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Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The E5-2697 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 E5-2697 v2 gets a score of 633.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.

Summarizing, the E5-2697 v2 is 1.3 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
2.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12 /24
8/16
TDP
130 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
September 2013
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
27.92k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
633.14k points
657.19k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
E5-2697 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.44k
5.2k (x1.51)
Test#2 (FP)
9.54k
21.19k (x2.22)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.21k
6.85k (x1.63)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.94k
15.48k (x3.93)
TOTAL
21.13k
48.71k (x2.31)

Multithread

E5-2697 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
73.17k
42.31k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
230.83k
198.07k (x0.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
107.14k
68.37k (x0.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.99k
7.38k (x0.92)
TOTAL
419.12k
316.12k (x0.75)

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
E5-2697 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
10.64k
18.76k (x1.76)
Test#2 (FP)
9.53k
27.15k (x2.85)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.12k
7.15k (x1.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.62k
15.31k (x4.23)
TOTAL
27.91k
68.37k (x2.45)

Multithread

E5-2697 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
252.69k
156.95k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
238.68k
250.7k (x1.05)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
115.5k
70.02k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.98k
7.43k (x0.68)
TOTAL
617.84k
485.11k (x0.79)

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
E5-2697 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
10.53k
18.88k (x1.79)
Test#2 (FP)
9.98k
28.5k (x2.86)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4k
6.91k (x1.73)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.4k
14.86k (x4.36)
TOTAL
27.92k
69.14k (x2.48)

Multithread

E5-2697 v2

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
247.05k
157.47k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
264.43k
265.75k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
111.01k
68.86k (x0.62)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.66k
7.38k (x0.69)
TOTAL
633.14k
499.47k (x0.79)

Performance/W
E5-2697 v2
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1900 points/W