Core i9-9900K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The i9-9900K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 545.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i9-9900K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 545.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.
Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the i9-9900K. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ec
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2018
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
86.24k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
545.3k 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
i9-9900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
5.17k
5.2k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
21.15k
21.19k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.01k
6.85k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.32k
15.48k (x1.01)
TOTAL
48.66k
48.71k (x1)
Multithread
i9-9900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
38.45k
42.31k (x1.1)
Test#2 (FP)
155.68k
198.07k (x1.27)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
51k
68.37k (x1.34)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.26k
7.38k (x0.4)
TOTAL
263.38k
316.12k (x1.2)
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
i9-9900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
33.62k
33.92k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
30.02k
30k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.17k
7.01k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.43k
15.73k (x1.02)
TOTAL
86.24k
86.65k (x1)
Multithread
i9-9900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
248.93k
302.78k (x1.22)
Test#2 (FP)
224.43k
278.98k (x1.24)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.39k
67.89k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
18.54k
7.53k (x0.41)
TOTAL
545.3k
657.19k (x1.21)
Performance/W
i9-9900K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2620 points/W