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Xeon W-2223 vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The W-2223 is based on Cascade Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the W-2223 gets a score of 243.2 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the 906ED 2.1GHz is 2.7 times faster than the W-2223. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
50657
906ed
Core
Glacier Falls
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.9 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 2066
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
4/8
8/16
TDP
120 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
4x1024 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
8448 kB
16384 kB
Date
October 2019
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
59.68k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
243.18k 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
W-2223
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.97k
5.2k (x1.31)
Test#2 (FP)
14.5k
21.19k (x1.46)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.78k
6.85k (x1.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.19k
15.48k (x1.89)
TOTAL
31.45k
48.71k (x1.55)

Multithread

W-2223

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
15.56k
42.31k (x2.72)
Test#2 (FP)
59.23k
198.07k (x3.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
22.87k
68.37k (x2.99)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.85k
7.38k (x1.08)
TOTAL
104.51k
316.12k (x3.02)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
W-2223
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
25.09k
33.92k (x1.35)
Test#2 (FP)
20.76k
30k (x1.44)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.07k
7.01k (x1.38)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.76k
15.73k (x1.79)
TOTAL
59.68k
86.65k (x1.45)

Multithread

W-2223

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
111.43k
302.78k (x2.72)
Test#2 (FP)
100.2k
278.98k (x2.78)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
24.67k
67.89k (x2.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
6.89k
7.53k (x1.09)
TOTAL
243.18k
657.19k (x2.7)

Performance/W
W-2223
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
929 points/W