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Core i5-6600K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i5-6600K is based on Skylake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-6600K gets a score of 209.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.4 times faster than the i5-6600K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
906ed
Core
Skylake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/4
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
16384 kB
Date
May 2015
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
59.28k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
209.28k 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
i5-6600K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
17.24k
18.88k (x1.1)
Test#2 (FP)
26.5k
28.5k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.45k
6.91k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.09k
14.86k (x1.63)
TOTAL
59.28k
69.14k (x1.17)

Multithread

i5-6600K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
68.47k
157.47k (x2.3)
Test#2 (FP)
105.05k
265.75k (x2.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25.24k
68.86k (x2.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.5k
7.38k (x0.7)
TOTAL
209.28k
499.47k (x2.39)

Performance/W
i5-6600K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
721 points/W