Linux 2.6.32 Kernel Scaling Linux kernel multi-core scaling tests with a number of multi-threaded test profiles. This is for an upcoming Phoronix.com comparison. Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.35-020635-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.35-020635-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.35-020635-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.35-020635-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 134.59 |========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 73.15 |======================= Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 56.24 |================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 43.99 |============== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 32.44 |========== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 30.63 |========== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 94.48 |=========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 54.66 |========================= Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 44.91 |==================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 36.56 |================= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 31.44 |============== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 31.47 |============== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 425.52 |========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 211.15 |===================== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 140.85 |============== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 106.16 |========== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 71.19 |======= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 61.68 |====== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 2410 |======= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 3934 |=========== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 3981 |=========== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 7841 |====================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 11478 |================================ Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 15353 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 56 |=========================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 75 |==================================== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 83 |======================================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 89 |=========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 96 |============================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 93 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 25 |================= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 40 |=========================== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 48 |================================ Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 55 |===================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 64 |=========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 69 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 10 |========= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 18 |================ Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 25 |====================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 30 |========================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 40 |=================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 53 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 34 |=================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 51 |============================ Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 62 |================================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 70 |====================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 80 |============================================ Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 84 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 9 |======== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 17 |============== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 23 |==================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 29 |========================= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 38 |================================ Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 54 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 92.90 |=========================================== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 47.06 |====================== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 32.14 |=============== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 24.65 |=========== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 17.45 |======== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 16.49 |======== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 1005.10 |========= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 1957.47 |================= Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 2831.53 |========================= Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 3654.96 |================================ Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 4625.29 |========================================= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 4113.49 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 1403.96 |======= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 2760.35 |=============== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 3990.13 |===================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 5118.37 |=========================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 7086.54 |===================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 7764.15 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 908.51 |======== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 1807.52 |================= Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 2653.61 |========================= Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 3474.12 |================================ Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 4418.33 |========================================= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 4355.39 |======================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 986 |============================================= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 493 |======================= Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 329 |=============== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 246 |=========== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 164 |======= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 122 |====== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 14.22 |======= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 22.05 |============ Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 36.64 |=================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 45.99 |======================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 68.43 |==================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 82.39 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 6778.18 |============= Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 10687.41 |===================== Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 13380.36 |========================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 15441.39 |============================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 20379.25 |======================================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 16400.04 |================================ CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.35: 1 Core ....... 0.98 |====== Linux 2.6.35: 2 Cores ...... 1.92 |============ Linux 2.6.35: 3 Cores ...... 2.75 |================== Linux 2.6.35: 4 Cores ...... 3.52 |======================= Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores ...... 4.83 |=============================== Linux 2.6.35: 6 Cores + HT . 6.78 |============================================