Ubuntu 17.10 vs. Antergos vs. Clear Linux - Threadripper vs. Core i9 7900X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X tests versus Core i9 7900X with Antergos, Clear Linux, Ubuntu. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4 (LLVM 4.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10: 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: NVE4 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-2800MT/s, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Threadripper: Antergos 17.9: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Antergos Linux 17.9-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.12.12-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9: 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 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.9-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.12.12-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.15, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 87.18 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 73.17 |=============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 84.93 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 71.80 |============================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 3.31 |============================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 4.33 |====================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2.44 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3.28 |============================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 13.43 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 11.72 |================================ Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 12.15 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 10.67 |============================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 158.24 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 79.94 |================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 156.45 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 79.67 |================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 43.87 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 60.08 |================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 23.62 |============= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 33.26 |=================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 46.73 |========================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 65.41 |===================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 80.50 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 17.90 |======== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 12.99 |====== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 17.58 |======== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 62.07 |============================= Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 17.99 |======== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 51.37 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 13.97 |========== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 17.34 |============ Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 14.08 |========== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 35.64 |========================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 14.39 |========== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 26347 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 25341 |=================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 23766 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 26982 |===================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 21963 |============================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 26332 |==================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 16200 |================================ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 18592 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 16573 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 17486 |=================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 13701 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 17938 |==================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ... 7.91 |====================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 14.52 |========================================= Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 .. 8.37 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 . 8.20 |======================= CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 29374.35 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 33776.13 |===================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 53551.89 |================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 51790.65 |================================= Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 51567.97 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 51727.63 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 228 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 250 |==================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 216 |=============================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 271 |======================================= Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 224 |================================ Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 257 |===================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 1303.67 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2942.40 |================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 1314.64 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3012.76 |=================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 1252.32 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 2967.63 |================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 253.39 |========================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ..... 261.30 |=========================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 . 354.58 |===================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ..... 261.27 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 .... 262.51 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 5.17 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 7.38 |====================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 4.09 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 6.29 |================================ Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 5.28 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 7.39 |====================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 3638 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2844 |============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 3450 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2613 |=========================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 3661 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 2840 |============================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 5.47 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 4.92 |================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 5.22 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 4.36 |============================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 5.59 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 4.68 |================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 8.93 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 8.32 |================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 8.85 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 8.11 |================================= Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 9.25 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 8.51 |=================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 7.81 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 13.89 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 6.19 |================ Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 5.10 |============== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 8.93 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 13.76 |===================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2182.80 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2111.97 |================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2184.10 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2113.37 |================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 2154.90 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 2108.03 |================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 9946.62 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 14117.72 |====================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 12565.60 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 22233.08 |================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 11149.64 |================= Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 14085.36 |====================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 1104.58 |=========== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 724.21 |======= Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2545.53 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3592.85 |=================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 1188.58 |============ Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 725.92 |======= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2191834.17 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2650329.42 |======================= Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2767868.92 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3681125.25 |================================ Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 2091778.92 |================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 3109016.33 |=========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 1549735.71 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 1955802.25 |======================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 1932086.17 |======================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2654983.42 |================================ Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 1453112.46 |================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 2356710.83 |============================ Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 527.43 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 412.97 |============================ Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 522.30 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 409.58 |============================ Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 531.10 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 398.45 |=========================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2728244 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 3394205 |================================ Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2851137 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3694296 |================================== Threadripper: Antergos 17.9 ...... 2572500 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Antergos 17.9 ..... 3754089 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 27532.88 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 44341.65 |=============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 29661.85 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 48033.66 |==================================