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Core i5-4440 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-4440 is based on Haswell architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-4440 gets a score of 138.7 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 4.7 times faster than the i5-4440 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
906ed
Core
Haswell
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.3 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/16
TDP
84 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 2013
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
38.29k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
138.69k points
657.19k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-4440
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.71k
5.2k (x1.4)
Test#2 (FP)
9.23k
21.19k (x2.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.28k
6.85k (x1.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
15.48k (x4.08)
TOTAL
21.02k
48.71k (x2.32)

Multithread

i5-4440

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
13.33k
42.31k (x3.17)
Test#2 (FP)
34.2k
198.07k (x5.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.91k
68.37k (x4.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.56k
7.38k (x1.12)
TOTAL
70k
316.12k (x4.52)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i5-4440
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.43k
18.76k (x1.64)
Test#2 (FP)
10.13k
27.15k (x2.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.53k
7.15k (x1.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.93k
15.31k (x3.9)
TOTAL
30.01k
68.37k (x2.28)

Multithread

i5-4440

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
43.67k
156.95k (x3.59)
Test#2 (FP)
38.78k
250.7k (x6.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.03k
70.02k (x4.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.72k
7.43k (x0.96)
TOTAL
107.2k
485.11k (x4.53)

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
i5-4440
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.56k
18.88k (x1.63)
Test#2 (FP)
10.36k
28.5k (x2.75)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.45k
6.91k (x1.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.8k
14.86k (x3.91)
TOTAL
30.17k
69.14k (x2.29)

Multithread

i5-4440

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
44.07k
157.47k (x3.57)
Test#2 (FP)
41.07k
265.75k (x6.47)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
16.89k
68.86k (x4.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.33k
7.38k (x1.01)
TOTAL
109.35k
499.47k (x4.57)

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
i5-4440
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
19.08k
33.92k (x1.78)
Test#2 (FP)
10.47k
30k (x2.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.53k
7.01k (x1.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.21k
15.73k (x3.74)
TOTAL
38.29k
86.65k (x2.26)

Multithread

i5-4440

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
73.26k
302.78k (x4.13)
Test#2 (FP)
41.01k
278.98k (x6.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.12k
67.89k (x3.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.3k
7.53k (x1.03)
TOTAL
138.69k
657.19k (x4.74)

Performance/W
i5-4440
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
872 points/W