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Core i7-9850H vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-9850H is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-9850H gets a score of 289.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.3 times faster than the i7-9850H. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-H
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.6 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
BGA 1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
8/16
TDP
45 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 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
49.24k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
289.3k 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
i7-9850H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.11k
5.2k (x1.26)
Test#2 (FP)
15.19k
21.19k (x1.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.04k
6.85k (x1.36)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.98k
15.48k (x1.29)
TOTAL
36.32k
48.71k (x1.34)

Multithread

i7-9850H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
22.68k
42.31k (x1.87)
Test#2 (FP)
83.77k
198.07k (x2.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
30.37k
68.37k (x2.25)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.55k
7.38k (x0.86)
TOTAL
145.37k
316.12k (x2.17)

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
i7-9850H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
14.5k
18.76k (x1.29)
Test#2 (FP)
20.73k
27.15k (x1.31)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.31k
7.15k (x1.35)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.09k
15.31k (x1.38)
TOTAL
51.62k
68.37k (x1.32)

Multithread

i7-9850H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
77.18k
156.95k (x2.03)
Test#2 (FP)
126.35k
250.7k (x1.98)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
33.63k
70.02k (x2.08)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.87k
7.43k (x0.94)
TOTAL
245.03k
485.11k (x1.98)

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
i7-9850H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
19.83k
33.92k (x1.71)
Test#2 (FP)
16.52k
30k (x1.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.87k
7.01k (x1.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.02k
15.73k (x1.74)
TOTAL
49.24k
86.65k (x1.76)

Multithread

i7-9850H

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
130.19k
302.78k (x2.33)
Test#2 (FP)
121.44k
278.98k (x2.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
28.05k
67.89k (x2.42)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.62k
7.53k (x0.78)
TOTAL
289.3k
657.19k (x2.27)

Performance/W
i7-9850H
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2893 points/W