Scaling Bulldozer, Gulftown, Sandy, Shanghai 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 (Gulftown and Sandy Bridge) for a future article on Phoronix.com. Also results from a dual AMD Opteron 2384 (Shanghai) workstation. All systems were running Ubuntu 11.10 x86_64 with a patched Linux 3.1 kernel that supports the IC aliasing fix for AMD Family 15 (Bulldozer) CPUs while other hardware is untouched. 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 Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit 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: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit 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: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit 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: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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 |=== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 309.17 |======================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 280.36 |===================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 140.61 |========== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 94.16 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 73.40 |===== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 195.34 |============== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 100.52 |======= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 53.14 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 504.50 |===================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 251.90 |================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 126.23 |========= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 84.26 |====== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 63.38 |===== 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 |=== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 791 |=================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 556 |========================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 279 |============ Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 186 |======== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 158 |======= Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 555 |========================= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 286 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 153 |======= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 898 |======================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 449 |==================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 225 |========== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 150 |======= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 112 |===== 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 |========================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 12 |===== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 20 |========= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 35 |================ Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 48 |===================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 58 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 17 |======== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 31 |============== Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 51 |======================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 13 |====== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 23 |========== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 38 |================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 49 |====================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 56 |========================= 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 |========================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 11 |===== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 20 |========= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 35 |=============== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 48 |===================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 59 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 16 |======= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 29 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 48 |===================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 14 |====== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 25 |=========== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 42 |================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 54 |======================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 63 |=========================== 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 |====================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 2800 |===== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 3969 |====== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 7866 |============= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 11163 |================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 13085 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 4117 |======= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 7139 |============ Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 12622 |==================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 2186 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 4419 |======= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 8791 |============== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 12843 |===================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 16144 |========================== 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 |===================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 18.61 |===== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 21.20 |====== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 39.26 |=========== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 59.47 |================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 77.98 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 26.43 |======== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 38.37 |=========== Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 75.84 |====================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 14.68 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 21.39 |====== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 42.08 |============ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 63.70 |================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 80.99 |======================= 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 |================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 2462.37 |====== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 2818.90 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 5342.94 |============= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 7441.65 |=================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 9435.31 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 3655.87 |========= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 6894.72 |================= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 11547.46 |============================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 1762.75 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 3366.43 |======== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 5943.90 |=============== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 7804.62 |==================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 10718.64 |=========================== 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 |===================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 25.49 |=== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 40.08 |===== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 79.84 |========== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 119.38 |=============== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 158.54 |==================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 36.43 |===== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 70.89 |========= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 133.69 |================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 19.31 |== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 38.67 |===== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 76.92 |========== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 115.90 |============== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 154.59 |=================== 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 |====================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 1291.74 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 1452.50 |======== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 2817.37 |=============== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 3995.75 |====================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 4908.93 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 1822.72 |========== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 3371.40 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 5816.61 |================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 933.48 |===== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 1766.18 |========== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 2970.60 |================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 4582.29 |========================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 6261.15 |================================== 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 |=================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 2201.90 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 2767.87 |======== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 5141.50 |=============== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 7163.90 |===================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 9348.39 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 3135.10 |========= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 5873.55 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 9931.75 |============================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 1444.75 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 2722.36 |======== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 4792.70 |============== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 6337.67 |=================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 8908.90 |=========================== 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 |====================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 9.99 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 11.29 |======== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 20.29 |============== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 26.82 |=================== Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 32.06 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 13.88 |========== Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 24.10 |================= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 35.24 |========================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 6.19 |==== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 10.94 |======== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 17.52 |============ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 29.23 |===================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 38.60 |=========================== 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 |======================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 1 Thread .. 0.98 |======= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 2 Threads . 1.74 |============ Intel Core i7 2630QM: 4 Threads . 3.24 |======================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 6 Threads . 4.07 |============================= Intel Core i7 2630QM: 8 Threads . 4.85 |=================================== Intel Core i5 2500K: 1 Thread ... 0.98 |======= Intel Core i5 2500K: 2 Threads .. 1.83 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K: 4 Threads .. 3.19 |======================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 1 Thread .. 0.98 |======= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 2 Threads . 1.70 |============ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 4 Threads . 2.92 |===================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 6 Threads . 3.20 |======================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: 8 Threads . 3.51 |========================= 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 |==================