Core i7-6700 vs Engineering Sample 506E8
Description
The i7-6700 is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6700 gets a score of 243.4 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-6700 is 1.2 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-S
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
3.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
May 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
57.76k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
243.4k 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
i7-6700
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
24.83k
23.91k (x0.96)
Test#2 (FP)
21.82k
21.03k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.98k
5.05k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.14k
6.4k (x1.04)
TOTAL
57.76k
56.39k (x0.98)
Multithread
i7-6700
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
109.79k
95.3k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
102.39k
91.94k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.72k
22.06k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.51k
2.3k (x0.35)
TOTAL
243.4k
211.6k (x0.87)
Performance/W
i7-6700
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1689 points/W