AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon - Ubuntu Linux

Tests for a future article. 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.

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AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon - Ubuntu LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorNetworkAudioOSKernelDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopSystem LayerAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlargeAMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores)TYAN B8026T70AE24HRAMD Device 1450129024MB234GBASPEED ASPEED FamilyAcer P243WBroadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIeUbuntu 17.044.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64)modesetting 1.19.3GCC 6.3.0 20170406ext41920x1200Unity 7.5.02 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores)TYAN S7106Intel Device 202096256MB256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150Intel I210 Gigabit ConnectionIntel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores)MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon32768MB80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MBRealtek ALC892DELL S2409WIntel Connection1920x1080Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores)ASUS X99-A16384MB60GB Patriot TorcheVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MBRealtek ALC1150Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Skylake256GB TOSHIBA-RD400Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MBASUS PB2782560x14402 x Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 3.00GHz (40 Cores)Xen HVM domUIntel 440FX- 82441FX PMC161792MB8GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Intel 82599 Virtual FunctionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64)GCC 5.4.0 20160609Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazonOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- AMD EPYC 7601: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - m4.10xlarge: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- AMD EPYC 7601: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- m4.10xlarge: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon - Ubuntu Linuxopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationc-ray: Total Timebuild-llvm: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video Encodingjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterrodinia: OpenMP LavaMDparboil: OpenMP Stencilparboil: OpenMP LBMnpb: LU.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: EP.CAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge3294.5314.082.84175.1137.40292.632955323.1530.9613.8250.9546983.3463042.801610.173306.3714.062.85192.2639.28288.283433514.6630.147.7538.3750046.9062479.081607.684826.7011.812.84134.6430.54310.793037322.5231.447.7550.0450072.2553974.491815.891339.0036.3310.53388.1273.02311.331452027.2993.9312.61108.0716108.0319699.86686.321271.2738.2011.09408.0775.83262.131381526.2098.3812.7490.0114551.9520916.24660.24697.1071.0319.64715.03122.28182.76755630.08177.3935.62166.836771.7212819.49334.802229.1022.186.45213.9441.84264.842352023.6656.4711.4774.4336509.8637949.85629.38OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge10002000300040005000SE +/- 14.45, N = 3SE +/- 13.22, N = 3SE +/- 23.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 33294.533306.374826.701339.001271.27697.102229.101. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 5.4.21e12 Prime Number GenerationAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge1632486480SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 314.0814.0611.8136.3338.2071.0322.181. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 32.842.852.8410.5311.0919.646.451. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed LLVM Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1Time To CompileAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge150300450600750SE +/- 3.02, N = 4SE +/- 2.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.94, N = 3175.11192.26134.64388.12408.07715.03213.94

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9Time To CompileAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.51, N = 6SE +/- 0.58, N = 5SE +/- 0.89, N = 6SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 537.4039.2830.5473.0275.83122.2841.84

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2017-09-08H.264 Video EncodingAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge70140210280350SE +/- 1.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 3.63, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 2.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 5.12, N = 3292.63288.28310.79311.33262.13182.76264.84-lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lswscale-lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lswscale1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fPIC -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge7K14K21K28K35KSE +/- 2253.07, N = 6SE +/- 764.17, N = 6SE +/- 2076.33, N = 6SE +/- 9.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 73.10, N = 329553343353037314520138157556235201. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP Streamcluster

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP StreamclusterAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge714212835SE +/- 1.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 323.1514.6622.5227.2926.2030.0823.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP LavaMD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LavaMDAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 330.9630.1431.4493.9398.38177.3956.471. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Parboil

Test: OpenMP Stencil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge816243240SE +/- 0.68, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 313.827.757.7512.6112.7435.6211.471. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge4080120160200SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 3.88, N = 650.9538.3750.04108.0790.01166.8374.431. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.CAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge11K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 747.98, N = 3SE +/- 25.06, N = 3SE +/- 637.78, N = 3SE +/- 89.16, N = 3SE +/- 55.08, N = 3SE +/- 6.85, N = 3SE +/- 143.51, N = 346983.3450046.9050072.2516108.0314551.956771.7236509.861. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi2. AMD EPYC 7601: Open MPI 2.0.23. AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): Open MPI 2.0.24. 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Open MPI 2.0.25. Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Open MPI 2.0.26. Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Open MPI 2.0.27. Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Open MPI 2.0.28. m4.10xlarge: Open MPI 1.10.2

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge14K28K42K56K70KSE +/- 1051.01, N = 4SE +/- 437.89, N = 3SE +/- 3783.72, N = 6SE +/- 19.47, N = 3SE +/- 11.47, N = 3SE +/- 21.86, N = 3SE +/- 902.21, N = 663042.8062479.0853974.4919699.8620916.2412819.4937949.851. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi2. AMD EPYC 7601: Open MPI 2.0.23. AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): Open MPI 2.0.24. 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Open MPI 2.0.25. Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Open MPI 2.0.26. Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Open MPI 2.0.27. Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Open MPI 2.0.28. m4.10xlarge: Open MPI 1.10.2

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.CAMD EPYC 7601AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All)2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5m4.10xlarge400800120016002000SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 34.76, N = 6SE +/- 3.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 31610.171607.681815.89686.32660.24334.80629.381. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi2. AMD EPYC 7601: Open MPI 2.0.23. AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All): Open MPI 2.0.24. 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Open MPI 2.0.25. Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Open MPI 2.0.26. Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Open MPI 2.0.27. Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Open MPI 2.0.28. m4.10xlarge: Open MPI 1.10.2

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