Talos II Lite POWER9 22-Core Debian Testing Tests for a future article. Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core: Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 4.20GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.01, Memory: 131072MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB, Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: IPS235, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.17.0 (ppc64le), Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core: Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 4.20GHz (144 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.00, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: IPS235, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.17.0 (ppc64le), Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core: Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 4.20GHz (88 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV T2P9S01 REV 1.01, Memory: 65536MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8192MB, Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: IPS235, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.17.0 (ppc64le), Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7960X: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 113.43 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 44.18 |================ Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 63.06 |====================== Core i9 7960X ................ 69.39 |======================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 15.39 |========================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 4.95 |============= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 7.38 |==================== Core i9 7960X ................ 3.41 |========= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 17.06 |========================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 8.43 |==================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 4.58 |=========== Core i9 7960X ................ 9.67 |======================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 349.79 |========= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 1493.70 |======================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 452.96 |============ Core i9 7960X ................ 118.77 |=== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 0.67 |==================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 0.62 |=================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 1.18 |==================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 1.39 |========================================== Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 9797169 |======================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 9291639 |===================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 9664728 |====================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 4956392 |==================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 35.48 |=========== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 51.22 |=============== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 51.89 |=============== Core i9 7960X ................ 134.04 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 50368 |============= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 158405 |======================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 107719 |=========================== Core i9 7960X ................ 91140 |======================= Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 21485986 |=========== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 73165064 |====================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 49017904 |========================= Core i9 7960X ................ 44206154 |======================= Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 1041.72 |======================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 833.58 |=============================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 887.62 |================================= Core i9 7960X ................ 597.83 |====================== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 354.23 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 141.79 |================ Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 189.74 |===================== Core i9 7960X ................ 248.41 |============================ POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 69.10 |========================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 36.24 |====================== Core i9 7960X ................ 32.76 |=================== Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 40.47 |========================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 18.81 |=================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 28.32 |============================= Core i9 7960X ................ 16.70 |================= Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 109.09 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 106.94 |======================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 102.49 |====================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 95.70 |=================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 43.99 |========================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 43.95 |========================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 44.03 |========================================= Core i9 7960X ................ 10.83 |========== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 67.49 |========================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 67.48 |========================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 67.49 |========================================= Core i9 7960X ................ 30.05 |================== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 1.0283 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 1.0290 |======================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 1.0240 |======================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 0.6565 |========================== Zstd Compression Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 114.85 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 110.40 |====================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 107.86 |====================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 97.79 |================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 1174.00 |========== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 3971.90 |=================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 2643.33 |======================= Core i9 7960X ................ 4423.37 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 222683.89 |============== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 574297.61 |===================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 442106.87 |============================ Core i9 7960X ................ 463985.44 |============================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 6381.04 |====================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 6451.02 |======================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 6492.55 |======================================= Core i9 7960X ................ 3803.30 |======================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 15850.98 |====================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 16325.31 |======================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 16590.78 |======================= Core i9 7960X ................ 27041.89 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 237.12 |============================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 236.79 |============================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 235.87 |============================== Core i9 7960X ................ 316.61 |======================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 2087 |========================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 1867 |===================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 2094 |========================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 994 |==================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 391175 |======================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 373681 |======================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 387357 |======================== Core i9 7960X ................ 656825 |======================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 230.81 |======================================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 227.39 |======================================= Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 229.62 |======================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 152.22 |========================== Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memcpy MB/s > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 12418.40 |=============================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 14515.40 |==================================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 15453.00 |====================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 12768.40 |=============================== Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memset MB/s > Higher Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 19784.90 |==================== Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 19614.90 |=================== Talos II Lite POWER9 22 Core . 38241.90 |====================================== Core i9 7960X ................ 25785.90 |========================== Blender 2.79 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 1380.37 |======================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 829.10 |======================= Core i9 7960X ................ 431.98 |============ Blender 2.79 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Talos II POWER9 Dual 4 Core .. 1591.50 |======================================= Talos II POWER9 Dual 18-Core . 1354.60 |================================= Core i9 7960X ................ 685.40 |================= VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7960X . 15.37 |======================================================== Cryptsetup 2.0.2 PBKDF2-sha512 Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7960X . 1511672 |====================================================== Cryptsetup PBKDF2-whirlpool Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7960X . 842225 |=======================================================