AMD Bulldozer Core Scaling

Seeing how well the AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 scales under Linux when controlling the core count from the BIOS/UEFI of the ASUS Crosshair V Formula motherboard. Using Linux 3.1 kernel and multi-threaded tests. To be compared to other Intel CPUs for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1110198-AR-AMDBULLDO28.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD FX-8150 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 CoresAMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (1 Core)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 11.103.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4NVIDIA 285.05.094.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09GCC 4.6.1ext41920x1080AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (2 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (4 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (6 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system.

c-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Sharpencompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingnpb: BT.Anpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: UA.Aclomp: Static OMP SpeedupAMD FX-8150 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 Cores307.237741613329921.022168.8023.141474.152241.167.620.98188.203892923489627.933558.5443.612110.583512.9212.711.5794.131914740937854.266647.9387.174126.736969.1223.332.5363.0812861551427281.879305.96130.965629.399626.7132.502.5851.34104686517963102.2511208.12162.666573.2711702.0338.562.46OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores70140210280350SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3307.23188.2094.1363.0851.34

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores170340510680850SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.59, N = 4SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3774389191128104

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31629476168

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31323405565

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 26.74, N = 3SE +/- 29.08, N = 3SE +/- 132.87, N = 3SE +/- 81.72, N = 33299489693781427217963

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 321.0227.9354.2681.87102.25

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 18.45, N = 3SE +/- 11.62, N = 32168.803558.546647.939305.9611208.12

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 323.1443.6187.17130.96162.66

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores14002800420056007000SE +/- 2.87, N = 3SE +/- 24.68, N = 3SE +/- 23.06, N = 3SE +/- 41.04, N = 3SE +/- 36.57, N = 31474.152110.584126.735629.396573.27

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 15.32, N = 3SE +/- 22.67, N = 3SE +/- 45.57, N = 3SE +/- 30.06, N = 32241.163512.926969.129626.7111702.03

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 37.6212.7123.3332.5038.56

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup1 Core2 Cores4 Cores6 Cores8 Cores0.58051.1611.74152.3222.9025SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 50.981.572.532.582.46


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