AMD vs. Intel CPUs Ubuntu Linux

Benchmarking some different systems under Ubuntu Linux... Tests by Michael Larabel.

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AMD vs. Intel CPUs Ubuntu LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960XAMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores)MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x04096MB500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.11.0-13-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3NVIDIA 304.883.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.3-5ubuntu4ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Xeon E5/Core8192MB64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4850 512MBRealtek ALC892DELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit Connection3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)radeon 7.2.03.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores)MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBAL2223WRealtek RTL8111/8168/84111680x1050OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

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AMD vs. Intel CPUs Ubuntu Linuxhpcc: G-HPLhpcc: G-Fftehpcc: EP-DGEMMhpcc: G-Ptranshpcc: EP-STREAM Triadhpcc: G-Rand Accesshpcc: Rand Ring Latencyhpcc: Rand Ring Bandwidthhpcc: Max Ping Pong Bandwidthopen-porous-media: Upscale-RelpermAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X33.426532.615194.858581.347441.443260.047871.164910.491765572.975558.9552.941031.735645.928820.799801.292730.048110.802910.2833413407.684115.6465.814003.241066.532811.621111.196550.069980.804110.5506112932.10654.70OpenBenchmarking.org

HPC Challenge

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-HPLAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X1530456075SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 333.4352.9465.811. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-HPLAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X1326395265Min: 33.24 / Avg: 33.43 / Max: 33.55Min: 52.9 / Avg: 52.94 / Max: 52.99Min: 65.71 / Avg: 65.81 / Max: 65.891. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-FfteAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.72921.45842.18762.91683.646SE +/- 0.00735, N = 3SE +/- 0.01318, N = 3SE +/- 0.07062, N = 32.615191.735643.241061. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-FfteAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810Min: 2.6 / Avg: 2.62 / Max: 2.62Min: 1.71 / Avg: 1.74 / Max: 1.76Min: 3.1 / Avg: 3.24 / Max: 3.321. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-DGEMMAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810SE +/- 0.00311, N = 3SE +/- 0.02450, N = 3SE +/- 0.00176, N = 34.858585.928826.532811. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-DGEMMAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X3691215Min: 4.85 / Avg: 4.86 / Max: 4.86Min: 5.9 / Avg: 5.93 / Max: 5.98Min: 6.53 / Avg: 6.53 / Max: 6.541. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-PtransAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.36470.72941.09411.45881.8235SE +/- 0.01951, N = 3SE +/- 0.00052, N = 3SE +/- 0.00147, N = 31.347440.799801.621111. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-PtransAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810Min: 1.32 / Avg: 1.35 / Max: 1.39Min: 0.8 / Avg: 0.8 / Max: 0.8Min: 1.62 / Avg: 1.62 / Max: 1.621. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-STREAM TriadAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.32470.64940.97411.29881.6235SE +/- 0.00632, N = 3SE +/- 0.05924, N = 3SE +/- 0.00505, N = 31.443261.292731.196551. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-STREAM TriadAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810Min: 1.43 / Avg: 1.44 / Max: 1.45Min: 1.19 / Avg: 1.29 / Max: 1.39Min: 1.19 / Avg: 1.2 / Max: 1.211. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGUP/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-Random AccessAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.01570.03140.04710.06280.0785SE +/- 0.00022, N = 3SE +/- 0.00012, N = 3SE +/- 0.00006, N = 30.047870.048110.069981. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGUP/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-Random AccessAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X12345Min: 0.05 / Avg: 0.05 / Max: 0.05Min: 0.05 / Avg: 0.05 / Max: 0.05Min: 0.07 / Avg: 0.07 / Max: 0.071. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgusecs, Fewer Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring LatencyAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.26210.52420.78631.04841.3105SE +/- 0.02410, N = 3SE +/- 0.04006, N = 3SE +/- 0.03010, N = 31.164910.802910.804111. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgusecs, Fewer Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring LatencyAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810Min: 1.14 / Avg: 1.16 / Max: 1.21Min: 0.76 / Avg: 0.8 / Max: 0.88Min: 0.77 / Avg: 0.8 / Max: 0.861. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring BandwidthAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X0.12390.24780.37170.49560.6195SE +/- 0.01175, N = 3SE +/- 0.00084, N = 3SE +/- 0.00192, N = 30.491760.283340.550611. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring BandwidthAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X246810Min: 0.47 / Avg: 0.49 / Max: 0.5Min: 0.28 / Avg: 0.28 / Max: 0.28Min: 0.55 / Avg: 0.55 / Max: 0.551. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Max Ping Pong BandwidthAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 32.58, N = 3SE +/- 37.74, N = 3SE +/- 13.28, N = 35572.9813407.6812932.111. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Max Ping Pong BandwidthAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X2K4K6K8K10KMin: 5507.95 / Avg: 5572.98 / Max: 5609.23Min: 13336.42 / Avg: 13407.68 / Max: 13464.86Min: 12905.55 / Avg: 12932.11 / Max: 12945.381. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

Open Porous Media

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen Porous Media 2013-11-26OPM Benchmark: Upscale-RelpermAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X120240360480600SE +/- 5.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3558.95115.6454.701. (F9X) gfortran options: -rdynamic
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen Porous Media 2013-11-26OPM Benchmark: Upscale-RelpermAMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i7 4960X100200300400500Min: 548.97 / Avg: 558.95 / Max: 568.27Min: 115.34 / Avg: 115.64 / Max: 116.14Min: 54.59 / Avg: 54.7 / Max: 54.831. (F9X) gfortran options: -rdynamic