AMD Bulldozer Core Scaling

Seeing how well the AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 scales under Linux when controlling the core count from the BIOS/UEFI of the ASUS Crosshair V Formula motherboard. Using Linux 3.1 kernel and multi-threaded tests. To be compared to other Intel CPUs for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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AMD Bulldozer Core ScalingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (1 Core)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (2 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (4 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (6 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 11.103.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4NVIDIA 285.05.094.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09GCC 4.6.1ext41920x1080ProcessorsMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD Bulldozer Core Scaling BenchmarksSystem Logs- Compiz was running on this system.

c-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Sharpencompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingnpb: BT.Anpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: UA.Aclomp: Static OMP SpeedupAMD FX-8150 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 Cores307.237741613329921.022168.8023.141474.152241.167.620.98188.203892923489627.933558.5443.612110.583512.9212.711.5794.131914740937854.266647.9387.174126.736969.1223.332.5363.0812861551427281.879305.96130.965629.399626.7132.502.5851.34104686517963102.2511208.12162.666573.2711702.0338.562.46OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores70140210280350SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3307.23188.2094.1363.0851.34
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores60120180240300Min: 305.13 / Avg: 307.23 / Max: 310.39Min: 188.06 / Avg: 188.2 / Max: 188.34Min: 94.11 / Avg: 94.13 / Max: 94.14Min: 62.73 / Avg: 63.08 / Max: 63.75Min: 51.07 / Avg: 51.34 / Max: 51.82

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores170340510680850SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.59, N = 4SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3774389191128104
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores140280420560700Min: 774 / Avg: 774 / Max: 774Min: 382 / Avg: 389.25 / Max: 409Min: 191 / Avg: 191.33 / Max: 192Min: 128 / Avg: 128 / Max: 128Min: 104 / Avg: 104 / Max: 104

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31629476168
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1326395265Min: 16 / Avg: 16 / Max: 16Min: 29 / Avg: 29 / Max: 29Min: 47 / Avg: 47 / Max: 47Min: 61 / Avg: 61 / Max: 61Min: 68 / Avg: 68 / Max: 68

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31323405565
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1326395265Min: 13 / Avg: 13 / Max: 13Min: 23 / Avg: 23 / Max: 23Min: 40 / Avg: 40 / Max: 40Min: 55 / Avg: 55 / Max: 55Min: 65 / Avg: 65 / Max: 65

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 26.74, N = 3SE +/- 29.08, N = 3SE +/- 132.87, N = 3SE +/- 81.72, N = 33299489693781427217963
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores3K6K9K12K15KMin: 3293 / Avg: 3299.33 / Max: 3307Min: 4843 / Avg: 4895.67 / Max: 4930Min: 9322 / Avg: 9378.33 / Max: 9419Min: 14037 / Avg: 14271.67 / Max: 14497Min: 17823 / Avg: 17962.67 / Max: 18106

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 321.0227.9354.2681.87102.25
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100Min: 20.32 / Avg: 21.02 / Max: 21.4Min: 27.87 / Avg: 27.93 / Max: 27.97Min: 54.04 / Avg: 54.26 / Max: 54.37Min: 81.49 / Avg: 81.87 / Max: 82.11Min: 100.87 / Avg: 102.25 / Max: 103.06

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 18.45, N = 3SE +/- 11.62, N = 32168.803558.546647.939305.9611208.12
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores2K4K6K8K10KMin: 2165.79 / Avg: 2168.8 / Max: 2170.57Min: 3553.78 / Avg: 3558.54 / Max: 3563.97Min: 6637.28 / Avg: 6647.93 / Max: 6668.59Min: 9269.53 / Avg: 9305.96 / Max: 9329.23Min: 11184.95 / Avg: 11208.12 / Max: 11221.18

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 323.1443.6187.17130.96162.66
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores306090120150Min: 23.12 / Avg: 23.14 / Max: 23.16Min: 43.56 / Avg: 43.61 / Max: 43.68Min: 87.1 / Avg: 87.17 / Max: 87.21Min: 130.84 / Avg: 130.96 / Max: 131.05Min: 161.93 / Avg: 162.66 / Max: 163.84

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores14002800420056007000SE +/- 2.87, N = 3SE +/- 24.68, N = 3SE +/- 23.06, N = 3SE +/- 41.04, N = 3SE +/- 36.57, N = 31474.152110.584126.735629.396573.27
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores11002200330044005500Min: 1468.46 / Avg: 1474.15 / Max: 1477.65Min: 2084.76 / Avg: 2110.58 / Max: 2159.92Min: 4081.81 / Avg: 4126.73 / Max: 4158.25Min: 5549.59 / Avg: 5629.39 / Max: 5685.96Min: 6508.49 / Avg: 6573.27 / Max: 6635.06

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 15.32, N = 3SE +/- 22.67, N = 3SE +/- 45.57, N = 3SE +/- 30.06, N = 32241.163512.926969.129626.7111702.03
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores2K4K6K8K10KMin: 2234.28 / Avg: 2241.16 / Max: 2249.65Min: 3487.7 / Avg: 3512.92 / Max: 3540.6Min: 6932.38 / Avg: 6969.12 / Max: 7010.5Min: 9544.22 / Avg: 9626.71 / Max: 9701.5Min: 11669.47 / Avg: 11702.03 / Max: 11762.07

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 37.6212.7123.3332.5038.56
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores816243240Min: 7.6 / Avg: 7.62 / Max: 7.63Min: 12.7 / Avg: 12.71 / Max: 12.71Min: 23.28 / Avg: 23.33 / Max: 23.42Min: 32.41 / Avg: 32.5 / Max: 32.65Min: 38.21 / Avg: 38.56 / Max: 38.75

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores0.58051.1611.74152.3222.9025SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 50.981.572.532.582.46
OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores246810Min: 0.97 / Avg: 0.98 / Max: 0.99Min: 1.56 / Avg: 1.57 / Max: 1.58Min: 2.48 / Avg: 2.53 / Max: 2.56Min: 2.53 / Avg: 2.58 / Max: 2.62Min: 2.42 / Avg: 2.46 / Max: 2.5

12 Results Shown

C-Ray
Smallpt
GraphicsMagick:
  Local Adaptive Thresholding
  Sharpen
7-Zip Compression
x264
NAS Parallel Benchmarks:
  BT.A
  EP.B
  FT.B
  LU.A
  UA.A
CLOMP