Threadripper vs. Intel - Linux 4.4 To 4.16 Tests AMD and Intel Linux 4.16 kernel benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"1950X: Linux 4.8","1950X: Linux 4.9","1950X: Linux 4.10","1950X: Linux 4.11","1950X: Linux 4.12","1950X: Linux 4.13","1950X: Linux 4.14","1950X: Linux 4.15","1950X: Linux 4.16","i7-5960X: Linux 4.8","i7-5960X: Linux 4.9","i7-5960X: Linux 4.10","i7-5960X: Linux 4.11","i7-5960X: Linux 4.12","i7-5960X: Linux 4.13","i7-5960X: Linux 4.14","i7-5960X: Linux 4.15","i7-5960X: Linux 4.16","i7-990X: Linux 4.8","i7-990X: Linux 4.9","i7-990X: Linux 4.10","i7-990X: Linux 4.11","i7-990X: Linux 4.12","i7-990X: Linux 4.13","i7-990X: Linux 4.14","i7-990X: Linux 4.15","i7-990X: Linux 4.16" Processor,,AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads) Motherboard,,Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS),MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS) Chipset,,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R,Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB,12288MB Disk,,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB Force MP500,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB,PNY CS1211 120GB Graphics,,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB Monitor,,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,VE228,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W Network,,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411,Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Audio,,,,,,,,,,,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889,Realtek ALC889 OS,,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04 Kernel,,4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64),4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64),4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64),4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64),4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64),4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64),4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64),4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64),4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180325,4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64),4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64),4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64),4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64),4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64),4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64),4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64),4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64),4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180323,4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64),4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64),4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64),4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64),4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64),4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64),4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64),4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64),4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180323 Desktop,,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.28.0,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2 Display Driver,,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.6,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,,,,,,,,, OpenGL,,4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0),,,,,,,,4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (LLVM 5.0.1),4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (LLVM 5.0.1),,,,,,,,3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 5.0.0),3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 5.0.0) Compiler,,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.3.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 Display Server,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Wayland,Wayland ,,"1950X: Linux 4.8","1950X: Linux 4.9","1950X: Linux 4.10","1950X: Linux 4.11","1950X: Linux 4.12","1950X: Linux 4.13","1950X: Linux 4.14","1950X: Linux 4.15","1950X: Linux 4.16","i7-5960X: Linux 4.8","i7-5960X: Linux 4.9","i7-5960X: Linux 4.10","i7-5960X: Linux 4.11","i7-5960X: Linux 4.12","i7-5960X: Linux 4.13","i7-5960X: Linux 4.14","i7-5960X: Linux 4.15","i7-5960X: Linux 4.16","i7-990X: Linux 4.8","i7-990X: Linux 4.9","i7-990X: Linux 4.10","i7-990X: Linux 4.11","i7-990X: Linux 4.12","i7-990X: Linux 4.13","i7-990X: Linux 4.14","i7-990X: Linux 4.15","i7-990X: Linux 4.16" "Compile Bench - Test: Compile (MB/s)",HIB,998.26,1078.64,1091.99,1031.34,1063.61,1110.51,993.94,1045.42,1170.47,902.01,902.58,898.29,893.34,989.33,1004.13,981.20,947.36,939.51,495.98,487.06,487.84,485.67,505.17,500.72,506.74,485.00,486.06 "Compile Bench - Test: Initial Create (MB/s)",HIB,506.30,500.11,497.40,477.07,494.85,502.59,507.80,484.84,489.73,446.79,383.10,414.98,398.77,431.30,439.60,411.84,385.69,395.21,233.69,218.91,231.28,230.77,221.69,234.14,231.98,219.72,224.75 "PostMark - Disk Transaction Performance (TPS)",HIB,6697,6672,6881,6637,6881,6881,6819,6756,6697,6097,5952,5862,5859,6151,6250,6303,5282,5176,4630,4438,4411,4411,4545,4519,4545,3907,3846 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel (ms)",LIB,5140,5060,5090,5040,5030,4950,3720,3710,3770,3370,3350,3450,3410,3440,3420,2310,2380,2360,5040,5550,5530,5530,5540,5520,4760,3530,3500 "GIMP - Test: resize (sec)",LIB,3.30,3.29,3.28,3.30,3.30,3.43,3.52,3.34,3.31,4.65,4.78,4.93,5.00,4.16,4.10,4.09,4.60,4.64,4.49,4.49,4.49,4.48,4.46,4.43,4.45,4.92,4.93 "GIMP - Test: auto-levels (sec)",LIB,5.64,5.70,5.72,5.76,5.77,5.81,5.69,5.87,5.81,7.84,8.11,8.29,8.30,7.24,7.26,7.33,7.89,7.99,8.11,8.04,8.03,8.17,8.01,8.02,8.12,8.70,8.68 "GIMP - Test: unsharp-mask (sec)",LIB,12.26,12.36,12.33,12.46,12.70,12.24,12.55,12.49,12.56,15.44,15.58,15.68,15.39,15.13,14.67,14.52,16.64,16.55,14.59,14.68,14.68,14.55,14.42,14.32,14.51,15.68,15.62 "Stress-NG - Test: Semaphores (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,2665202.80,2697941.36,2710166.51,2706920.53,2663334.86,2707373.07,2605704.86,2663116.93,2823398.61,3583683.43,3582489.82,3588522.82,3552592.70,3586579.53,3378455.31,3464922.46,3528441.40,3545624.06,5740062.83,5784725.25,5775182.85,5833609.93,5943297.53,6122565.03,5903183.83,6645954.36,6523101.63 "Stress-NG - Test: Socket Activity (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,12845.96,12621.72,12653.94,12304.58,12247.23,12424.99,10981.17,10478.59,10191.81,7468.25,7533.33,7390.35,7146.76,6928.98,7049.65,7411.48,5409.85,5620.38,2626.03,2614.24,2599.22,2585.71,2564.91,2545.15,3399.09,3181.90,3072.65 "Stress-NG - Test: Context Switching (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,8678407.92,8263334.03,9013564.01,6851311.90,6537134.27,8330947.76,8716116.59,9291563.31,8426926.47,4580494.10,5377382.20,4816955.90,4977441.19,5148549.00,4462638.99,4594141.51,4043489.51,4320333.57,2833970.44,2929307.13,3147294.62,2468793.95,2433580.54,2643182.99,2702798.29,2092249.73,2170065.00 "Stress-NG - Test: System V Message Passing (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,17031498.86,11062287.72,17186500.44,10373718.73,10912258.59,11988836.69,16473905.63,12007362.84,15650119.70,11242645.66,9985870.32,10306538.18,9055288.96,7358171.92,8839102.55,10385311.03,8955743.74,10281201.14,10350737.85,9153489.32,9402415.36,10560360.01,10647414.78,10463217.24,12117069.51,8852936.14,9053861.55 "NGINX Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,41668.84,35351.84,34371.68,34067.32,36064.93,33889.12,35454.34,31993.17,32534.18,35437.35,30390.29,29100.08,28547.25,37358.42,37228.10,35240.14,27684.99,27372.87,,,,,,,,, "Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,30553.93,28934.82,28757.21,28428.17,28304.49,28372.48,28750.58,25915.88,25282.97,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,