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Xeon E5-2651 v2 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The E5-2651 v2 is based on Ivy Bridge architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-2651 v2 gets a score of 426.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.2 times faster than the E5-2651 v2. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
306e4
906ed
Core
Ivy Bridge-EP
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.2 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/24
8/16
TDP
W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
12x32+12x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
12x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
30720 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2013
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
17.75k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
426.18k points
657.19k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
E5-2651 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.75k
18.76k (x2.78)
Test#2 (FP)
6.05k
27.15k (x4.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.61k
7.15k (x2.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.26k
15.31k (x6.77)
TOTAL
17.68k
68.37k (x3.87)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
168.18k
156.95k (x0.93)
Test#2 (FP)
159.6k
250.7k (x1.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
77.04k
70.02k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.19k
7.43k (x0.73)
TOTAL
415.01k
485.11k (x1.17)

AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
E5-2651 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.69k
18.88k (x2.82)
Test#2 (FP)
6.35k
28.5k (x4.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.54k
6.91k (x2.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.17k
14.86k (x6.84)
TOTAL
17.75k
69.14k (x3.9)

Multithread

E5-2651 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
165.17k
157.47k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
176.85k
265.75k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
73.91k
68.86k (x0.93)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.25k
7.38k (x0.72)
TOTAL
426.18k
499.47k (x1.17)

Performance/W
E5-2651 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)