Talos II Raptor POWER9 System AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon vs. POWER9 CPUs + Intel Xeon Meltdown/Spectre Patches (May 2018) Raptor Talos II: Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.00, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 500GB MAXTOR STM350063, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8192MB, Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-rc4 (ppc64le) 20180307, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.4.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-041600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR (V0.05.B10 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Samsung M393A2K40BB2-CTD, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-041600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD EPYC 7551: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 2 x Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-041600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz (28 Cores / 56 Threads), Motherboard: Intel S2600WTT v.......... (SE5C610.86B.01.01.0024.021320181901 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 8 x 8192 MB DDR4-2134MHz Samsung M393A1G40DB0-CPB, Disk: 300GB INTEL SSDSC2BB30 + 2000GB INTEL SSDPE2KX020T8, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200e [Pilot], Network: Intel 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 OS: Debian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.0-6-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516 + Clang 3.8.1-24, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 @ 2.30GHz (36 Cores / 72 Threads), Motherboard: Intel S2600WFT (SE5C620.86B.00.01.0013.030920180427 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 8 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MHz Samsung M393A1G40DB0-CPB, Disk: 300GB INTEL SSDSC2BB30 + 8002GB INTEL SSDPE2KX080T8, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T OS: Debian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.0-6-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516 + Clang 3.8.1-24, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 UST3-16C: Processor: UltraSparc T3 (32 Cores), Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914602SSUN146G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.11, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-sparc64-smp (sparc64), OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 UltraSparc T3: Processor: UltraSparc T3 (32 Cores), Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914602SSUN146G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.11, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-sparc64-smp (sparc64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 66.08 |===== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 30.18 |== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 37.39 |=== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 71.88 |====== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 52.37 |==== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 43.73 |=== UST3-16C .................. 543.18 |========================================== UltraSparc T3 ............. 551.80 |=========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 9.69 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 2.28 |=========== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 2.61 |============ AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 2.76 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 3.30 |=============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 2.32 |=========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 10.51 |=========================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 6.01 |=============== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 14.26 |==================================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 17.35 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 9.11 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 10.36 |========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 817.44 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 397.43 |===================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 256.15 |============= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 355.63 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 207.53 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 353.13 |=================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 38.58 |== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 27.10 |== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 32.59 |== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 34.79 |== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 41.29 |== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 26.43 |== UltraSparc T3 ............. 748.58 |=========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 19.09 |==== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 10.00 |== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 10.71 |== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 12.27 |== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 11.90 |== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 9.41 |== UltraSparc T3 ............. 214.01 |=========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 27.80 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 14.51 |======== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 17.46 |========== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 28.79 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 16.50 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 23.61 |============= UltraSparc T3 ............. 77.09 |============================================ x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 43.72 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 127.28 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 128.17 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 101.52 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 122.30 |====================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 139.86 |=========================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 82447 |======================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 143505 |========================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 99574 |============================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 79708 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 103609 |============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 150046 |=========================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 1070.70 |========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 591.32 |======================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 707.34 |============================ AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 926.08 |==================================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 733.68 |============================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 543.79 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 72.61 |================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 27.80 |======= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 35.66 |========= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 39.30 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 40.66 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 28.17 |======= UltraSparc T3 ............. 173.62 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 4.65 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 3.15 |============================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 3.46 |================================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 3.59 |=================================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 4.66 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 2.87 |============================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 4915 |== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 3343 |= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 4474 |== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 5032 |== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 4992 |== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 3432 |= UltraSparc T3 ............. 103390 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 51.79 |=== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 10.27 |= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 11.79 |= AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 12.71 |= 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 14.50 |= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 9.48 | UltraSparc T3 ............. 845.22 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 75.27 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 33.20 |======= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 43.57 |========== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 45.69 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 47.05 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 32.21 |======= UltraSparc T3 ............. 194.88 |=========================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 2104.87 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 7965.40 |========================================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 4598.47 |======================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 4387.47 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 5280.83 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 7932.13 |========================================== UltraSparc T3 ............. 282.90 |= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 1049994.41 |================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 2515784.92 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 1703353.37 |========================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 1639124.13 |========================= 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 1590025.54 |========================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 2164699.75 |================================== UltraSparc T3 ............. 93181.56 |= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 606874.10 |============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 1744256.79 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 1195935.33 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 1161953.33 |========================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 1124380.98 |========================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 1677198.25 |====================================== UltraSparc T3 ............. 49127.08 |= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 4859 |============================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 1395 |============= AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 2086 |=================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 2216 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 2291 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 1455 |============= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 163208 |============ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 602467 |=========================================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 393659 |============================ AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 365767 |========================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 323083 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 473981 |================================== UltraSparc T3 ............. 10323 |= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 27.17 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 23.07 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 30.71 |=================================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 38.25 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 21.29 |======================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 16.32 |=================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 29.77 |====================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 42.95 |================================ AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 59.61 |============================================ AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 57.95 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 41.66 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 37.85 |============================ OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Raptor Talos II ........... 83.03 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 .. 96.05 |==================================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............. 95.14 |==================================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............. 96.32 |==================================== 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 . 114.45 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 .. 95.72 |====================================