AMD Bulldozer vs. Intel Gulftown 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. Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 218.05 |=========================== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 108.96 |============= Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 54.35 |======= Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 37.56 |===== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 49.83 |====== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 35.71 |==== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 307.23 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 188.20 |======================= AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 94.13 |============ AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 63.08 |======== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 51.34 |====== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 617 |================================= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 308 |================ Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 154 |======== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 105 |====== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 101 |===== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 76 |==== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 774 |========================================= AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 389 |===================== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 191 |========== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 128 |======= AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 104 |====== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 16 |======= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 30 |============== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 50 |======================= Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 66 |============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 74 |================================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 92 |========================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 16 |======= AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 29 |============= AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 47 |===================== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 61 |============================ AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 68 |=============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 15 |======= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 28 |============= Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 48 |===================== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 64 |============================= Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 74 |================================= Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 94 |========================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 13 |====== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 23 |========== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 40 |================== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 55 |========================= AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 65 |============================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 3772 |====== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 7442 |============ Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 14177 |======================= Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 17992 |============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 19366 |================================ Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 23538 |======================================= AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 3299 |===== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 4896 |======== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 9378 |================ AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 14272 |======================== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 17963 |============================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 23.06 |======= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 35.33 |=========== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 71.10 |===================== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 104.74 |=============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 99.86 |============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 127.52 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 21.02 |====== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 27.93 |======== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 54.26 |================ AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 81.87 |======================== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 102.25 |============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 3049.31 |======== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 5923.67 |=============== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 10520.47 |=========================== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 13910.01 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 11097.48 |============================= Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 13300.45 |================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 2168.80 |====== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 3558.54 |========= AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 6647.93 |================= AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 9305.96 |======================== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 11208.12 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 32.78 |==== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 66.47 |========= Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 131.54 |================= Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 198.75 |========================= Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 202.11 |========================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 296.25 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 23.14 |=== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 43.61 |====== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 87.17 |=========== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 130.96 |================= AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 162.66 |===================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 1355.12 |======== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 2558.06 |============== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 4314.79 |======================== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 4991.06 |============================ Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 3926.93 |====================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 3946.82 |====================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 1474.15 |======== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 2110.58 |============ AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 4126.73 |======================= AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 5629.39 |================================ AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 6573.27 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 2603.73 |======== Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 4948.34 |=============== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 8566.61 |========================== Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 10656.81 |================================= Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 10081.39 |=============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 11642.71 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 2241.16 |======= AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 3512.92 |=========== AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 6969.12 |===================== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 9626.71 |============================== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 11702.03 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 12.60 |========= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 23.09 |================= Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 38.14 |============================ Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 49.21 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 42.83 |=============================== Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 53.98 |======================================= AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 7.62 |====== AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 12.71 |========= AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 23.33 |================= AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 32.50 |======================= AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 38.56 |============================ CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread ... 0.98 |======= Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads .. 1.93 |============== Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads .. 3.46 |========================= Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads .. 4.36 |================================ Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads .. 5.34 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads . 5.45 |======================================== AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread .......... 0.98 |======= AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads ......... 1.57 |============ AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads ......... 2.53 |=================== AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads ......... 2.58 |=================== AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads ......... 2.46 |==================