Core i7-8700k vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The i7-8700k is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8700k gets a score of 443.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the i7-8700k. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8700k gets a score of 443.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.5 times faster than the i7-8700k. 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
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 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
October 2017
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
80.6k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
443.77k 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
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.13k
5.2k (x1.26)
Test#2 (FP)
16.96k
21.19k (x1.25)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.56k
6.85k (x1.23)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.85k
15.48k (x1.21)
TOTAL
39.5k
48.71k (x1.23)
Multithread
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
24.01k
42.31k (x1.76)
Test#2 (FP)
108.69k
198.07k (x1.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
36.62k
68.37k (x1.87)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.33k
7.38k (x0.79)
TOTAL
178.64k
316.12k (x1.77)
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
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
12.92k
18.76k (x1.45)
Test#2 (FP)
20.68k
27.15k (x1.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.3k
7.15k (x1.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.59k
15.31k (x1.22)
TOTAL
51.48k
68.37k (x1.33)
Multithread
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
94.26k
156.95k (x1.67)
Test#2 (FP)
152.55k
250.7k (x1.64)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
39.74k
70.02k (x1.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.53k
7.43k (x0.87)
TOTAL
295.07k
485.11k (x1.64)
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
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.87k
18.88k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
26.12k
28.5k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.33k
6.91k (x1.09)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.71k
14.86k (x1.08)
TOTAL
63.03k
69.14k (x1.1)
Multithread
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
105.74k
157.47k (x1.49)
Test#2 (FP)
180.52k
265.75k (x1.47)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.99k
68.86k (x1.53)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.51k
7.38k (x0.87)
TOTAL
339.77k
499.47k (x1.47)
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
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
31.2k
33.92k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
27.82k
30k (x1.08)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.57k
7.01k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
15k
15.73k (x1.05)
TOTAL
80.6k
86.65k (x1.08)
Multithread
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
202.42k
302.78k (x1.5)
Test#2 (FP)
186.33k
278.98k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
44.96k
67.89k (x1.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.05k
7.53k (x0.75)
TOTAL
443.77k
657.19k (x1.48)
Performance/W
i7-8700k
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2131 points/W