.89k
23.91k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
21.04k
21.03k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.9k
5.05k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.01k
6.4k (x1.6)
TOTAL
52.84k
56.39k (x1.07)

Multithread

i3-6100

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
50.05k
95.3k (x1.9)
Test#2 (FP)
47.13k
91.94k (x1.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.38k
22.06k (x1.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.72k
2.3k (x0.62)
TOTAL
112.28k
211.6k (x1.88)

Performance/W
i3-6100
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
981 points/W