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.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution AMD FX-8150 Intel Core i7 990X 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 6 Threads 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 8 Threads AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores) 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 (4 Cores) AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (2 Cores) AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (1 Core) AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (6 Cores) Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3072MB 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 VA2431 Realtek RTL8111/8168B radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores) Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (4 Cores) Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (2 Cores) Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (1 Core) Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (8 Cores) OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
clomp: Static OMP Speedup npb: UA.A npb: LU.A npb: FT.B npb: EP.B npb: BT.A x264: H.264 Video Encoding compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time AMD FX-8150 Intel Core i7 990X 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 6 Threads 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 8 Threads 2.46 38.56 11702.03 6573.27 162.66 11208.12 102.25 17963 65 68 104 51.34 2.53 23.33 6969.12 4126.73 87.17 6647.93 54.26 9378 40 47 191 94.13 1.57 12.71 3512.92 2110.58 43.61 3558.54 27.93 4896 23 29 389 188.20 0.98 7.62 2241.16 1474.15 23.14 2168.80 21.02 3299 13 16 774 307.23 2.58 32.50 9626.71 5629.39 130.96 9305.96 81.87 14272 55 61 128 63.08 5.45 53.98 11642.71 3946.82 296.25 13300.45 127.52 23538 94 92 76 35.71 4.36 49.21 10656.81 4991.06 198.75 13910.01 104.74 17992 64 66 105 37.56 3.46 38.14 8566.61 4314.79 131.54 10520.47 71.10 14177 48 50 154 54.35 1.93 23.09 4948.34 2558.06 66.47 5923.67 35.33 7442 28 30 308 108.96 0.98 12.60 2603.73 1355.12 32.78 3049.31 23.06 3772 15 16 617 218.05 5.34 42.83 10081.39 3926.93 202.11 11097.48 99.86 19366 74 74 101 49.83 OpenBenchmarking.org
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 1.2263 2.4526 3.6789 4.9052 6.1315 SE +/- 0.06, N = 9 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 10 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 SE +/- 0.12, N = 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 5.34 0.98 1.93 3.46 4.36 5.45 2.58 0.98 1.57 2.53 2.46
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 42.83 12.60 23.09 38.14 49.21 53.98 32.50 7.62 12.71 23.33 38.56
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 102.95, N = 3 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 17.50, N = 3 SE +/- 11.41, N = 3 SE +/- 39.73, N = 3 SE +/- 100.23, N = 3 SE +/- 45.57, N = 3 SE +/- 4.51, N = 3 SE +/- 15.32, N = 3 SE +/- 22.67, N = 3 SE +/- 30.06, N = 3 10081.39 2603.73 4948.34 8566.61 10656.81 11642.71 9626.71 2241.16 3512.92 6969.12 11702.03
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 1.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 2.30, N = 3 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 SE +/- 6.61, N = 3 SE +/- 3.41, N = 3 SE +/- 41.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.87, N = 3 SE +/- 24.68, N = 3 SE +/- 23.06, N = 3 SE +/- 36.57, N = 3 3926.93 1355.12 2558.06 4314.79 4991.06 3946.82 5629.39 1474.15 2110.58 4126.73 6573.27
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 202.11 32.78 66.47 131.54 198.75 296.25 130.96 23.14 43.61 87.17 162.66
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 17.37, N = 3 SE +/- 13.07, N = 3 SE +/- 7.01, N = 3 SE +/- 20.59, N = 3 SE +/- 18.83, N = 3 SE +/- 32.70, N = 3 SE +/- 18.45, N = 3 SE +/- 1.51, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 10.33, N = 3 SE +/- 11.62, N = 3 11097.48 3049.31 5923.67 10520.47 13910.01 13300.45 9305.96 2168.80 3558.54 6647.93 11208.12
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 2.99, N = 6 SE +/- 0.76, N = 6 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.28, N = 3 SE +/- 3.89, N = 6 SE +/- 8.42, N = 6 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 99.86 23.06 35.33 71.10 104.74 127.52 81.87 21.02 27.93 54.26 102.25
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 32.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 3 SE +/- 16.29, N = 3 SE +/- 116.39, N = 3 SE +/- 29.19, N = 3 SE +/- 365.38, N = 6 SE +/- 132.87, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 SE +/- 26.74, N = 3 SE +/- 29.08, N = 3 SE +/- 81.72, N = 3 19366 3772 7442 14177 17992 23538 14272 3299 4896 9378 17963
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.25, N = 4 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 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 74 15 28 48 64 94 55 13 23 40 65
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.25, N = 4 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 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 74 16 30 50 66 92 61 16 29 47 68
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 170 340 510 680 850 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 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 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 6.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 101 617 308 154 105 76 128 774 389 191 104
C-Ray Total Time Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 8 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 49.83 218.05 108.96 54.35 37.56 35.71 63.08 307.23 188.20 94.13 51.34
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