AMD EPYC vs. Threadripper
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Linux benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.


AMD EPYC 7601: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

AMD Threadripper 1950X: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 8.31 |==============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 8.03 |=============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 7.77 |============================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 29036.57 |========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 30944.55 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 31513.97 |==========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 26366.17 |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 34393.06 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 32673.64 |=========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 24754.49 |=======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 28140.33 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 26838.00 |=========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 27790.46 |========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 29822.49 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 27843.68 |========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 32265.63 |========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 34200.55 |=========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 35220.55 |==========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 27040.31 |=======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 30480.79 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 29478.54 |=========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 25899.38 |=====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 31856.66 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 28764.63 |=======================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 22287.61 |=====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 27881.86 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 25075.07 |=======================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 26191.56 |=======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 29657.51 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 29390.92 |==========================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 32948.54 |=========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 33856.41 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 33915.39 |==========================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 46.30 |============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 47.74 |=============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 37.44 |=======================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 22609.58 |=====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 22529.83 |=====================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 27960.06 |==========================


Blender 2.78c
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 621.29 |============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 625.93 |============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 525.41 |========================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 4.62 |======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 3.72 |==================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 6.22 |==============================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 9.24  |=========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 7.57  |====================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 10.82 |=============================


Darktable 2.2.1
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 7.94  |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 7.03  |==================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 11.60 |=============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 7503.79 |==========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 6970.75 |========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 7920.75 |===========================


Tensorflow 2017-02-03
Build: Cifar10
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 69.78 |=============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 70.71 |=============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 66.62 |===========================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 3294.53 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 3306.37 |===========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 2189.70 |==================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 14 |======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 14 |======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 20 |================================


Primesieve 5.4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 14.08 |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 14.06 |====================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 20.26 |=============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 2.84 |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 2.85 |====================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 4.22 |==============================


Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 175.11 |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 192.26 |======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 249.08 |============================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 37.40 |========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 39.28 |=========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 45.96 |=============================


Timed GCC Compilation 7.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 859.15 |============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 873.27 |============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 694.28 |======================


x264 2017-09-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 292.63 |=========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 288.28 |=========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 324.49 |============================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 412.71 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 430.15 |============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 424.77 |============================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 29553 |=========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 34335 |=============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 14024 |============


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 36.90 |=============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 36.46 |=============================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 28.52 |======================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 23.15 |==================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 14.66 |===========
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 37.63 |=============================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 57.93 |=======================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 32.15 |=============
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 71.49 |=============================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 30.96 |=====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 30.14 |====================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 43.71 |=============================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 13.82 |=============================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 7.75  |================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 13.14 |============================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 50.95 |=================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 38.37 |=============
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 87.10 |=============================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 2.65413 |====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 3.58703 |===========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 1.99588 |===============


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 0.78362 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 0.72380 |=========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 0.54090 |===================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 0.79650 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 0.53573 |==================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 0.38001 |=============


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 0.79650 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 0.53573 |==================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 0.38001 |=============


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 4.64391 |=====================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 4.19130 |===================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 6.01322 |===========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 46983.34 |========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 50046.90 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 20949.02 |===========


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 63042.80 |==========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 62479.08 |==========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 27592.43 |===========


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 1660.05 |=============
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 2866.66 |=======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 3398.87 |===========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 1610.17 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 1607.68 |===========================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 1084.66 |==================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 87205.42 |==========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 75285.62 |======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 39236.54 |============


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 86114.54 |==========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 75215.20 |=======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 38954.36 |============


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 79321.60 |==========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 68854.64 |=======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 35385.30 |============


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AMD EPYC 7601 ............................ 113807.18 |=========================
AMD EPYC 7601 - numactl --interleave=all . 101917.36 |======================
AMD Threadripper 1950X ................... 62614.16  |==============