AMD Bulldozer vs. Intel Gulftown 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/1110201-AR-BULLSCALI82.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 ThreadsIntel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (1 Core)MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R3072MB160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00MAMD Radeon HD 4870Realtek ALC889VA2431Realtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 11.103.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.1ext41920x1080Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (8 Cores)Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)AMD 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)Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionNVIDIA 285.05.094.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09AMD 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 SpeedupIntel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads218.056171615377223.063049.3132.781355.122603.7312.600.98108.963083028744235.335923.6766.472558.064948.3423.091.9354.3515450481417771.1010520.47131.544314.798566.6138.143.4637.56105666417992104.7413910.01198.754991.0610656.8149.214.3649.8310174741936699.8611097.48202.113926.9310081.3942.835.3435.7176929423538127.5213300.45296.253946.8211642.7153.985.45307.237741613329921.022168.8023.141474.152241.167.620.98188.203892923489627.933558.5443.612110.583512.9212.711.5794.131914740937854.266647.9387.174126.736969.1223.332.5363.0812861551427281.879305.96130.965629.399626.7132.502.5851.34104686517963102.2511208.12162.666573.2711702.0338.562.46OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads70140210280350SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3218.05108.9654.3537.5649.8335.71307.23188.2094.1363.0851.34

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads170340510680850SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.59, N = 4SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 361730815410510176774389191128104

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31630506674921629476168

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31528486474941323405565

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 2.73, N = 3SE +/- 16.29, N = 3SE +/- 116.39, N = 3SE +/- 29.19, N = 3SE +/- 32.03, N = 3SE +/- 365.38, N = 6SE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 26.74, N = 3SE +/- 29.08, N = 3SE +/- 132.87, N = 3SE +/- 81.72, N = 337727442141771799219366235383299489693781427217963

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads306090120150SE +/- 0.76, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 3.89, N = 6SE +/- 2.99, N = 6SE +/- 8.42, N = 6SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 323.0635.3371.10104.7499.86127.5221.0227.9354.2681.87102.25

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 13.07, N = 3SE +/- 7.01, N = 3SE +/- 20.59, N = 3SE +/- 18.83, N = 3SE +/- 17.37, N = 3SE +/- 32.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 18.45, N = 3SE +/- 11.62, N = 33049.315923.6710520.4713910.0111097.4813300.452168.803558.546647.939305.9611208.12

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads60120180240300SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 332.7866.47131.54198.75202.11296.2523.1443.6187.17130.96162.66

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads14002800420056007000SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.61, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 3.41, N = 3SE +/- 2.87, N = 3SE +/- 24.68, N = 3SE +/- 23.06, N = 3SE +/- 41.04, N = 3SE +/- 36.57, N = 31355.122558.064314.794991.063926.933946.821474.152110.584126.735629.396573.27

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 17.50, N = 3SE +/- 11.41, N = 3SE +/- 39.73, N = 3SE +/- 102.95, N = 3SE +/- 100.23, N = 3SE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 15.32, N = 3SE +/- 22.67, N = 3SE +/- 45.57, N = 3SE +/- 30.06, N = 32603.734948.348566.6110656.8110081.3911642.712241.163512.926969.129626.7111702.03

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads1224364860SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 312.6023.0938.1449.2142.8353.987.6212.7123.3332.5038.56

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup1 Thread2 Threads4 Threads6 Threads8 Threads12 Threads1.22632.45263.67894.90526.1315SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 10SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 9SE +/- 0.12, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 50.981.933.464.365.345.450.981.572.532.582.46


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