Xeon E5-4640 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz
Description
The E5-4640 is based on Sandy Bridge architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-4640 gets a score of 610.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.
Summarizing, the E5-4640 is 1.2 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E5-4640 gets a score of 610.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 499.5 k points.
Summarizing, the E5-4640 is 1.2 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
206d7
906ed
Core
Sandy Bridge-EP
Comet Lake-H
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
2.8 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2011
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
8 /16
8/16
TDP
95 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
20480 kB
16384 kB
Date
May 2012
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
13.88k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
610.16k 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
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1.66k
5.2k (x3.12)
Test#2 (FP)
5.26k
21.19k (x4.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.13k
6.85k (x3.22)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.53k
15.48k (x6.12)
TOTAL
11.58k
48.71k (x4.21)
Multithread
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
77.64k
42.31k (x0.54)
Test#2 (FP)
212.2k
198.07k (x0.93)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
113.11k
68.37k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.54k
7.38k (x0.98)
TOTAL
410.48k
316.12k (x0.77)
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
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
6.19k
18.76k (x3.03)
Test#2 (FP)
5.89k
27.15k (x4.61)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.11k
7.15k (x3.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.51k
15.31k (x6.11)
TOTAL
16.7k
68.37k (x4.09)
Multithread
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
244.88k
156.95k (x0.64)
Test#2 (FP)
215.35k
250.7k (x1.16)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
114.64k
70.02k (x0.61)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.76k
7.43k (x1.1)
TOTAL
581.63k
485.11k (x0.83)
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
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
5.01k
18.88k (x3.77)
Test#2 (FP)
4.5k
28.5k (x6.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.18k
6.91k (x3.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.19k
14.86k (x6.79)
TOTAL
13.88k
69.14k (x4.98)
Multithread
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
251.29k
157.47k (x0.63)
Test#2 (FP)
236.61k
265.75k (x1.12)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
114.89k
68.86k (x0.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
7.36k
7.38k (x1)
TOTAL
610.16k
499.47k (x0.82)
Performance/W
E5-4640
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2645 points/W