Core i9-7980XE vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The i9-7980XE is based on Skylake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-7980XE gets a score of 1223.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 1.9 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-7980XE gets a score of 1223.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 1.9 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
50654
906ed
Core
Skylake-X
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2066
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
18/36
8/16
TDP
165 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
18x32+18x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
18x1024 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
25344 kB
16384 kB
Date
May 2017
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
76.43k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1223.79k 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
i9-7980XE
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
4.89k
5.2k (x1.06)
Test#2 (FP)
19.98k
21.19k (x1.06)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.14k
6.85k (x1.11)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.81k
15.48k (x1.58)
TOTAL
40.82k
48.71k (x1.19)
Multithread
i9-7980XE
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
79.8k
42.31k (x0.53)
Test#2 (FP)
372.72k
198.07k (x0.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
121.42k
68.37k (x0.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
26.48k
7.38k (x0.28)
TOTAL
600.43k
316.12k (x0.53)
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
i9-7980XE
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
31.16k
33.92k (x1.09)
Test#2 (FP)
28.13k
30k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.65k
7.01k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.5k
15.73k (x1.5)
TOTAL
76.43k
86.65k (x1.13)
Multithread
i9-7980XE
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
560.19k
302.78k (x0.54)
Test#2 (FP)
516.97k
278.98k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
123.94k
67.89k (x0.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.69k
7.53k (x0.33)
TOTAL
1223.79k
657.19k (x0.54)
Performance/W
i9-7980XE
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3395 points/W