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Xeon Bronze 3206R vs Core i5-9500


Description
The 3206R is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the i5-9500 is based on Coffee Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3206R gets a score of 216 k points while the i5-9500 gets 352.8 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-9500 is 1.6 times faster than the 3206R. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
906ea
Core
Cascade Lake-SP
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.9 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
1.9 GHz
4.4 GHz
Socket
LGA 3647-0
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/8
6/6
TDP
85 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1024 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
11264 kB
9216 kB
Date
February 2020
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
31.52k points
73.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
216.02k points
352.84k 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
3206R
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
1.97k
4.45k (x2.27)
Test#2 (FP)
8.15k
18.43k (x2.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.37k
5.84k (x2.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.84k
12.63k (x2.61)
TOTAL
17.32k
41.34k (x2.39)

Multithread

3206R

i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
15.73k
24.75k (x1.57)
Test#2 (FP)
64.78k
103.1k (x1.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.06k
32.43k (x1.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.21k
5.56k (x1.07)
TOTAL
103.77k
165.85k (x1.6)

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
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
12.92k
29.17k (x2.26)
Test#2 (FP)
10.97k
25.49k (x2.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
5.84k (x2.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.09k
13.15k (x2.59)
TOTAL
31.52k
73.65k (x2.34)

Multithread

3206R

i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
103.33k
166.66k (x1.61)
Test#2 (FP)
87.67k
146.9k (x1.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
20.1k
34.04k (x1.69)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.91k
5.25k (x1.07)
TOTAL
216.02k
352.84k (x1.63)

Performance/W
3206R
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
1216 points/W
2564 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1031 points/W
2260 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
237 points/W
524 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
58 points/W
81 points/W
TOTAL
2541 points/W
5428 points/W

Performance/GHz
3206R
i5-9500
Test#1 (Integers)
6801 points/GHz
6629 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5774 points/GHz
5793 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1334 points/GHz
1327 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2678 points/GHz
2990 points/GHz
TOTAL
16588 points/GHz
16739 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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