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Core i7-5820K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-5820K is based on Haswell architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-5820K gets a score of 129.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 3.9 times faster than the i7-5820K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306f2
906ed
Core
Haswell-E
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
140 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
15360 kB
16384 kB
Date
September 2014
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
31.53k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
129.06k 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
i7-5820K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.82k
5.2k (x1.36)
Test#2 (FP)
9.64k
21.19k (x2.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.29k
6.85k (x1.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.78k
15.48k (x4.09)
TOTAL
21.53k
48.71k (x2.26)

Multithread

i7-5820K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
18.07k
42.31k (x2.34)
Test#2 (FP)
64.25k
198.07k (x3.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
27.03k
68.37k (x2.53)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.03k
7.38k (x0.92)
TOTAL
117.38k
316.12k (x2.69)

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
i7-5820K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
12.03k
18.88k (x1.57)
Test#2 (FP)
11.23k
28.5k (x2.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.55k
6.91k (x1.52)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.72k
14.86k (x3.99)
TOTAL
31.53k
69.14k (x2.19)

Multithread

i7-5820K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
49.48k
157.47k (x3.18)
Test#2 (FP)
52.21k
265.75k (x5.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
19.7k
68.86k (x3.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.67k
7.38k (x0.96)
TOTAL
129.06k
499.47k (x3.87)

Performance/W
i7-5820K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
353 points/W