Core i9-7980XE vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz
Description
The i9-7980XE is based on Skylake architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-7980XE gets a score of 1223.8 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 5.8 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. 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 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.
Summarizing, the i9-7980XE is 5.8 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
50654
506e8
Core
Skylake-X
Kaby Lake
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.4 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
May 2017
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
76.43k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
1223.79k 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
i9-7980XE
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
31.16k
22.46k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
28.13k
20.45k (x0.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.65k
4.75k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.5k
10.39k (x0.99)
TOTAL
76.43k
58.05k (x0.76)
Multithread
i9-7980XE
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
560.19k
92.69k (x0.17)
Test#2 (FP)
516.97k
90.45k (x0.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
123.94k
22.02k (x0.18)
Test#1 (Memory)
22.69k
5.75k (x0.25)
TOTAL
1223.79k
210.91k (x0.17)
Performance/W
i9-7980XE
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3395 points/W