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Core i5-6300HQ vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The i5-6300HQ is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6300HQ gets a score of 135.1 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1.6 times faster than the i5-6300HQ. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-H
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
45 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
September 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
40.99k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
135.14k 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
i5-6300HQ
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
17.99k
23.91k (x1.33)
Test#2 (FP)
15.61k
21.03k (x1.35)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.56k
5.05k (x1.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.83k
6.4k (x1.67)
TOTAL
40.99k
56.39k (x1.38)

Multithread

i5-6300HQ

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
64.95k
95.3k (x1.47)
Test#2 (FP)
54.01k
91.94k (x1.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
11.9k
22.06k (x1.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.29k
2.3k (x0.54)
TOTAL
135.14k
211.6k (x1.57)

Performance/W
i5-6300HQ
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1443 points/W