AMD EPYC 7251 Linux Ubuntu Benchmarks Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC Linux CPU benchmarking for a future article. Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A RAIDER (MS-7885) v5.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (20 Cores / 40 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Intel Xeon Silver 4108: Processor: Intel Xeon Silver 4108 @ 3.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7100AG2NR, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 23552MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: llvmpipe 22784MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD EPYC 7251: Processor: AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core @ 2.10GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 AMD EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 26692.10 |======== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 22478.86 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 46948.92 |=============== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 45271.04 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 41418.24 |============= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 67916.66 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 132559.56 |========================================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 59410.88 |================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 126430.20 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 106544.48 |================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 18133.92 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 16413.02 |====== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 23705.82 |========= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 28284.18 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 25586.22 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 56379.38 |====================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 107381.46 |========================================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 44824.68 |================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 81517.80 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 76120.30 |============================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 20367.36 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 18434.04 |====== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 34335.80 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 31903.88 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 29268.08 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 62767.20 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 119771.14 |========================================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 49940.66 |================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 89707.52 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 84200.70 |============================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 20441.32 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 18503.88 |====== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 34849.36 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 32293.40 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 29699.48 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 63010.76 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 120487.90 |========================================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 49760.74 |================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 90702.56 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 83877.42 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 325.92 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 333.30 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 649.11 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 206.66 |==== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 686.49 |=============== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 625.00 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2003.41 |=========================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 318.91 |======= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 455.37 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 1549.33 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 7590.86 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 6807.71 |===== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 14715.42 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 11786.19 |========= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 16478.16 |============ Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 37704.94 |=========================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 57874.10 |========================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 12923.99 |========= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 27636.31 |==================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 44003.46 |================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 154.51 |===================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 171.84 |========================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 92.23 |====================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 186.15 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 108.51 |========================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 52.10 |============ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 31.63 |======= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 127.78 |============================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 88.68 |===================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 48.41 |=========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 12.39 |================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 12.03 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 6.82 |================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 16.86 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 6.49 |================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 3.82 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2.35 |====== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 11.06 |============================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 7.56 |==================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 2.68 |======= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 192.00 |========================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 186.76 |========================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 99.38 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 321.70 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 94.73 |============= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 62.24 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 28.77 |==== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 169.59 |======================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 106.02 |=============== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 31.91 |==== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 48.82 |========================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 48.58 |========================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 29.69 |========================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 53.97 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 28.36 |======================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 15.02 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 9.95 |======== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 43.13 |==================================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 26.33 |====================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 44.62 |===================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 7099 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 7299 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 13482 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 4166 |==== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 14125 |============= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 25487 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 49677 |============================================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 8264 |======= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 9689 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 33081 |============================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 236.41 |================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 241.54 |================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 385.71 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 154.68 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 387.04 |============================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 414.53 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 591.96 |============================================ Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 128.43 |========== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 223.31 |================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 510.43 |====================================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 178.27 |==================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 181.46 |==================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 313.19 |=================================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 119.80 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 325.27 |===================================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 319.04 |==================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 390.65 |============================================ Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 148.31 |================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 233.00 |========================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 359.05 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 22655 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 22799 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 42566 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 16533 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 45010 |============== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 81317 |========================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 141917 |============================================ Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 27907 |========= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 31385 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 95836 |============================== asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 12920118 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 12936799 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 25225432 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 9859939 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 26665452 |============== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 35850930 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 81148031 |========================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 15086626 |======== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 17473970 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 64612372 |================================= ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 234891 |========= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 238967 |========= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 236792 |========= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 150019 |====== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 259701 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 517002 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 960011 |=================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 216369 |======== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 399141 |=============== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 1164425 |=========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 130.54 |================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 128.24 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 77.00 |==================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 173.24 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 74.77 |=================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 45.03 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 27.60 |======= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 140.06 |==================================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 98.07 |========================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 36.31 |========= Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 83.48 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 82.75 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 65.96 |======================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 124.40 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 71.52 |========================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 57.03 |==================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 51.23 |================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 106.74 |====================================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 89.23 |================================ AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 67.33 |======================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 16.88 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 16.44 |=========================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 9.44 |================ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 22.75 |====================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 8.97 |=============== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 10.31 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 8.17 |============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 27.13 |============================================= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 10.61 |================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 3.50 |====== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .. 6.29 |========================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .. 6.12 |========================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .. 6.46 |========================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .. 9.36 |====================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 7.48 |============================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ... 7.76 |=============================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 . 11.59 |=============================================== AMD EPYC 7251 .......... 9.01 |===================================== AMD EPYC 7601 .......... 7.42 |============================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 11.28 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 10.99 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 6.36 |=================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 15.11 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 6.04 |================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 3.75 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 1.69 |===== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 9.92 |============================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 7.56 |======================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 2.38 |======= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 677.87 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 696.63 |====== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 1261.23 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 571.83 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 1328.27 |============ Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 2294.57 |==================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 4938.17 |=========================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 787.77 |======= AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 893.73 |======== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 3229.77 |============================ Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 20.75 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 21.90 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 11.90 |======================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 18.19 |===================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 13.06 |=========================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 7.85 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 7.20 |=============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 14.37 |============================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 9.89 |==================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 7.48 |=============== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 9.22 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 9.34 |========================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 5.76 |========================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 10.26 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 5.82 |========================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 3.40 |=============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 3.47 |=============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 7.71 |================================== AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 6.14 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 3.87 |================= Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 . 40.03 |======================================================== AMD EPYC 7601 . 11.89 |=================