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Core i7-6820HQ vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The i7-6820HQ is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-6820HQ gets a score of 205.9 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 is 1 times faster than the i7-6820HQ. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
506e3
506e8
Core
Skylake-H
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
BGA1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
45 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
October 2015
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
50.1k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
205.89k 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
i7-6820HQ
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
20.99k
23.91k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
18.63k
21.03k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.33k
5.05k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.15k
6.4k (x1.04)
TOTAL
50.1k
56.39k (x1.13)

Multithread

i7-6820HQ

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
91.8k
95.3k (x1.04)
Test#2 (FP)
87.24k
91.94k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.55k
22.06k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.3k
2.3k (x0.37)
TOTAL
205.89k
211.6k (x1.03)

Performance/W
i7-6820HQ
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
2040 points/W