Core i7-8700 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The i7-8700 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8700 gets a score of 389 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.7 times faster than the i7-8700. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8700 gets a score of 389 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.7 times faster than the i7-8700. 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
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
65 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
October 2017
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
75.01k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
388.95k points
657.19k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.48k
5.2k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
18.31k
21.19k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.88k
6.85k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.45k
15.48k (x1.15)
TOTAL
42.12k
48.71k (x1.16)
Multithread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
27.35k
42.31k (x1.55)
Test#2 (FP)
124.94k
198.07k (x1.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
43.23k
68.37k (x1.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.08k
7.38k (x1.04)
TOTAL
202.61k
316.12k (x1.56)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.45k
18.76k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
23.74k
27.15k (x1.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.24k
7.15k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.43k
15.31k (x1.14)
TOTAL
59.86k
68.37k (x1.14)
Multithread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
100.94k
156.95k (x1.55)
Test#2 (FP)
159.09k
250.7k (x1.58)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
43.61k
70.02k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.59k
7.43k (x1.13)
TOTAL
310.23k
485.11k (x1.56)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.57k
18.88k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
25.52k
28.5k (x1.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.01k
6.91k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.82k
14.86k (x1.16)
TOTAL
60.92k
69.14k (x1.13)
Multithread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
101.85k
157.47k (x1.55)
Test#2 (FP)
170.31k
265.75k (x1.56)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
43.12k
68.86k (x1.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.11k
7.38k (x1.04)
TOTAL
322.39k
499.47k (x1.55)
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
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
29.25k
33.92k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
25.98k
30k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.05k
7.01k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.74k
15.73k (x1.14)
TOTAL
75.01k
86.65k (x1.16)
Multithread
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
182.56k
302.78k (x1.66)
Test#2 (FP)
159.9k
278.98k (x1.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
38.18k
67.89k (x1.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.31k
7.53k (x0.91)
TOTAL
388.95k
657.19k (x1.69)
Performance/W
i7-8700
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2809 points/W