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Xeon E5-2660 v2 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The E5-2660 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 E5-2660 v2 gets a score of 459.3 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 1.1 times faster than the E5-2660 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
2.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
10 /20
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
10x32+10x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
10x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
25600 kB
16384 kB
Date
September 2013
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
19.48k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
459.31k points
657.19k points

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
E5-2660 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.26k
18.88k (x2.6)
Test#2 (FP)
6.9k
28.5k (x4.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.77k
6.91k (x2.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.55k
14.86k (x5.82)
TOTAL
19.48k
69.14k (x3.55)

Multithread

E5-2660 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
180.2k
157.47k (x0.87)
Test#2 (FP)
191.43k
265.75k (x1.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
80.22k
68.86k (x0.86)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.46k
7.38k (x0.99)
TOTAL
459.31k
499.47k (x1.09)

Performance/W
E5-2660 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1897 points/W