AMD FX-8350 Piledriver Multi-Core Scaling AMD FX-8350 Vishera Piledriver benchmarking of the eight-core processor when testing with exposing 2, 4, 6, and 8 cores. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. 2 Cores: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 4 Cores: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 6 Cores: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 8 Cores: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 marksancientpc: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3, Chipset: AMD ATI RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500410AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL U2412M, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.2.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 llano: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: AMD Hudson Azalia, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.4.16 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11931, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 1.66 |============================== 4 Cores ........ 2.69 |================================================ 6 Cores ........ 3.03 |======================================================= 8 Cores ........ 2.95 |===================================================== marksancientpc . 2.91 |==================================================== llano .......... 3.11 |======================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 34.48 |======================================================= 4 Cores ........ 21.58 |================================== 6 Cores ........ 13.68 |====================== 8 Cores ........ 11.63 |=================== marksancientpc . 23.52 |====================================== llano .......... 16.78 |=========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 571.34 |=============================================== 4 Cores ........ 590.75 |================================================= 6 Cores ........ 627.59 |==================================================== 8 Cores ........ 628.96 |==================================================== marksancientpc . 515.27 |=========================================== llano .......... 650.62 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 52.91 |============== 4 Cores ........ 107.09 |=========================== 6 Cores ........ 158.70 |========================================= 8 Cores ........ 211.05 |====================================================== marksancientpc . 80.26 |===================== llano .......... 106.49 |=========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 1979.00 |================================== 4 Cores ........ 2881.42 |================================================== 6 Cores ........ 3042.23 |===================================================== 8 Cores ........ 2859.67 |================================================== marksancientpc . 2103.71 |===================================== llano .......... 2453.22 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 3217.42 |=================== 4 Cores ........ 5976.27 |================================== 6 Cores ........ 7856.37 |============================================= 8 Cores ........ 9210.72 |===================================================== marksancientpc . 4712.95 |=========================== llano .......... 6329.79 |==================================== Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 665.46 |====================================================== 4 Cores ........ 333.28 |=========================== 6 Cores ........ 222.42 |================== 8 Cores ........ 166.85 |============== marksancientpc . 134.41 |=========== llano .......... 102.47 |======== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 31.19 |======================================================= 4 Cores ........ 16.02 |============================ 6 Cores ........ 10.55 |=================== 8 Cores ........ 8.13 |============== marksancientpc . 18.33 |================================ llano .......... 15.38 |=========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 301.16 |====================================================== 4 Cores ........ 155.03 |============================ 6 Cores ........ 106.55 |=================== 8 Cores ........ 82.84 |=============== marksancientpc . 187.12 |================================== llano .......... 137.95 |========================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 12.33 |============================= 4 Cores ........ 19.20 |============================================= 6 Cores ........ 22.57 |===================================================== 8 Cores ........ 23.60 |======================================================= marksancientpc . 13.18 |=============================== llano .......... 17.65 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 58 |================================= 4 Cores ........ 81 |============================================== 6 Cores ........ 93 |===================================================== 8 Cores ........ 100 |========================================================= marksancientpc . 60 |================================== llano .......... 90 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 24 |================== 4 Cores ........ 42 |=============================== 6 Cores ........ 55 |======================================== 8 Cores ........ 67 |================================================= marksancientpc . 41 |============================== llano .......... 79 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 78 |================================== 4 Cores ........ 108 |=============================================== 6 Cores ........ 123 |===================================================== 8 Cores ........ 132 |========================================================= marksancientpc . 82 |=================================== llano .......... 127 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 130 |============================================== 4 Cores ........ 148 |==================================================== 6 Cores ........ 157 |======================================================== 8 Cores ........ 161 |========================================================= marksancientpc . 98 |=================================== llano .......... 136 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 54 |============================= 4 Cores ........ 80 |=========================================== 6 Cores ........ 96 |==================================================== 8 Cores ........ 106 |========================================================= marksancientpc . 58 |=============================== llano .......... 75 |======================================== x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 43.98 |=============== 4 Cores ........ 84.11 |============================= 6 Cores ........ 121.72 |========================================== 8 Cores ........ 156.02 |====================================================== marksancientpc . 56.44 |==================== llano .......... 76.54 |========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 125.03 |====================================================== 4 Cores ........ 62.45 |=========================== 6 Cores ........ 41.65 |================== 8 Cores ........ 31.27 |============== marksancientpc . 76.01 |================================= llano .......... 53.92 |======================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 40.94 |=================== 4 Cores ........ 69.00 |================================ 6 Cores ........ 96.26 |============================================ 8 Cores ........ 117.67 |====================================================== marksancientpc . 48.51 |====================== llano .......... 63.38 |============================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 Cores ........ 369 |========================================================= 4 Cores ........ 184 |============================ 6 Cores ........ 123 |=================== 8 Cores ........ 92 |============== marksancientpc . 259 |======================================== llano .......... 55 |======== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better 2 Cores ........ 949.92 |==================== 4 Cores ........ 1512.24 |================================ 6 Cores ........ 2457.71 |=================================================== 8 Cores ........ 2532.85 |===================================================== marksancientpc . 111.86 |== llano .......... 168.33 |====