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 Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (1 Core) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3072MB 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 Realtek ALC889 VA2431 Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ubuntu 11.10 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1920x1080 Intel 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 Formula ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection NVIDIA 285.05.09 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09 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 Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 23.06 16 15 3772 0.98 3049.31 32.78 1355.12 2603.73 12.60 218.05 617 35.33 30 28 7442 1.93 5923.67 66.47 2558.06 4948.34 23.09 108.96 308 71.10 50 48 14177 3.46 10520.47 131.54 4314.79 8566.61 38.14 54.35 154 104.74 66 64 17992 4.36 13910.01 198.75 4991.06 10656.81 49.21 37.56 105 99.86 74 74 19366 5.34 11097.48 202.11 3926.93 10081.39 42.83 49.83 101 127.52 92 94 23538 5.45 13300.45 296.25 3946.82 11642.71 53.98 35.71 76 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 Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding 12 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 8.42, N = 6 SE +/- 3.89, N = 6 SE +/- 2.99, N = 6 SE +/- 1.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 6 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 127.52 104.74 99.86 71.10 35.33 23.06 102.25 81.87 54.26 27.93 21.02
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 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 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 92 74 66 50 30 16 68 61 47 29 16
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 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 94 74 64 48 28 15 65 55 40 23 13
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 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 365.38, N = 6 SE +/- 32.03, N = 3 SE +/- 29.19, N = 3 SE +/- 116.39, N = 3 SE +/- 16.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 3 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 23538 19366 17992 14177 7442 3772 17963 14272 9378 4896 3299
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 1.2263 2.4526 3.6789 4.9052 6.1315 SE +/- 0.12, N = 10 SE +/- 0.06, N = 9 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 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 5.45 5.34 4.36 3.46 1.93 0.98 2.58 2.53 2.46 1.57 0.98
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 6 Threads 12 Threads 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 18.83, N = 3 SE +/- 32.70, N = 3 SE +/- 17.37, N = 3 SE +/- 20.59, N = 3 SE +/- 7.01, N = 3 SE +/- 13.07, N = 3 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 13910.01 13300.45 11097.48 10520.47 5923.67 3049.31 11208.12 9305.96 6647.93 3558.54 2168.80
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 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 296.25 202.11 198.75 131.54 66.47 32.78 162.66 130.96 87.17 43.61 23.14
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B AMD FX-8150 Intel Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 12 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 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 SE +/- 6.61, N = 3 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.41, N = 3 SE +/- 2.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 6573.27 5629.39 4126.73 2110.58 1474.15 4991.06 4314.79 3946.82 3926.93 2558.06 1355.12
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A AMD FX-8150 Intel Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 8 Threads 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 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 SE +/- 100.23, N = 3 SE +/- 39.73, N = 3 SE +/- 102.95, N = 3 SE +/- 11.41, N = 3 SE +/- 17.50, N = 3 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 11702.03 9626.71 6969.12 3512.92 2241.16 11642.71 10656.81 10081.39 8566.61 4948.34 2603.73
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 12 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 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 53.98 49.21 42.83 38.14 23.09 12.60 38.56 32.50 23.33 12.71 7.62
C-Ray Total Time Intel Core i7 990X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 12 Threads 6 Threads 8 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 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 35.71 37.56 49.83 54.35 108.96 218.05 51.34 63.08 94.13 188.20 307.23
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 12 Threads 8 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 170 340 510 680 850 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 +/- 0.88, N = 3 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 76 101 105 154 308 617 104 128 191 389 774
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