AMD Threadripper 2990WX vs. Intel Linux Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-7740K testing with a Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF (F2d BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GP108 2048MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Threadripper 2990WX
August 13 2018
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2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
August 13 2018
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Core i7 7740X
August 13 2018
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AMD Threadripper 2990WX vs. Intel Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i7-7740K testing with a Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF (F2d BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GP108 2048MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Threadripper 2990WX: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180805, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 7740X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF (F2d BIOS), Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GP108 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180811, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 96256MB, 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: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180812, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 31.89 |============= Core i7 7740X ............ 108.20 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 30.27 |============ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 24.55 |======= Core i7 7740X ............ 162.74 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 28.16 |======== x265 2.8 H.265 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 11.86 |============================================= Core i7 7740X ............ 5.60 |===================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 10.54 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 83396 |========================== Core i7 7740X ............ 29517 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 142793 |============================================ Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memset MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 12663.30 |============== Core i7 7740X ............ 38367.00 |========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 9320.00 |========== Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memcpy MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 16402.30 |======================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 17108.20 |========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 6197.60 |=============== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 2084.14 |=========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 818.08 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 1703.53 |=================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 175173000 |========================================= Core i7 7740X ............ 32393000 |======== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 162681667 |====================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 56644.42 |================== Core i7 7740X ............ 30145.96 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 128223.55 |========================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 32.52 |============================================= Core i7 7740X ............ 26.61 |===================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 32.15 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 541.48 |================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 698.48 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 585.64 |===================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 7478384 |==================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 8903054 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 7365979 |==================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 28750.47 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 25721.66 |====================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 22762.37 |================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 36177.22 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 25715.31 |============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 22505.85 |========================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 33056.27 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 23355.32 |============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 19163.60 |======================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 32762.39 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 24409.59 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 21778.61 |============================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 35432.17 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 23306.33 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 18958.81 |====================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 30805.58 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 23300.43 |================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 19850.86 |=========================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 28876.05 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 23132.48 |================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 21929.28 |================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 38665.60 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 25739.26 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 22099.31 |======================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 36984.50 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 24535.03 |============================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 21218.40 |======================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 34351.36 |========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 25479.29 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 24385.67 |============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 42405 |======================================= Core i7 7740X ............ 8607 |======== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 48671 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 9.18 |======================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 8.10 |==================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 10.26 |============================================= x264 2018-07-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 145.08 |============================================ Core i7 7740X ............ 50.93 |=============== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 114.95 |=================================== FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper 2990WX . 8.49 |=================================================== Core i7 7740X ....... 4.96 |============================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 1188.46 |======================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 1272.38 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 1043.40 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 449.55 |=================== Core i7 7740X ............ 1006.63 |=========================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 822.10 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 692.59 |====================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 812.59 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 655.70 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 237.08 |===================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 247.61 |======================================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 281.54 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 139.73 |======================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 153.20 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 125.47 |==================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 39836.42 |============== Core i7 7740X ............ 25072.62 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 117922.30 |========================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 39846.66 |============== Core i7 7740X ............ 24855.88 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 117067.18 |========================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 35118.28 |============= Core i7 7740X ............ 22291.94 |======== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 109837.18 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 3229.52 |=========================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 1246.99 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2483.13 |================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper 2990WX ...... 517.39 |======================================== Core i7 7740X ............ 571.98 |============================================ 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 516.43 |========================================