AMD EPYC vs. Xeon - Ubuntu Linux Some initial AMD EPYC 7601 tests on Ubuntu 17.04 with Linux 4.13. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. AMD EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 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: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Intel 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: 32768MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB Patriot Torch, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 1610.17 |============================ AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 1607.68 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 1815.89 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 686.32 |============ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 660.24 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 63042.80 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 62479.08 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 53974.49 |=========================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 19699.86 |========== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 20916.24 |========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 46983.34 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 50046.90 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 50072.25 |=============================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 16108.03 |========== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 14551.95 |========= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 50.95 |================ AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 38.37 |============ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 50.04 |=============== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 108.07 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 90.01 |=========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 13.82 |================================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 7.75 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 7.75 |=================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 12.61 |=============================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 12.74 |=============================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 30.96 |=========== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 30.14 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 31.44 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 93.93 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 98.38 |================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 23.15 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 14.66 |================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 22.52 |============================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 27.29 |================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 26.20 |================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 29553 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 34335 |================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 30373 |============================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 14520 |============== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 13815 |============== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 412.71 |================================ AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 430.15 |================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 236.46 |================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 362.43 |============================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 355.97 |=========================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 292.63 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 288.28 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 310.79 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 311.33 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 262.13 |============================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 37.40 |================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 39.28 |================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 30.54 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 73.02 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 75.83 |================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 175.11 |============== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 192.26 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 134.64 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 388.12 |=============================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 408.07 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 2.84 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 2.85 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 2.84 |========= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 10.53 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 11.09 |================================== Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 14.08 |============= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 14.06 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 11.81 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 36.33 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 38.20 |================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 3294.53 |====================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 3306.37 |====================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 4826.70 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 1339.00 |========= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 1271.27 |======== Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 7.94 |=================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 7.03 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 14.30 |================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 14.02 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 12.92 |=============================== Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 9.24 |======================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 7.57 |==================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 13.14 |================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 8.34 |====================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 8.39 |====================== Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 4.62 |======================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 3.72 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 5.29 |========================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 7.01 |=================================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 6.97 |=================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 621.29 |================================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 625.93 |================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 540.98 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 .............. 556.58 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 ............... 475.88 |=========================