Intel Xeon Skylake 9-Way Comparison Intel Xeon Skylake big comparison. Tests by Michael Larbael for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 41.99 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 52.10 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 40.52 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 53.31 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 42.39 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 52.00 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 52.04 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 54.72 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 53.32 |============================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 22.60 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 20.75 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 26.18 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 20.52 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 24.92 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 20.72 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 20.52 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 20.07 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 19.99 |==================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 34.15 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 31.24 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 39.28 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 30.50 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 37.08 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 30.70 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 30.98 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 29.68 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 29.99 |==================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 6784.13 |======================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 7040.88 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 5915.81 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 7677.80 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 6256.94 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 7553.48 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 7294.85 |========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 7848.57 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 7726.98 |============================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 11.39 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 8.36 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 13.07 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 8.17 |============================= Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 10.05 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 8.34 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 8.32 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 7.99 |============================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 8.17 |============================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 154.83 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 229.75 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 133.30 |========================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 236.22 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 185.71 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 230.22 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 230.33 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 239.92 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 236.22 |============================================= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 141.77 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 204.03 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 118.85 |========================= Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 207.81 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 166.41 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 202.47 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 202.45 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 217.22 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 209.03 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 2369.54 |======================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 2590.97 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 2096.82 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 2622.84 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 2220.97 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 2601.80 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 2643.74 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 2712.52 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 2674.95 |============================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 135.52 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 92.10 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 150.93 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 90.02 |=========================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 112.43 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 92.52 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 92.87 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 88.74 |=========================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 90.10 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 18.74 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 15.01 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 21.84 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 14.66 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 18.63 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 15.04 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 15.04 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 14.22 |=============================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 14.60 |=============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 14.74 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 9.14 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 15.62 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 8.95 |=========================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 11.21 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 9.17 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 9.14 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 8.71 |========================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 8.96 |=========================== R Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 0.5004 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 0.4582 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 0.5698 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 0.4507 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 0.5330 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 0.4492 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 0.4531 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 0.4361 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 0.4387 |=================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 542.47 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 679.00 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 461.20 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 697.73 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 546.87 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 678.73 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 678.90 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 716.67 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 697.77 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 3234.21 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 4132.68 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 2965.18 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 4295.51 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 4351.46 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 4002.13 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 4330.40 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 4346.94 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 4483.54 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 2534618.83 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 2748290.50 |====================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 2214490.17 |=============================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 2698078.00 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 2202655.13 |=============================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 2893621.58 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 2851046.83 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 2994065.75 |========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 3027864.71 |========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 1879525.94 |=================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 2072837.85 |======================================= Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 1584865.96 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 2167502.44 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 1698600.58 |================================ Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 2139045.77 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 2004189.33 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 2255733.42 |========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 2199479.58 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 52012.64 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 48360.84 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 44849.47 |====================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 50070.52 |========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 39699.09 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 47209.15 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 47726.08 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 51276.71 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 49096.47 |========================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 4MB Array, 64 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 6.05 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 5.58 |====================================== Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 7.05 |================================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 5.43 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 6.61 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 5.42 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 5.43 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 5.33 |==================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 5.29 |==================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 59.06 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 58.50 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 61.87 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 58.32 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 60.45 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 58.08 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 58.37 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 58.26 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 57.92 |============================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 58.81 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 57.66 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 61.30 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 57.48 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 59.50 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 57.42 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 57.50 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 57.40 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 57.64 |============================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 61.26 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 60.43 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 63.91 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 60.32 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 62.99 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 60.14 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 60.52 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 60.15 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 59.80 |============================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 4 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 .. 69.28 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 .. 66.16 |============================================= Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 . 69.64 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 .. 65.62 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5 . 68.24 |============================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 65.76 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 . 65.54 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 .. 65.44 |============================================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 65.07 |============================================