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Core i3-8100 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i3-8100 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-8100 gets a score of 200.4 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.1 times faster than the i3-8100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906eb
506e8
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
59.18k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
200.4k 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
i3-8100
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.47k
22.46k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
21.52k
20.45k (x0.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.95k
4.75k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.24k
10.39k (x1.26)
TOTAL
59.18k
58.05k (x0.98)

Multithread

i3-8100

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
92.86k
92.69k (x1)
Test#2 (FP)
83.05k
90.45k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.55k
22.02k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.93k
5.75k (x0.97)
TOTAL
200.4k
210.91k (x1.05)

Performance/W
i3-8100
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1429 points/W