Clear Linux On Various High-End Intel CPUs Intel Linux CPU comparison for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i7 6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7900X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17080, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/580, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17120, Kernel: 4.12.7-377.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 14.34 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 13.25 |===================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 19.25 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 6.33703 |================================= Core i9 7900X ... 9.91125 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 4.25399 |====================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 6.33703 |================================= Core i9 7900X ... 9.91125 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 4.25399 |====================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 18.27567 |=================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 7.77998 |====================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 16.43100 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 4.16921 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2.57617 |================================ HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2.47522 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2.27960 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 0.03715 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 0.03091 |=========================================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 0.47101 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 0.38125 |========================================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 1.41051 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1.38067 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 12982.16 |================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 20036.49 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 93.53 |================================ Core i9 7900X ... 66.77 |======================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 155.31 |===================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 6.60 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 3.48 |===================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 9.18 |======================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 9.71 |================ Core i9 7900X ... 10.73 |================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 33.82 |====================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 61.17 |========================================== Core i9 7900X ... 79.40 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 43.08 |============================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 127.49 |========================================== Core i9 7900X ... 56.56 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 161.42 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 36.17 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ... 17.38 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 49.81 |====================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 17.97 |================================ Core i9 7900X ... 13.24 |======================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 30.12 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 20820.31 |========================= Core i9 7900X ... 41755.79 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 15039.70 |================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 3644.61 |=============== Core i9 7900X ... 12032.16 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3920.97 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 524.95 |========================== Core i9 7900X ... 1042.56 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 347.82 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 12795.29 |========================== Core i9 7900X ... 25243.25 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 8677.27 |================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 205.25 |============================== Core i9 7900X ... 351.86 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 361.47 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 23076.41 |========================= Core i9 7900X ... 47135.13 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 17743.35 |=================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 12340.57 |================================= Core i9 7900X ... 18938.52 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 7564.72 |==================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 12769.57 |============================ Core i9 7900X ... 23386.03 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 7854.32 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 113.67 |============================ Core i9 7900X ... 214.20 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 65.58 |================ High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 Core i7 6800K ... 1.37 |==================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 1.44 |======================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1.23 |=============================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 34 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ... 43 |========================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 37 |================================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 94 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X ... 111 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 99 |================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 370 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ... 463 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 408 |================================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 1009 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ... 1255 |======================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1120 |================================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 383 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ... 477 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 412 |================================================ lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 514 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X ... 618 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 559 |=================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Libdeflate 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 182 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 256 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 214 |=============================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Libdeflate 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 1011 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ... 1228 |======================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1100 |================================================= FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 1D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 36819 |============================ Core i9 7900X ... 70651 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 47117 |==================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 28465 |=================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 26048 |============================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 30391 |====================================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 18511 |==================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 19373 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 19071 |===================================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 18460 |====================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 17812 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 18129 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 9814 |========================= Core i9 7900X ... 21354 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 7056 |================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 290.10 |============================= Core i9 7900X ... 527.80 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 232.90 |======================= x264 2017-05-19 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 252.98 |========================== Core i9 7900X ... 519.58 |===================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 186.35 |=================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 209 |============================================ Core i9 7900X ... 269 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 207 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 237 |=============================================== Core i9 7900X ... 285 |======================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 237 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 1913.43 |=================================== Core i9 7900X ... 2864.76 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2254.75 |========================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 33608 |========================== Core i9 7900X ... 69273 |====================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 23559 |================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 25.45 |=================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 18.54 |===================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 27.08 |====================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 80.12 |======================================== Core i7 6800K ... 80.01 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 38.45 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 105.71 |===================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 16.89 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 7.98 |=================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 22.81 |====================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 6.22 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ... 3.12 |==================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 8.78 |======================================================= Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 54.67 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 24.30 |================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 72.99 |====================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 14 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 7 |==================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 20 |========================================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 3211 |======================================================= Core i9 7900X ... 2595 |============================================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3077 |===================================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 5.18 |================================================ Core i9 7900X ... 4.89 |============================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 5.99 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 987.47 |======================== Core i9 7900X ... 2106.47 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 694.40 |================= Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 88598 |====================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 67042 |========================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 78017 |================================================ Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 276415 |===================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 227219 |============================================ Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 247521 |=============================================== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 48.05 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 35.50 |============================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 64.86 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 3172.10 |============== Core i9 7900X ... 11371.78 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3709.08 |================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 7277.34 |================= Core i9 7900X ... 22180.22 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3883.84 |========= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 3751.89 |================= Core i9 7900X ... 11483.78 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 5559.93 |========================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 8031.18 |================== Core i9 7900X ... 22215.40 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 5194.24 |============ Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 13.73 |==================================== Core i9 7900X ... 9.51 |========================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 20.83 |====================================================== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 7.57 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ... 5.04 |========================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 10.47 |====================================================== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 5.52 |===================================== Core i9 7900X ... 3.32 |====================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 8.17 |======================================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 3171679.17 |========================================== Core i9 7900X ... 3690338.50 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2765405.08 |===================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2336559.58 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ... 2909867.33 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2764459.17 |=============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2052618.79 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 2542729.17 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2455192.17 |=============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2916481.50 |======================================== Core i9 7900X ... 3561476.63 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 3286472.08 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2117208.08 |======================================= Core i9 7900X ... 2657248.00 |================================================= Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 2509372.00 |============================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 541.41 |================================================== Core i9 7900X ... 410.88 |====================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 570.44 |===================================================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 2028701 |=========================== Core i9 7900X ... 3865797 |==================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 1231334 |================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 38787.23 |========================================= Core i9 7900X ... 48590.63 |=================================================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 40595.69 |=========================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 6800K ... 668.82 |============================================= Core i9 7900X ... 441.93 |============================== Xeon E3-1280 v5 . 787.96 |=====================================================