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Core i7-8086K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-8086K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8086K gets a score of 352.4 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.9 times faster than the i7-8086K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
June 2018
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
72.95k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
352.4k points
657.19k 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
i7-8086K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
28.74k
33.92k (x1.18)
Test#2 (FP)
25.31k
30k (x1.19)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.78k
7.01k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.12k
15.73k (x1.2)
TOTAL
72.95k
86.65k (x1.19)

Multithread

i7-8086K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
160.53k
302.78k (x1.89)
Test#2 (FP)
147.29k
278.98k (x1.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
35.65k
67.89k (x1.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.92k
7.53k (x0.84)
TOTAL
352.4k
657.19k (x1.86)

Performance/W
i7-8086K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1690 points/W