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Core i9-9900KF vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i9-9900KF is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900KF gets a score of 592.9 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.1 times faster than the i9-9900KF. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ed
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
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
16386 kB
16384 kB
Date
January 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
84.54k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
592.86k points
657.19k 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
i9-9900KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
33.03k
33.92k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
29.52k
30k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.55k
7.01k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
15.45k
15.73k (x1.02)
TOTAL
84.54k
86.65k (x1.02)

Multithread

i9-9900KF

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
276.22k
302.78k (x1.1)
Test#2 (FP)
250.61k
278.98k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
57.2k
67.89k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.84k
7.53k (x0.85)
TOTAL
592.86k
657.19k (x1.11)

Performance/W
i9-9900KF
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2908 points/W