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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Intel Core i7 990X: 1 Thread
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Intel Core i7 990X: 2 Threads
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Intel Core i7 990X: 4 Threads
October 20 2011
 
Intel Core i7 990X: 6 Threads
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Intel Core i7 990X: 8 Threads
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Intel Core i7 990X: 12 Threads
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AMD FX-8150: 1 Thread
October 20 2011
 
AMD FX-8150: 2 Threads
October 19 2011
 
AMD FX-8150: 4 Threads
October 19 2011
 
AMD FX-8150: 6 Threads
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AMD FX-8150: 8 Threads
October 19 2011
 
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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

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time12 Threads6 Threads8 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread70140210280350SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 335.7137.5649.8354.35108.96218.0551.3463.0894.13188.20307.23

Smallpt

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread170340510680850SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.59, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 376101105154308617104128191389774

GraphicsMagick

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread20406080100SE +/- 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 = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 39274665030166861472916

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread20406080100SE +/- 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 = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 39474644828156555402313

7-Zip Compression

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 365.38, N = 6SE +/- 32.03, N = 3SE +/- 29.19, N = 3SE +/- 116.39, N = 3SE +/- 16.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.73, N = 3SE +/- 81.72, N = 3SE +/- 132.87, N = 3SE +/- 29.08, N = 3SE +/- 26.74, N = 3SE +/- 4.10, N = 323538193661799214177744237721796314272937848963299

x264

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding12 Threads6 Threads8 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread306090120150SE +/- 8.42, N = 6SE +/- 3.89, N = 6SE +/- 2.99, N = 6SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 6SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3127.52104.7499.8671.1035.3323.06102.2581.8754.2627.9321.02

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A6 Threads12 Threads8 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 18.83, N = 3SE +/- 32.70, N = 3SE +/- 17.37, N = 3SE +/- 20.59, N = 3SE +/- 7.01, N = 3SE +/- 13.07, N = 3SE +/- 11.62, N = 3SE +/- 18.45, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 313910.0113300.4511097.4810520.475923.673049.3111208.129305.966647.933558.542168.80

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread60120180240300SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3296.25202.11198.75131.5466.4732.78162.66130.9687.1743.6123.14

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads12 Threads2 Threads1 Thread14002800420056007000SE +/- 36.57, N = 3SE +/- 41.04, N = 3SE +/- 23.06, N = 3SE +/- 24.68, N = 3SE +/- 2.87, N = 3SE +/- 6.61, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 36573.275629.394126.732110.581474.154991.064314.793946.823926.932558.061355.12

AMD FX-8150Intel Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A8 Threads12 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 30.06, N = 3SE +/- 45.57, N = 3SE +/- 22.67, N = 3SE +/- 15.32, N = 3SE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 100.23, N = 3SE +/- 39.73, N = 3SE +/- 102.95, N = 3SE +/- 11.41, N = 3SE +/- 17.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 311702.039626.716969.123512.922241.1611642.7110656.8110081.398566.614948.342603.73

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A12 Threads6 Threads8 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread1224364860SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 353.9849.2142.8338.1423.0912.6038.5632.5023.3312.717.62

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Intel Core i7 990XAMD FX-8150OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup12 Threads8 Threads6 Threads4 Threads2 Threads1 Thread1.22632.45263.67894.90526.1315SE +/- 0.12, N = 10SE +/- 0.06, N = 9SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 10SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.455.344.363.461.930.982.582.532.461.570.98

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C-Ray
Smallpt
GraphicsMagick:
  Local Adaptive Thresholding
  Sharpen
7-Zip Compression
x264
NAS Parallel Benchmarks:
  BT.A
  EP.B
  FT.B
  LU.A
  UA.A
CLOMP