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Core i9-10980XE vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The i9-10980XE is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-10980XE gets a score of 1241.1 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-10980XE is 5.9 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
506e8
Core
Cascade Lake-X
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2066
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
18/36
4/8
TDP
165 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
18x32+18x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
18x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
25344 kB
8192 kB
Date
November 2019
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
68.33k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
1241.12k points
210.91k 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
i9-10980XE
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
29.53k
22.46k (x0.76)
Test#2 (FP)
22.59k
20.45k (x0.91)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.99k
4.75k (x0.79)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.22k
10.39k (x1.02)
TOTAL
68.33k
58.05k (x0.85)

Multithread

i9-10980XE

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
587.06k
92.69k (x0.16)
Test#2 (FP)
496.41k
90.45k (x0.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
134.66k
22.02k (x0.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.99k
5.75k (x0.25)
TOTAL
1241.12k
210.91k (x0.17)

Performance/W
i9-10980XE
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3558 points/W