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Core i7-9700F vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-9700F is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9700F gets a score of 269.9 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 485.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.8 times faster than the i7-9700F. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.7 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/8
8/16
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
16384 kB
Date
April 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
60.93k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
269.85k 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
i7-9700F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.67k
5.2k (x1.11)
Test#2 (FP)
17.16k
21.19k (x1.23)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.7k
6.85k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.37k
15.48k (x1.08)
TOTAL
41.9k
48.71k (x1.16)

Multithread

i7-9700F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
26.31k
42.31k (x1.61)
Test#2 (FP)
97.53k
198.07k (x2.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
31.53k
68.37k (x2.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.94k
7.38k (x0.82)
TOTAL
164.31k
316.12k (x1.92)

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
i7-9700F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
16.8k
18.76k (x1.12)
Test#2 (FP)
24.08k
27.15k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.06k
7.15k (x1.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.98k
15.31k (x1.09)
TOTAL
60.93k
68.37k (x1.12)

Multithread

i7-9700F

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
92.79k
156.95k (x1.69)
Test#2 (FP)
135.13k
250.7k (x1.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.29k
70.02k (x2.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.64k
7.43k (x0.86)
TOTAL
269.85k
485.11k (x1.8)

Performance/W
i7-9700F
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1428 points/W