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.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution AMD FX-8150 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 Cores AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (1 Core) ASUS Crosshair V Formula ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) Realtek ALC889 Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 11.10 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 NVIDIA 285.05.09 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1920x1080 AMD 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.org System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Sharpen compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test clomp: Static OMP Speedup npb: BT.A npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: LU.A npb: UA.A c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples AMD FX-8150 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 Cores 21.02 16 13 3299 0.98 2168.80 23.14 1474.15 2241.16 7.62 307.23 774 27.93 29 23 4896 1.57 3558.54 43.61 2110.58 3512.92 12.71 188.20 389 54.26 47 40 9378 2.53 6647.93 87.17 4126.73 6969.12 23.33 94.13 191 81.87 61 55 14272 2.58 9305.96 130.96 5629.39 9626.71 32.50 63.08 128 102.25 68 65 17963 2.46 11208.12 162.66 6573.27 11702.03 38.56 51.34 104 OpenBenchmarking.org
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 102.25 81.87 54.26 27.93 21.02
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 68 61 47 29 16
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 65 55 40 23 13
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 81.72, N = 3 SE +/- 132.87, N = 3 SE +/- 29.08, N = 3 SE +/- 26.74, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 17963 14272 9378 4896 3299
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 6 Cores 4 Cores 8 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 0.5805 1.161 1.7415 2.322 2.9025 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 2.58 2.53 2.46 1.57 0.98
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 11.62, N = 3 SE +/- 18.45, N = 3 SE +/- 10.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.51, N = 3 11208.12 9305.96 6647.93 3558.54 2168.80
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 162.66 130.96 87.17 43.61 23.14
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 36.57, N = 3 SE +/- 41.04, N = 3 SE +/- 23.06, N = 3 SE +/- 24.68, N = 3 SE +/- 2.87, N = 3 6573.27 5629.39 4126.73 2110.58 1474.15
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 30.06, N = 3 SE +/- 45.57, N = 3 SE +/- 22.67, N = 3 SE +/- 15.32, N = 3 SE +/- 4.51, N = 3 11702.03 9626.71 6969.12 3512.92 2241.16
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 38.56 32.50 23.33 12.71 7.62
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 1.61, N = 3 51.34 63.08 94.13 188.20 307.23
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 8 Cores 6 Cores 4 Cores 2 Cores 1 Core 170 340 510 680 850 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 6.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 104 128 191 389 774
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