Caffe

This is a benchmark of the Caffe deep learning framework and currently supports the AlexNet and Googlenet model and execution on both CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark caffe.

Test Created

14 November 2015

Last Updated

26 September 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

24 Seconds

Average Run Time

2 Minutes, 1 Second

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake + Python + BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Sub-Routine) + C++ Boost + Linear Algebra Pack + Snappy Compression + GFlags + OpenCV + HDF5

Accolades

150k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsCaffe AlexNet Popularity Statisticspts/caffe2015.112016.022016.072016.102017.012017.042017.072017.102018.012018.042018.072018.102019.012019.042019.092020.032020.102021.012021.042021.072021.102022.012022.042022.072022.102023.012023.042023.072023.102024.013K6K9K12K15K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 18 March 2024.
GoogleNet48.5%AlexNet51.5%Model Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
NVIDIA CUDA 13.6%CPU86.4%Acceleration Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
20045.3%100011.7%10043.0%Iterations Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/caffe-1.5.0   [View Source]   Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:35:45 GMT
Overhaul Caffe test profile with latest Git snapshot, switch to CMake build system, clean up test options, etc.

pts/caffe-1.4.0   [View Source]   Sat, 29 Dec 2018 11:15:41 GMT
Update Caffe to latest Git snapshot to hopefully workaround build problems on newer distros.

pts/caffe-1.3.3   [View Source]   Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:50:19 GMT
Basic fix for OpenCV 3.4.

pts/caffe-1.3.2   [View Source]   Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:07:36 GMT
Fix for OpenCV 3.2.

pts/caffe-1.3.1   [View Source]   Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:36:42 GMT
Don't show title string of "Caffe AlexNet" but "Caffe" with recent test profile versions supporting more than just AlexNet.

pts/caffe-1.3.0   [View Source]   Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:34:27 GMT
Update to latest Git snapshot to fix OpenCV compatibility.

pts/caffe-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:11:16 GMT
Add Googlenet support, decrease CPU only iteration count.

pts/caffe-1.1.1   [View Source]   Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:32:44 GMT
Add OpenCV and OpenBLAS support.

pts/caffe-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:32:55 GMT
Update

pts/caffe-1.0.0   [View Source]   Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:29:45 GMT
Initial commit of Caffe deep learning framework and with this benchmark using the AlexNet model for benchmarking.

Suites Using This Test

Machine Learning

HPC - High Performance Computing

NVIDIA GPU Compute


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Caffe 2020-02-13

Model: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 676 public results since 26 September 2020 with the latest data as of 16 January 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Milli-Seconds (Average)
97th
5
61026 +/- 486
97th
3
62602 +/- 247
95th
3
64228 +/- 734
95th
7
64307 +/- 2674
95th
3
64710 +/- 67
93rd
4
67800 +/- 662
92nd
3
69547 +/- 56
91st
9
70178 +/- 1779
88th
8
73630 +/- 669
87th
3
74271 +/- 70
85th
24
75620 +/- 5949
85th
3
75950 +/- 410
85th
16
76348 +/- 3287
82nd
5
79773 +/- 399
82nd
6
79908 +/- 403
81st
3
80617 +/- 1285
79th
7
81625 +/- 11296
78th
3
81752 +/- 84
Mid-Tier
75th
> 87834
75th
4
88529 +/- 1791
75th
7
89252 +/- 3692
74th
3
89443 +/- 1333
74th
6
89564 +/- 81
73rd
15
90389 +/- 8876
72nd
3
93847 +/- 217
71st
3
96087 +/- 128
69th
6
100406 +/- 5139
69th
3
101069 +/- 677
67th
4
103831 +/- 1771
66th
6
104489 +/- 1237
66th
3
105259 +/- 2634
64th
6
106754 +/- 3969
63rd
8
107223 +/- 4085
62nd
3
107769 +/- 480
62nd
6
108091 +/- 813
61st
5
108205 +/- 787
61st
3
108482 +/- 201
57th
6
112603 +/- 604
56th
4
114228 +/- 1992
56th
3
114458 +/- 524
56th
3
114831 +/- 794
55th
6
116644 +/- 8097
55th
3
116913 +/- 876
54th
3
117435 +/- 102
54th
3
117632 +/- 405
53rd
3
118247 +/- 227
51st
4
119687 +/- 404
51st
3
120153 +/- 202
51st
6
120202 +/- 1993
Median
50th
120401
50th
3
120562 +/- 155
48th
3
121645 +/- 146
48th
3
121796 +/- 124
46th
4
122846 +/- 5556
46th
3
122885 +/- 956
46th
6
123132 +/- 2195
44th
10
125387 +/- 2866
44th
10
126334 +/- 2828
44th
7
126960 +/- 8050
42nd
3
128586 +/- 802
40th
7
129971 +/- 285
40th
6
130377 +/- 1800
39th
3
130901 +/- 185
37th
3
133822 +/- 48
36th
3
134387 +/- 694
35th
3
137302 +/- 134
33rd
14
139688 +/- 1120
32nd
13
142703 +/- 4586
32nd
3
142973 +/- 424
31st
3
143622 +/- 167
28th
10
149988 +/- 3124
26th
9
151039 +/- 1095
Low-Tier
25th
> 151327
24th
10
151623 +/- 299
23rd
10
152268 +/- 2920
23rd
10
152465 +/- 20877
22nd
10
153144 +/- 3125
19th
8
157338 +/- 3321
18th
3
158865 +/- 409
17th
8
160293 +/- 3276
17th
7
161676 +/- 9590
17th
10
162384 +/- 12424
15th
9
165029 +/- 8986
15th
10
166472 +/- 3205
9th
10
177498 +/- 5017
8th
3
193058 +/- 6247
7th
3
203286 +/- 3004
7th
4
204085 +/- 1020
6th
4
209788 +/- 545
4th
4
214117 +/- 1527
3rd
3
224315 +/- 647
2nd
3
244159 +/- 8571
2nd
3
248715 +/- 4600
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Model: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200676 Results Range From 38405 To 1296100 Milli-Seconds384056355988713113867139021164175189329214483239637264791289945315099340253365407390561415715440869466023491177516331541485566639591793616947642101667255692409717563742717767871793025818179843333868487893641918795943949969103994257101941110445651069719109487311200271145181117033511954891220643124579712709511296105306090120150

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Caffe 2020-02-13 - Model: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200) has an average run-time of 8 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkModel: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200Run-Time612182430Min: 2 / Avg: 7.22 / Max: 27

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.3%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsModel: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200Deviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.26 / Max: 4

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseCaffe AlexNet CPU Core ScalingModel: AlexNet - Acceleration: CPU - Iterations: 200468121618243248641280.40210.80421.20631.60842.0105

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PUNPCKLQDQ MOVDQA MOVDQU CVTSS2SD MOVD ADDSD DIVSD CVTTSD2SI MOVUPD CVTPS2PD CVTPD2PS CVTSD2SS PSHUFD XORPD SHUFPD SUBSD MULSD CVTSI2SD MOVAPD UCOMISD UNPCKLPD CVTDQ2PS COMISD CVTDQ2PD SQRTSD ANDPD ANDNPD CMPNLESD ORPD DIVPD MULPD MINSD MINPD MAXPD MAXSD CMPLTPD ADDPD CMPLTSD MOVHPD SUBPD MOVLPD UNPCKHPD PMULUDQ PSRLDQ
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VPERM2F128 VPERMILPS VPERMILPD VBROADCASTSS VBROADCASTSD VMASKMOVPS
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPERM2I128 VPERMD VPERMPD VPBROADCASTQ VPBROADCASTD VPERMQ VGATHERQPS VEXTRACTI128 VPMASKMOVD VINSERTI128 VPGATHERDD VPBROADCASTW
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD132SS VFMADD132SD VFMSUB213PS VFMSUB132SS VFMSUB213PD VFMSUB132SD VFNMADD213SD VFNMADD213SS VFMADD231SS VFNMADD231SS VFMADD213SS VFNMADD132SS VFMADD231SD VFNMADD132SD VFMADD213SD VFMADD132PS VFMADD132PD VFNMADD132PD VFNMADD213PD VFNMADD132PS VFNMADD213PS VFMSUB231SD VFNMADD231SD VFMADD231PD
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: cascadelake, sapphirerapids).
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 17 January 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libcaffe.so.1.0.0, libglog.so.0, libgflags.so.2.2, libprotobuf.so.23, libc.so.6, libm.so.6, liblmdb.so.0, libopenblas.so.0, libunwind.so.8, libpthread.so.0, libz.so.1, libcrypto.so.3, libcurl.so.4, libsz.so.2, libgfortran.so.5, liblzma.so.5, libnghttp2.so.14, libidn2.so.0, librtmp.so.1, libssh.so.4, libpsl.so.5, libssl.so.3, libldap-2.5.so.0, liblber-2.5.so.0, libzstd.so.1, libbrotlidec.so.1, libaec.so.0, libquadmath.so.0, libunistring.so.2, libgnutls.so.30, libhogweed.so.6, libnettle.so.8, libgmp.so.10, libkrb5.so.3, libk5crypto.so.3, libkrb5support.so.0, libsasl2.so.2, libbrotlicommon.so.1, libp11-kit.so.0, libtasn1.so.6, libkeyutils.so.1, libresolv.so.2, libffi.so.8.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 44-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1

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