Core i7-6560U vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz
Description
The i7-6560U is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6560U gets a score of 107 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 2 times faster than the i7-6560U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6560U gets a score of 107 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.
Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 2 times faster than the i7-6560U. 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
2.2 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.5 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
2x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
4096 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
52.96k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
107.01k 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
i7-6560U
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.21k
22.46k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
19.25k
20.45k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.41k
4.75k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.09k
10.39k (x1.47)
TOTAL
52.96k
58.05k (x1.1)
Multithread
i7-6560U
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
44.94k
92.69k (x2.06)
Test#2 (FP)
44.98k
90.45k (x2.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.83k
22.02k (x2.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.26k
5.75k (x0.92)
TOTAL
107.01k
210.91k (x1.97)
Performance/W
i7-6560U
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2996 points/W