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Xeon E3-1220 v3 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The E3-1220 v3 is based on Haswell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E3-1220 v3 gets a score of 140.8 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 506E8 3GHz is 1.5 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
506e8
Core
Haswell-WS
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.1 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1150
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4 /4
4/8
TDP
80 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
64 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
8192 kB
8192 kB
Date
June 2013
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
39.16k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
140.76k points
210.91k 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
E3-1220 v3
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
19.17k
22.46k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
10.55k
20.45k (x1.94)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.79k
4.75k (x0.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.65k
10.39k (x2.24)
TOTAL
39.16k
58.05k (x1.48)

Multithread

E3-1220 v3

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
73.13k
92.69k (x1.27)
Test#2 (FP)
42.06k
90.45k (x2.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
18.03k
22.02k (x1.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.54k
5.75k (x0.76)
TOTAL
140.76k
210.91k (x1.5)

Performance/W
E3-1220 v3
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
914 points/W