Core i7-8550U vs Engineering Sample 906EC
Description
The i7-8550U is based on Kaby Lake architecture while the 906EC is based on Coffee Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8550U gets a score of 166.1 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 3 times faster than the i7-8550U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8550U gets a score of 166.1 k points while the 906EC gets 494.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906EC is 3 times faster than the i7-8550U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
806ea
906ec
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
8/16
TDP
15 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
16384 kB
Date
August 2017
January 2019
Mean monothread perf.
64.2k points
70.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
166.12k points
494.24k 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
i7-8550U
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
25.37k
28.3k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
22.6k
24.99k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.13k
5.55k (x1.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.1k
11.71k (x1.06)
TOTAL
64.2k
70.55k (x1.1)
Multithread
i7-8550U
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
72.82k
229.27k (x3.15)
Test#2 (FP)
71.71k
209.21k (x2.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.35k
48.53k (x2.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.24k
7.23k (x1.71)
TOTAL
166.12k
494.24k (x2.98)
Performance/W
i7-8550U
906EC
Test#1 (Integers)
4855 points/W