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Xeon E5-2680 v2 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The E5-2680 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 E5-2680 v2 gets a score of 551.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2680 v2 is 1.1 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. 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
2.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
10 /20
8/16
TDP
115 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.
28.23k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
551.1k 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
E5-2680 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
11.96k
18.76k (x1.57)
Test#2 (FP)
10.73k
27.15k (x2.53)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.59k
7.15k (x1.56)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.31k
15.31k (x3.55)
TOTAL
31.6k
68.37k (x2.16)

Multithread

E5-2680 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
218.24k
156.95k (x0.72)
Test#2 (FP)
206.92k
250.7k (x1.21)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
100.37k
70.02k (x0.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.45k
7.43k (x0.65)
TOTAL
536.99k
485.11k (x0.9)

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
E5-2680 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
10.55k
18.88k (x1.79)
Test#2 (FP)
10.02k
28.5k (x2.84)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.99k
6.91k (x1.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.66k
14.86k (x4.06)
TOTAL
28.23k
69.14k (x2.45)

Multithread

E5-2680 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
215.04k
157.47k (x0.73)
Test#2 (FP)
230.43k
265.75k (x1.15)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
96.87k
68.86k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.76k
7.38k (x0.84)
TOTAL
551.1k
499.47k (x0.91)

Performance/W
E5-2680 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1870 points/W