AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon vs. POWER9 CPUs article vs i9-7900X
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Talos II Raptor POWER9 System
AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon vs. POWER9 CPUs article vs i9-7900X
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
Intel i9-7900X:
Processor: Intel Core i9-7900X @ 4.50GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2 (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 48128MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00J + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + Samsung SSD 960 PRO 512GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 11178MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1-4 + CUDA 9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
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 |===================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 92.15 |================================
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 |========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 56803 |=================
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 |==========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 1393412.33 |======================
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 |===========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 1161451.96 |===========================
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 |===========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 585632 |===========================================
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 |========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 3043.47 |================
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 |=====================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 1199 |===========
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 |==============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 3042 |============================
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 |=============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 88.04 |=========================================
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 |===========================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 75.10 |=============================================
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 |=============
Intel i9-7900X ........... 4.84 |=======================
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 |=============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 12.14 |===============================
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 |===================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 81.67 |====
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 |=========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 63.76 |=============================================
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 |============================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 19.40 |=============================================
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 |=============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 14.37 |======================
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 |=====================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 971.98 |=======================================
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 |========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 56.48 |===================================
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 |====================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 8.28 |==============================================
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 |===========
Intel i9-7900X ........... 9.15 |========
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 |===========================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 26.65 |================
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 |=============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 19.32 |=======================
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 |============================================
Intel i9-7900X ........... 30.25 |=======================