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Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Engineering Sample 506E8


Description
The 3206R is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the 506E8 is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3206R gets a score of 216 k points while the 506E8 gets 211.6 k points.

Summarizing, the 3206R is 1 times faster than the 506E8. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
506e8
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.9 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
1.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647-0
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/8
4/8
TDP
85 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
8192 kB
Date
February 2020
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
31.52k points
56.39k points
Mean multithread perf.
216.02k points
211.6k 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
3206R
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
12.92k
23.91k (x1.85)
Test#2 (FP)
10.97k
21.03k (x1.92)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
5.05k (x1.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.09k
6.4k (x1.26)
TOTAL
31.52k
56.39k (x1.79)

Multithread

3206R

506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
103.33k
95.3k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
87.67k
91.94k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.1k
22.06k (x1.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.91k
2.3k (x0.47)
TOTAL
216.02k
211.6k (x0.98)

Performance/W
3206R
506E8
Test#1 (Integers)
1216 points/W