Core i3-7100 vs Engineering Sample 906EC
Description
The i3-7100 is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-7100 gets a score of 126.5 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 3.9 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-7100 gets a score of 126.5 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 3.9 times faster than the i3-7100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906e9
906ec
Core
Kaby Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3.9 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
8/16
TDP
51 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
2x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
3072 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2017
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
58.55k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
126.47k points
494.24k 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
i3-7100
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
25.77k
28.3k (x1.1)
Test#2 (FP)
23.26k
24.99k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.43k
5.55k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.09k
11.71k (x2.86)
TOTAL
58.55k
70.55k (x1.2)
Multithread
i3-7100
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
54.98k
229.27k (x4.17)
Test#2 (FP)
54.73k
209.21k (x3.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
13.12k
48.53k (x3.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.65k
7.23k (x1.98)
TOTAL
126.47k
494.24k (x3.91)
Performance/W
i3-7100
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
1078 points/W