Linux 2.6.32 Kernel Scaling, Linux 2.6.38 Kernel Scaling

Linux kernel multi-core scaling tests with a number of multi-threaded test profiles. This is for an upcoming Phoronix.com comparison.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1103017-IV-LINUXKERN20,1103035-IV-1103017IV28&obr_nor=y.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HT 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HTIntel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (1 Core)ASRock X58 SuperIntel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R3072MB320GB Seagate ST3320620ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTXRealtek ALC889ADELL S2409WUbuntu 10.042.6.32-020632-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.6vesa 2.3.0GCC 4.4.3ext41280x1024Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (1 Core)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz)2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)nouveau 0.0.151920x1080Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

build-php: Time To Compilebuild-apache: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenhmmer: Pfam Database Searchnpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesx264: H.264 Video Encodingapache: Static Web Page Servingclomp: Static OMP SpeedupLinux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HT 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HT136.0894.70422.47249557251034992.861005.871405.08909.7898614.286683.240.9974.4254.94211.243957754018511747.421962.192760.341807.8949323.527427.371.9154.0642.83140.843981844925632332.712838.883985.362654.4332938.397472.302.7141.9136.58105.757728895530702925.023657.485115.723474.5524646.568304.043.5334.5231.7670.5911200966440803817.964624.567083.194429.4316468.218311.664.7629.1930.2261.9216962937154855416.894123.417798.494356.2012283.598865.046.49140.6999.76422.14248156251033992.641007.411405.18910.0298714.300.9875.7857.51211.043941743918511747.191960.612760.251808.6549423.741.9253.9044.64140.793983834825622332.082829.953990.462650.9532836.642.7544.5138.60105.817818895530702924.653648.245107.783463.8124645.413.6035.3533.1171.0811374956339793817.524619.547091.424416.1216567.624.8629.6731.6061.8515780936953845416.504109.137788.444364.2912280.726.49OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.2150.3920.5400.6960.8461.0000.2110.3920.5500.6670.8391.000

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To Compile1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.3190.5500.7060.8260.9521.0000.3170.5490.7080.8190.9541.000

C-Ray

Total Time

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1470.2930.4400.5860.8771.0000.1470.2930.4390.5850.8701.000

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1470.2330.2350.4560.6601.0000.1570.2500.2520.4950.7211.000

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color Space1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.5940.7810.8750.9271.0000.9690.5890.7790.8740.9371.0000.979

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Blur1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.3520.5630.6900.7750.9011.0000.3620.5650.6960.7970.9131.000

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1850.3330.4630.5560.7411.0000.1890.3400.4720.5660.7361.000

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Resizing1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.4000.6000.7410.8240.9411.0000.3930.6070.7380.8330.9401.000

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1670.3150.4260.5370.7041.0000.1670.3150.4260.5370.7041.000

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1820.3560.5160.6750.9401.0000.1780.3500.5140.6690.9421.000

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.2180.4240.6140.7911.0000.8920.2180.4240.6130.7901.0000.890

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1800.3540.5110.6560.9081.0000.1800.3540.5120.6560.9111.000

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.2050.4080.5990.7841.0000.9830.2060.4100.6000.7841.0000.988

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1240.2470.3710.4960.7441.0000.1240.2470.3720.4960.7391.000

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1710.2810.4590.5570.8161.0000.1770.2940.4540.5630.8381.000

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page Serving1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.7540.8380.8430.9370.9381.000

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

Linux 2.6.32Linux 2.6.38OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Performance, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup1 Core2 Cores3 Cores4 Cores6 Cores6 Cores + HT0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.1530.2940.4180.5440.7331.0000.1510.2960.4240.5550.7491.000

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4