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Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The E3-1220 v3 is based on Haswell architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E3-1220 v3 gets a score of 140.8 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 4.7 times faster than the E3-1220 v3 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306c3
906ed
Core
Haswell-WS
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4 /4
8/16
TDP
80 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
16384 kB
Date
June 2013
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
39.16k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
140.76k 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
E3-1220 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.45k
5.2k (x1.51)
Test#2 (FP)
9.96k
21.19k (x2.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.26k
6.85k (x1.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.27k
15.48k (x3.62)
TOTAL
21.94k
48.71k (x2.22)

Multithread

E3-1220 v3

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
14.01k
42.31k (x3.02)
Test#2 (FP)
37.68k
198.07k (x5.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
17.05k
68.37k (x4.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.35k
7.38k (x1)
TOTAL
76.09k
316.12k (x4.15)

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
E3-1220 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
19.17k
33.92k (x1.77)
Test#2 (FP)
10.55k
30k (x2.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.79k
7.01k (x1.46)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.65k
15.73k (x3.38)
TOTAL
39.16k
86.65k (x2.21)

Multithread

E3-1220 v3

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
73.13k
302.78k (x4.14)
Test#2 (FP)
42.06k
278.98k (x6.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.03k
67.89k (x3.77)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.54k
7.53k (x1)
TOTAL
140.76k
657.19k (x4.67)

Performance/W
E3-1220 v3
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
914 points/W