AMD EPYC Genoa-X Linux 6.9 Kernel Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Linux 6.8: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core @ 2.55GHz (192 Cores / 384 Threads), Motherboard: AMD Titanite_4G (RTI1007B BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14a4, Memory: 1520GB, Disk: 3201GB Micron_7450_MTFDKCB3T2TFS + 257GB Flash Drive, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 23.10, Kernel: 6.8.0-060800-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Linux 6.9 27 Mar: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core @ 2.55GHz (192 Cores / 384 Threads), Motherboard: AMD Titanite_4G (RTI1007B BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14a4, Memory: 1520GB, Disk: 3201GB Micron_7450_MTFDKCB3T2TFS + 257GB Flash Drive, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 23.10, Kernel: 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Sockperf 3.7
Test: Throughput
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 319386 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 324029 |====================================================


Sockperf 3.7
Test: Latency Under Load
usec < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 16.36 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 16.11 |====================================================


Quicksilver 20230818
Input: CORAL2 P1
Figure Of Merit > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 17713333 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 17903333 |==================================================


Quicksilver 20230818
Input: CORAL2 P2
Figure Of Merit > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 15873333 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 16294444 |==================================================


NAMD 3.0b6
Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms
ns/day > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 20.75 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 20.68 |=====================================================


NAMD 3.0b6
Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms
ns/day > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 6.46062 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 6.38903 |==================================================


SVT-AV1 2.0
Encoder Mode: Preset 4 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 8.431 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 8.565 |=====================================================


SVT-AV1 2.0
Encoder Mode: Preset 8 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 86.62 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 88.14 |=====================================================


SVT-AV1 2.0
Encoder Mode: Preset 12 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 159.51 |==================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 164.31 |====================================================


SVT-AV1 2.0
Encoder Mode: Preset 13 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 157.92 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 159.12 |====================================================


7-Zip Compression 22.01
Test: Compression Rating
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 833319 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 821061 |===================================================


7-Zip Compression 22.01
Test: Decompression Rating
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1357351 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1345621 |===================================================


Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 4.0
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 87.48 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 87.39 |=====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8
Build: defconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 26.91 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 26.88 |=====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8
Build: allmodconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 198.99 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 196.88 |===================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 16.0
Build System: Ninja
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 86.40 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 86.72 |=====================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 1 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 558 |=======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 559 |=======================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 2 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 563 |=======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 563 |=======================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 3 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 659 |=======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 655 |=======================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 1 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 32 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 17788 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 17746 |=====================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 2 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 32 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 17834 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 17877 |=====================================================


OSPRay Studio 1.0
Camera: 3 - Resolution: 4K - Samples Per Pixel: 32 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 20984 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 20914 |=====================================================


Hackbench
Count: 32 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 10.84 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 10.43 |===================================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: SHA256
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 284349804093 |==============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 283971383020 |==============================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: SHA512
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 92015573177 |===============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 91315613557 |===============================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: RSA4096
sign/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 97844.2 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 97661.7 |===================================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: RSA4096
verify/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 3232989.3 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 3230787.6 |=================================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: ChaCha20
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1095564664557 |=============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1093188749947 |=============================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: AES-128-GCM
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 2003432456830 |=============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 2001406545920 |=============================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: AES-256-GCM
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1735984667803 |=============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1732048811713 |=============================================


OpenSSL 3.1
Algorithm: ChaCha20-Poly1305
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 777163987993 |==============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 774761881287 |==============================================


MariaDB mariadb-slap 11.5
Clients: 1024
Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 51 |=======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 52 |========================================================


TensorFlow 2.16.1
Device: CPU - Batch Size: 256 - Model: ResNet-50
images/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 117.77 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 119.29 |====================================================


TensorFlow 2.16.1
Device: CPU - Batch Size: 512 - Model: ResNet-50
images/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 136.82 |====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 136.37 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: NUMA
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 646.34 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 691.54 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: Pthread
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 58297.64 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 59057.15 |==================================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 264112681.09 |==========================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 292541552.77 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: Matrix Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 915179.07 |================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 937042.03 |=================================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: Vector Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1306706.19 |==============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1349057.51 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: AVX-512 VNNI
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 18968297.94 |=============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 19594674.67 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 40075791.13 |=============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 41854298.68 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.16.04
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 25534145.87 |==========================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 28384870.15 |===============================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Vehicle Detection FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 11218.12 |================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 11719.99 |==================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Vehicle Detection FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 4.26 |======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 4.08 |====================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Face Detection Retail FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 34785.75 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 35740.91 |==================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Face Detection Retail FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 5.50 |======================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 5.35 |=====================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Road Segmentation ADAS FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 3864.65 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 4063.11 |===================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Road Segmentation ADAS FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 12.40 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 11.80 |==================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Machine Translation EN To DE FP16 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1086.48 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1119.56 |===================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Machine Translation EN To DE FP16 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 44.13 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 42.82 |===================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Noise Suppression Poconet-Like FP16 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 7703.03 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 7762.09 |===================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Noise Suppression Poconet-Like FP16 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 23.59 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 23.50 |=====================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Handwritten English Recognition FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 5765.91 |==================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 5898.06 |===================================================


OpenVINO 2024.0
Model: Handwritten English Recognition FP16-INT8 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 33.25 |=====================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 32.43 |====================================================


RocksDB 9.0
Test: Overwrite
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 381523 |================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 416860 |====================================================


RocksDB 9.0
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1047290863 |==============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1096081951 |================================================


RocksDB 9.0
Test: Update Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 375714 |================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 406258 |====================================================


RocksDB 9.0
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 20665324 |==============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 22418140 |==================================================


RocksDB 9.0
Test: Read Random Write Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 3182572 |===============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 3484877 |===================================================


Speedb 2.7
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1084511886 |===============================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1112167042 |================================================


Speedb 2.7
Test: Update Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 293746 |=================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 313791 |====================================================


Speedb 2.7
Test: Read Random Write Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 1603891 |===================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 1572109 |==================================================


Llamafile 0.6
Test: llava-v1.5-7b-q4 - Acceleration: CPU
Tokens Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 12.03 |==============================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 21.10 |=====================================================


Llamafile 0.6
Test: mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q8_0 - Acceleration: CPU
Tokens Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 6.8 ........ 12.79 |==================================================
Linux 6.9 27 Mar . 13.46 |=====================================================