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Core i7-4710HQ vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i7-4710HQ is based on Haswell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-4710HQ gets a score of 155.2 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.4 times faster than the i7-4710HQ . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
506e8
Core
Haswell
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
BGA1364
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4 /4
4/8
TDP
47 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
April 2014
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
40.65k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
155.24k 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
i7-4710HQ
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
20.98k
22.46k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
10.48k
20.45k (x1.95)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.75k
4.75k (x1)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.44k
10.39k (x2.34)
TOTAL
40.65k
58.05k (x1.43)

Multithread

i7-4710HQ

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
77.73k
92.69k (x1.19)
Test#2 (FP)
52.12k
90.45k (x1.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.55k
22.02k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.85k
5.75k (x1.18)
TOTAL
155.24k
210.91k (x1.36)

Performance/W
i7-4710HQ
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1654 points/W