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Core i3-8350K vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The i3-8350K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i3-8350K gets a score of 237.6 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-8350K is 1.1 times faster than the 506E8. 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
4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
91 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
68.36k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
237.63k 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
i3-8350K
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
27.29k
23.91k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
24.19k
21.03k (x0.87)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.75k
5.05k (x0.88)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.13k
6.4k (x0.57)
TOTAL
68.36k
56.39k (x0.82)

Multithread

i3-8350K

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
107.78k
95.3k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
95.93k
91.94k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.65k
22.06k (x0.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.26k
2.3k (x0.2)
TOTAL
237.63k
211.6k (x0.89)

Performance/W
i3-8350K
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1184 points/W