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Xeon E5-2620 v4 vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The E5-2620 v4 is based on Broadwell architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2620 v4 gets a score of 237.8 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2620 v4 is 1.1 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
406f1
506e8
Core
Broadwell-EP
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
3 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
Socket 2011-3
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8/16
4/8
TDP
85 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
20480 kB
8192 kB
Date
March 2016
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
29.39k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
237.83k 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
E5-2620 v4
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
12.16k
22.46k (x1.85)
Test#2 (FP)
11.82k
20.45k (x1.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.02k
4.75k (x1.57)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.4k
10.39k (x4.34)
TOTAL
29.39k
58.05k (x1.98)

Multithread

E5-2620 v4

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
103.77k
92.69k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
102.28k
90.45k (x0.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
26.13k
22.02k (x0.84)
Test#1 (Memory)
5.65k
5.75k (x1.02)
TOTAL
237.83k
210.91k (x0.89)

Performance/W
E5-2620 v4
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1221 points/W