Tyan 1U Server - Intel Xeon Gold Dual CPU - Clear Linux Intel Xeon Gold CPU comparison on Tyan server for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i7 6800K: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 Core i9 7900X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/580, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-2400MT/s, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 Xeon E3-1245 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MT/s, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 93.53 |========================== Core i9 7900X ............ 66.77 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 155.31 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 31.13 |========= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 105.03 |============================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 136.19 |======================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 6.60 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 3.48 |================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 9.18 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 1.85 |========= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 4.57 |====================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 9.45 |============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 127.49 |============================== Core i9 7900X ............ 56.56 |============= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 161.42 |====================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 24.50 |====== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 87.89 |===================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 186.41 |============================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 36.17 |================================= Core i9 7900X ............ 17.38 |================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 49.81 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 8.55 |======== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 28.75 |========================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 49.26 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 20820.31 |========== Core i9 7900X ............ 41755.79 |===================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 15039.70 |======== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 83670.21 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 28018.59 |============== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 16970.54 |========= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 3644.61 |===== Core i9 7900X ............ 12032.16 |================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 3920.97 |===== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 30379.27 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 4787.57 |======= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 3927.48 |===== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 524.95 |=========== Core i9 7900X ............ 1042.56 |===================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 347.82 |======= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2100.37 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 707.44 |============== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 327.69 |======= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 12795.29 |============= Core i9 7900X ............ 25243.25 |========================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 8677.27 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 40784.85 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 16465.87 |================= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 9222.49 |========= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 23076.41 |============= Core i9 7900X ............ 47135.13 |========================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 17743.35 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 75261.21 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 29829.35 |================= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 18756.90 |========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 12340.57 |============ Core i9 7900X ............ 18938.52 |================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 7564.72 |======= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 44749.91 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 11751.35 |=========== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 8180.62 |======== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 12769.57 |========= Core i9 7900X ............ 23386.03 |================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 7854.32 |====== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 57399.40 |========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 16953.48 |============ Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 8650.90 |====== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 9814 |========= Core i9 7900X ............ 21354 |==================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 7056 |======= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 47925 |============================================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 13820 |============= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 6849 |====== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 290.10 |================= Core i9 7900X ............ 527.80 |=============================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 232.90 |============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 753.85 |============================================ Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 378.12 |====================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 230.27 |============= x264 2017-05-19 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 252.98 |===================== Core i9 7900X ............ 519.58 |============================================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 186.35 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 429.26 |==================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 328.30 |============================ Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 182.01 |=============== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 80.12 |================================ Core i7 6800K ............ 80.01 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 38.45 |=============== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 105.71 |========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 20.71 |======== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 59.58 |======================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 110.99 |============================================ Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 668.82 |===================================== Core i9 7900X ............ 441.93 |========================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 787.96 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 417.12 |======================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 588.52 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 16.89 |============================= Core i9 7900X ............ 7.98 |============== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 22.81 |======================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 3.26 |====== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 11.64 |==================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 26.13 |============================================= Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 54.67 |================================= Core i9 7900X ............ 24.30 |=============== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 72.99 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 11.22 |======= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 37.20 |====================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 75.07 |============================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 14 |================================ Core i9 7900X ............ 7 |================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 20 |============================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 3 |======= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 11 |========================= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 21 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 987.47 |========= Core i9 7900X ............ 2106.47 |================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 694.40 |====== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 4972.10 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 1337.13 |============ Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 674.97 |====== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 48.05 |=============================== Core i9 7900X ............ 35.50 |======================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 64.86 |========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 33.44 |====================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 37.23 |======================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 69.13 |============================================= Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 13.73 |============================== Core i9 7900X ............ 9.51 |===================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 20.83 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 8.07 |================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 12.98 |============================ Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 20.03 |=========================================== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 5.52 |=============================== Core i9 7900X ............ 3.32 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 8.17 |============================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 3.09 |================= Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 4.79 |=========================== Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 7.92 |============================================= Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ............ 2028701 |============= Core i9 7900X ............ 3865797 |========================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 .......... 1231334 |======== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 6547375 |=========================================== Xeon E5-2687W v3 ......... 2537594 |================= Xeon E3-1245 v5 .......... 1205884 |========