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Core i5-8500T vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i5-8500T is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500T gets a score of 251.8 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500T is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
506e8
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/8
TDP
35 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2018
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
59.27k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
251.82k points
210.91k 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
i5-8500T
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
23.13k
22.46k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
20.7k
20.45k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.71k
4.75k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.73k
10.39k (x0.97)
TOTAL
59.27k
58.05k (x0.98)

Multithread

i5-8500T

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
125.17k
92.69k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
98.07k
90.45k (x0.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25.57k
22.02k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.01k
5.75k (x1.91)
TOTAL
251.82k
210.91k (x0.84)

Performance/W
i5-8500T
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3576 points/W