Intel Core i7 6800K Broadwell-E CPU Linux Benchmarking Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article of the Core i7 6800K. AMD FX-8370: Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB SPCC Solid State, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160821, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Xeon E5-2609 v4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i7-5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 AMD A10-7870K: Processor: AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PLUS, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 128GB Intenso SSD Sat + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-08M + 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101 + 320GB Western Digital WD3200BEVT-0, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 4096MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: ACER KA220HQ, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.7.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 2385.45 |================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2578.68 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2105.53 |============================== Core i7-5960X ............. 2818.85 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2887.38 |========================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2942.97 |========================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 656.40 |========= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 2620.66 |================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5357.84 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4708.30 |================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 5691.83 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5759.84 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6091.22 |========================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 1578.14 |=========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 1348.58 |========================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2010.17 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1717.21 |================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 2170.82 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2173.51 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2289.61 |========================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 269.88 |===== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 5.85913 |==================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.00801 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 6.58279 |======================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 6.59637 |========================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.81390 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.82969 |========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 1.84769 |=================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 2.31513 |======================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 4.15776 |========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 2.19381 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2.56050 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 2.77629 |============================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 221.46 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 96.23 |=================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 205.27 |======================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 105.91 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 129.90 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 128.58 |========================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 17.27 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 7.12 |================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 17.70 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 8.03 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 9.73 |======================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 9.67 |======================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 37.33 |============================================ Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 12.92 |=============== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 19.77 |======================= Core i7-5960X ............. 14.20 |================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 17.02 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 15.71 |=================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 254.71 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 97.15 |================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 96.91 |================ Core i7-5960X ............. 74.11 |============= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 61.55 |========== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 59.30 |========== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 207.63 |============================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 92.91 |============= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 311.74 |=========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 105.70 |=============== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 128.08 |================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 127.82 |================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 81.06 |============================================ Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 34.26 |=================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 69.52 |====================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 39.84 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 45.65 |========================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 44.73 |======================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 30.63 |========================================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 20.68 |============================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 32.86 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 28.70 |====================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 19.71 |========================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 18.20 |======================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 34.71 |================================ Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 24.97 |======================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 48.19 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 24.43 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 23.48 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 23.07 |===================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 38.19 |=================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 3827.19 |============================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 5296.24 |======================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 2659.25 |==================== Core i7-5960X ............. 5092.99 |====================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5619.80 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5619.52 |========================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 4611.33 |================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 11.95 |====================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 23.59 |============================================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 18.62 |=================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 23.02 |=========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 10.50 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 10.61 |==================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 16.76 |=============================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 834.64 |======================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1293.36 |===================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 657.32 |=================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1313.47 |====================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1462.66 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1441.72 |========================================= AMD A10-7870K ............. 636.49 |================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 734566 |========================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1176876 |======================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 575000 |==================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1178388 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1229417 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1214052 |========================================= AMD A10-7870K ............. 873147 |============================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 169.14 |=================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 388.31 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 165.11 |================== Core i7-5960X ............. 351.91 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 286.85 |================================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 292.81 |================================ AMD A10-7870K ............. 79.81 |========= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 162.98 |===================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 338.11 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 144.33 |================== Core i7-5960X ............. 305.43 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 257.21 |================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 258.99 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 151 |======================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 174 |============================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 94 |========================= Core i7-5960X ............. 171 |============================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 170 |============================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 170 |============================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 621.56 |============= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1786.90 |======================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1002.07 |====================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1775.62 |====================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1948.99 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1895.71 |========================================= AMD A10-7870K ............. 977.98 |===================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2 Records/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 131327 |======================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 245582 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 155498 |=========================== Core i7-5960X ............. 225105 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 172504 |============================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 192407 |================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 60237 |=========== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 117.37 |===================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 55.18 |========== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 126.06 |====================== Core i7-5960X ............. 59.91 |=========== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 73.10 |============= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 71.38 |============= AMD A10-7870K ............. 242.37 |=========================================== Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 166.84 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 36.61 |========= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 93.06 |======================== Core i7-5960X ............. 41.94 |=========== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 54.22 |============== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 54.13 |============== AMD A10-7870K ............. 159.68 |========================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 97.69 |============================ Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 73.78 |===================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 147.93 |=========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 73.43 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 70.66 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 70.52 |==================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 92.35 |=========================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 10.08 |================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 6.77 |======================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 13.08 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 6.71 |======================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 6.47 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 6.53 |====================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 9.25 |=============================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 35.01 |=========================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 17.33 |============= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 56.89 |============================================ Core i7-5960X ............. 19.76 |=============== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 25.65 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 25.63 |==================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 697.80 |====================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1337.43 |========================================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 571.83 |================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1169.90 |===================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 983.07 |=============================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 983.53 |=============================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 359.77 |=========== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 564368 |============================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 427198 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 831629 |=========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 424764 |====================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 402404 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 401064 |===================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 1192944 |=============================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 825606 |====================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1603103 |========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 814653 |===================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 777149 |==================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 781420 |==================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 2692.12 |====================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 4817.18 |======================================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 5175.59 |========================================== Core i7-5960X ............. 5109.51 |========================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 5162.48 |========================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 5039.34 |========================================= AMD A10-7870K ............. 2701.26 |====================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 1432305.00 |========================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1574844.83 |============================= Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 1353950.46 |========================= Core i7-5960X ............. 1819288.71 |================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 2120999.29 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1888173.63 |=================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 1242834.42 |======================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 1034612.75 |========================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 1290795.13 |=============================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 921384.44 |====================== Core i7-5960X ............. 1297621.60 |=============================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 1643060.62 |======================================= Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 1538956.79 |===================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 946513.60 |====================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 263721265.92 |========================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 327609889.02 |================================ Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 177631425.77 |================= Core i7-5960X ............. 328299620.08 |================================ Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 377187664.75 |===================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 376105127.86 |===================================== AMD A10-7870K ............. 265699729.06 |========================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8370 ............... 23219.51 |======================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 .......... 30114.17 |=============================== Xeon E5-2609 v4 ........... 30212.52 |=============================== Core i7-5960X ............. 34884.24 |==================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2133 . 38946.34 |======================================== Core i7-6800K - DDR4-2400 . 40151.44 |=========================================