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Core i5-3470S vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-3470S is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-3470S gets a score of 93.4 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 5.3 times faster than the i5-3470S . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306a9
906ed
Core
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1155
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
16384 kB
Date
June 2012
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
31.35k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
93.35k points
657.19k points

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-3470S
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.41k
18.88k (x1.66)
Test#2 (FP)
10.98k
28.5k (x2.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.31k
6.91k (x1.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.66k
14.86k (x3.19)
TOTAL
31.35k
69.14k (x2.21)

Multithread

i5-3470S

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
35.73k
157.47k (x4.41)
Test#2 (FP)
36k
265.75k (x7.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.48k
68.86k (x4.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.14k
7.38k (x1.03)
TOTAL
93.35k
499.47k (x5.35)

Performance/W
i5-3470S
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
550 points/W