Core i7-6500U vs Engineering Sample 506E8
Description
The i7-6500U is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6500U gets a score of 97.5 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 is 2.2 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6500U gets a score of 97.5 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 is 2.2 times faster than the i7-6500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
406e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-U
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
2.5 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
2/4
4/8
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4096 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
46.25k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
97.52k 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
i7-6500U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
19.47k
23.91k (x1.23)
Test#2 (FP)
17.58k
21.03k (x1.2)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.05k
5.05k (x1.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.15k
6.4k (x1.24)
TOTAL
46.25k
56.39k (x1.22)
Multithread
i7-6500U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
42.05k
95.3k (x2.27)
Test#2 (FP)
40.2k
91.94k (x2.29)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.4k
22.06k (x2.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.86k
2.3k (x0.39)
TOTAL
97.52k
211.6k (x2.17)
Performance/W
i7-6500U
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
2803 points/W