AMD Threadripper 2950X Linux Benchmarks Initial AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X benchmarks on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Linux with upgrading to the Linux 4.18 Git kernel, CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS of "-O3 -march=native", using the newer GCC 8.2 code compiler for building out all tests on each respective CPU microarchitecture, etc. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Under embargo until 13 August 2018. Core i7 5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.70 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 Core i7 8700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (1002 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 Core i9 7900X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Extreme4 (P1.30 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 Ryzen 7 2700X: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 Threadripper 1950X: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F10 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 Threadripper 2950X: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MEG X399 CREATION (MS-7B92) v1.0 (1.0EN43 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180728, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4 HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 90.02 |======================= Core i7 8700K ...... 90.80 |======================= Core i9 7900X ...... 116.44 |============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 119.80 |=============================== Threadripper 1950X . 185.84 |=============================================== Threadripper 2950X . 196.18 |================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 7.36 |==================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 6.62 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 4.45 |=============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 4.91 |=================================== Threadripper 1950X . 3.14 |====================== Threadripper 2950X . 2.94 |===================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 108.25 |================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 97.95 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ...... 64.97 |============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 83.95 |======================================= Threadripper 1950X . 48.82 |======================= Threadripper 2950X . 44.87 |===================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 32.92 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 28.04 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 18.51 |============================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 27.05 |========================================== Threadripper 1950X . 13.63 |===================== Threadripper 2950X . 13.20 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 11401 |====================== Core i7 8700K ...... 12488 |======================== Core i9 7900X ...... 18468 |=================================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 14061 |=========================== Threadripper 1950X . 24990 |=============================================== Threadripper 2950X . 27014 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 43385667 |=================== Core i7 8700K ...... 45037000 |=================== Core i9 7900X ...... 63557000 |=========================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 59713667 |========================== Threadripper 1950X . 84073333 |==================================== Threadripper 2950X . 109982333 |=============================================== x265 2.8 H.265 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 7.50 |========================== Core i7 8700K ...... 9.16 |=============================== Core i9 7900X ...... 11.46 |======================================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 10.47 |==================================== Threadripper 1950X . 13.76 |=============================================== Threadripper 2950X . 14.90 |=================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 19309300 |===================== Core i7 8700K ...... 20315767 |====================== Core i9 7900X ...... 29615180 |================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 24581700 |=========================== Threadripper 1950X . 42131430 |============================================== Threadripper 2950X . 44134771 |================================================ asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 21788413 |======================== Core i7 8700K ...... 23008073 |========================= Core i9 7900X ...... 33548721 |==================================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 26470600 |============================= Threadripper 1950X . 42408640 |============================================== Threadripper 2950X . 44415126 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 93.82 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 80.79 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 56.67 |=============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 77.07 |========================================== Threadripper 1950X . 49.87 |=========================== Threadripper 2950X . 47.22 |========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 82.76 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 72.87 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ...... 51.37 |================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 59.48 |===================================== Threadripper 1950X . 32.79 |==================== Threadripper 2950X . 31.21 |=================== POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 68.75 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 59.52 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 43.14 |================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 50.67 |====================================== Threadripper 1950X . 30.07 |====================== Threadripper 2950X . 28.49 |===================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 16.53 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 13.93 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 9.49 |============================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 12.16 |====================================== Threadripper 1950X . 6.94 |===================== Threadripper 2950X . 6.54 |==================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 11.91 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 7.12 |============================== Core i9 7900X ...... 8.17 |=================================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 9.31 |======================================== Threadripper 1950X . 9.87 |========================================== Threadripper 2950X . 9.21 |======================================= Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 97.08 |=================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 91.95 |================================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 69.59 |===================================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 74.09 |======================================= Threadripper 1950X . 46.72 |========================= Threadripper 2950X . 43.13 |======================= m-queens 1.1 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 107.82 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 115.12 |================================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 75.04 |================================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 77.99 |================================== Threadripper 1950X . 44.61 |=================== Threadripper 2950X . 40.74 |================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 1200.00 |================== Core i7 8700K ...... 1976.93 |============================= Core i9 7900X ...... 3057.50 |============================================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 1714.80 |========================= Threadripper 1950X . 3049.63 |============================================= Threadripper 2950X . 3354.30 |================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 159214.63 |====================== Core i7 8700K ...... 196636.78 |=========================== Core i9 7900X ...... 318297.18 |============================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 198798.55 |=========================== Threadripper 1950X . 321901.09 |============================================ Threadripper 2950X . 340148.47 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 24093.86 |=========================== Core i7 8700K ...... 29121.86 |================================= Core i9 7900X ...... 42916.93 |================================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 28388.39 |================================ Threadripper 1950X . 36743.73 |========================================= Threadripper 2950X . 41271.56 |============================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 5.25 |==================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 4.76 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 3.23 |================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 4.17 |========================================= Threadripper 1950X . 2.74 |=========================== Threadripper 2950X . 2.56 |========================= Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: CPU Events Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 13595.27 |==================== Core i7 8700K ...... 14329.73 |===================== Core i9 7900X ...... 22117.90 |================================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 16851.11 |======================== Threadripper 1950X . 30920.45 |============================================= Threadripper 2950X . 33081.86 |================================================ Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 298.85 |================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 269.12 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ...... 182.38 |=============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 228.07 |====================================== Threadripper 1950X . 136.60 |======================= Threadripper 2950X . 129.32 |====================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 712.65 |================================================== Core i7 8700K ...... 621.84 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 418.71 |============================= Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 503.96 |=================================== Threadripper 1950X . 292.83 |===================== Threadripper 2950X . 276.57 |=================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X ...... 1432.75 |================================================= Core i7 8700K ...... 1298.31 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 889.28 |============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 1152.49 |======================================= Threadripper 1950X . 699.98 |======================== Threadripper 2950X . 663.40 |======================= HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Performance / Cost - Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 0.25 |==================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 0.13 |=================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 0.36 |==================================================== Threadripper 1950X . 0.24 |=================================== Threadripper 2950X . 0.22 |================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Performance / Cost - Test: Blowfish Real C/S Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 34.79 |========================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 19.97 |======================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 42.74 |=================================================== Threadripper 1950X . 32.08 |====================================== Threadripper 2950X . 30.05 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Performance / Cost - Test: Traditional DES Real C/S Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 125451.25 |================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 68710.27 |================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 181500.51 |=============================================== Threadripper 1950X . 107924.69 |============================ Threadripper 2950X . 122338.52 |================================ Stockfish 9 Performance / Cost - Total Time Nodes Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 56589.88 |==================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 32016.41 |===================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 74716.41 |================================================ Threadripper 1950X . 54083.99 |=================================== Threadripper 2950X . 49093.18 |================================ asmFish 2017-09-19 Performance / Cost - 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 64089.34 |====================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 36268.89 |====================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 80457.75 |================================================ Threadripper 1950X . 54439.85 |================================ Threadripper 2950X . 49405.03 |============================= OpenSSL 1.1.0f Performance / Cost - RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 5.51 |==================================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 3.31 |=============================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 5.21 |================================================= Threadripper 1950X . 3.91 |===================================== Threadripper 2950X . 3.73 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 547.73 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ...... 344.11 |============================ Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 604.25 |================================================== Threadripper 1950X . 413.22 |================================== Threadripper 2950X . 378.36 |=============================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 81.12 |================================================ Core i9 7900X ...... 46.40 |=========================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 86.29 |=================================================== Threadripper 1950X . 47.17 |============================ Threadripper 2950X . 45.91 |=========================== Sysbench 2018-07-28 Performance / Cost - Test: CPU Events Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K ...... 39.92 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ...... 23.91 |======================== Ryzen 7 2700X ...... 51.22 |=================================================== Threadripper 1950X . 39.69 |======================================== Threadripper 2950X . 36.80 |=====================================