AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon vs. Amazon EC2 Instances Tests for a future article. Some initial AMD EPYC 7601 tests on Ubuntu 17.04 with Linux 4.13. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. 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 (NUMA 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 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection 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 m4.10xlarge: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2676 v3 @ 3.00GHz (40 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 161792MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon m4.16xlarge: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 3.00GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 258048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Device 1d0f:ec20 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon c4.4xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon c4.8xlarge: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 3.50GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 60416MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1022-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 1610.17 |============================ AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 1607.68 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 1815.89 |================================ m4.10xlarge ......................... 629.38 |=========== m4.16xlarge ......................... 1036.50 |================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 302.17 |===== c4.8xlarge .......................... 672.88 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 63042.80 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 62479.08 |============================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 53974.49 |========================= m4.10xlarge ......................... 37949.85 |================== m4.16xlarge ......................... 66710.16 |=============================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 20546.79 |========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 46983.34 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 50046.90 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 50072.25 |=============================== m4.10xlarge ......................... 36509.86 |======================= m4.16xlarge ......................... 43175.90 |=========================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 18060.63 |=========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 50.95 |=============== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 38.37 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 50.04 |============== m4.10xlarge ......................... 74.43 |===================== m4.16xlarge ......................... 47.45 |============== c4.4xlarge .......................... 114.31 |================================= c4.8xlarge .......................... 65.38 |=================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 13.82 |================================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 7.75 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 7.75 |=================== m4.10xlarge ......................... 11.47 |============================ m4.16xlarge ......................... 7.63 |=================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 12.86 |================================ c4.8xlarge .......................... 11.86 |============================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 30.96 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 30.14 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 31.44 |========= m4.10xlarge ......................... 56.47 |================ m4.16xlarge ......................... 34.19 |========== c4.4xlarge .......................... 115.91 |================================= c4.8xlarge .......................... 52.77 |=============== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 23.15 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 14.66 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 22.52 |============================== m4.10xlarge ......................... 23.66 |=============================== m4.16xlarge ......................... 20.21 |=========================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 25.67 |================================== c4.8xlarge .......................... 23.45 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 29553 |========================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 34335 |============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 30373 |========================== m4.10xlarge ......................... 23520 |==================== m4.16xlarge ......................... 39039 |================================== c4.4xlarge .......................... 11382 |========== c4.8xlarge .......................... 25152 |====================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 292.63 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 288.28 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 310.79 |================================= m4.10xlarge ......................... 264.84 |============================ m4.16xlarge ......................... 304.36 |================================ c4.4xlarge .......................... 257.83 |=========================== c4.8xlarge .......................... 281.33 |============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 37.40 |================= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 39.28 |================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 30.54 |============== m4.10xlarge ......................... 41.84 |=================== m4.16xlarge ......................... 30.62 |============== c4.4xlarge .......................... 73.54 |================================== c4.8xlarge .......................... 39.89 |================== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 175.11 |============= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 192.26 |=============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 134.64 |========== m4.10xlarge ......................... 213.94 |================ m4.16xlarge ......................... 147.24 |=========== c4.4xlarge .......................... 435.36 |================================= c4.8xlarge .......................... 209.76 |================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 2.84 |======= AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 2.85 |======= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 2.84 |======= m4.10xlarge ......................... 6.45 |================= m4.16xlarge ......................... 4.21 |=========== c4.4xlarge .......................... 13.22 |================================== c4.8xlarge .......................... 6.08 |================ Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 14.08 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 14.06 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 11.81 |========= m4.10xlarge ......................... 22.18 |================ m4.16xlarge ......................... 14.39 |=========== c4.4xlarge .......................... 45.96 |================================== c4.8xlarge .......................... 20.75 |=============== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7601 ....................... 3294.53 |====================== AMD EPYC 7601 (NUMA Interleave All) . 3306.37 |====================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ............ 4826.70 |================================ m4.10xlarge ......................... 2229.10 |=============== m4.16xlarge ......................... 3835.70 |========================= c4.4xlarge .......................... 1070.07 |======= c4.8xlarge .......................... 2382.30 |================