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