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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AMD Threadripper 2990WX vs. Intel Linux BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740XAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads)ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS)AMD Family 17h32768MBSamsung SSD 970 EVO 500GBAMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MBRealtek ALC1220DELL P2415QIntel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac WirelessUbuntu 18.044.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180805GNOME Shell 3.28.2X Server 1.19.6amdgpu 18.0.14.5 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0.0)GCC 7.3.0ext43840x21602 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads)TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers96256MB256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150ASPEED ASPEED FamilyVE228Intel I210 Gigabit Connection4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201808121920x1080Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads)Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF (F2d BIOS)Intel Intel Kaby Lake8192MB120GB Force MP500MSI NVIDIA GP108 2048MBRealtek ALC1220Intel Connection4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180811GNOME Shell 3.28.1X Server 1.19.5modesetting 1.19.5OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-as=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-as --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-ld=/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Disk Details- Threadripper 2990WX: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: CFQ / relatime,rw- Core i7 7740X: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Threadripper 2990WX: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Core i7 7740X: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersavePython Details- Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.5Security Details- Threadripper 2990WX: __user pointer sanitization + Full AMD retpoline IBPB + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp Protection- 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection- Core i7 7740X: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection

AMD Threadripper 2990WX vs. Intel Linux Benchmarksc-ray: Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixeljohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESstream: Scalecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Teststream: Triadstream: Addstream: Copybuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video Encodingtinymembench: Standard Memcpycompilebench: Read Compiled Treescimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationx265: H.265 Video Encodingramspeed: Copy - Integerramspeed: Triad - Floating Pointramspeed: Average - Floating Pointramspeed: Copy - Floating Pointffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVramspeed: Add - Integerramspeed: Scale - Floating Pointramspeed: Average - Integerramspeed: Triad - Integerramspeed: Scale - Integerscimark2: Compositeencode-flac: WAV To FLACramspeed: Add - Floating Pointscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyencode-mp3: WAV To MP3scimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationcrafty: Elapsed Timescimark2: Fast Fourier Transformcompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: CompileThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X24.554240517517300035118.288339639846.6639836.4256644.4231.89145.0816402.303229.52449.5511.8635432.1738665.6036984.5033056.278.4936177.2230805.5832762.3934351.3628876.05541.489.1828750.47692.5932.52139.731188.467478384237.08517.392084.1428.1648671162681667109837.18142793117067.18117922.30128223.5530.27114.956197.602483.13822.1010.5418958.8122099.3121218.4019163.6022505.8519850.8621778.6124385.6721929.28585.6410.2622762.37655.7032.15125.471043.407365979281.54516.431703.53162.7486073239300022291.942951724855.8825072.6230145.96108.2050.9317108.201246.991006.635.6023306.3325739.2624535.0323355.324.9625715.3123300.4324409.5925479.2923132.48698.488.1025721.66812.5926.61153.201272.388903054247.61571.98818.08OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per PixelThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X4080120160200SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 324.5528.16162.741. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1Test: BlowfishThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X10K20K30K40K50KSE +/- 516.90, N = 3SE +/- 343.00, N = 342405486718607-lbz2-lgmp1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -fopenmp -pthread -lm -lz -ldl -lcrypt

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1Test: Traditional DESThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X40M80M120M160M200MSE +/- 2002372.18, N = 3SE +/- 870339.46, N = 3SE +/- 12165.53, N = 317517300016268166732393000-lbz2-lgmp1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -fopenmp -pthread -lm -lz -ldl -lcrypt

Stream

Type: Scale

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2013-01-17Type: ScaleThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 389.38, N = 5SE +/- 830.84, N = 5SE +/- 1.26, N = 535118.28109837.1822291.941. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 1224.82, N = 5SE +/- 603.69, N = 3SE +/- 134.24, N = 383396142793295171. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Stream

Type: Triad

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2013-01-17Type: TriadThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 519.91, N = 5SE +/- 1850.36, N = 5SE +/- 2.26, N = 539846.66117067.1824855.881. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Add

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2013-01-17Type: AddThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 275.89, N = 5SE +/- 1029.37, N = 5SE +/- 2.84, N = 539836.42117922.3025072.621. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Copy

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2013-01-17Type: CopyThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 626.43, N = 5SE +/- 2213.29, N = 10SE +/- 5.00, N = 556644.42128223.5530145.961. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp

Tinymembench

Standard Memset

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterTinymembench 2018-05-28Standard MemsetThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X8K16K24K32K40K12663.309320.0038367.001. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13Time To CompileThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X20406080100SE +/- 0.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.73, N = 6SE +/- 0.66, N = 331.8930.27108.20

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2018-07-28H.264 Video EncodingThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X306090120150SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3145.08114.9550.931. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fPIC -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Tinymembench

Standard Memcpy

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterTinymembench 2018-05-28Standard MemcpyThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X4K8K12K16K20K16402.306197.6017108.201. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm

Compile Bench

Test: Read Compiled Tree

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X7001400210028003500SE +/- 1.74, N = 3SE +/- 15.20, N = 3SE +/- 13.67, N = 33229.522483.131246.99

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X2004006008001000SE +/- 3.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3449.55822.101006.631. (CC) gcc options: -lm

x265

H.265 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx265 2.8H.265 Video EncodingThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 311.8610.545.60-lnuma-lnuma1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -rdynamic -lpthread -lrt -ldl

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Copy - Benchmark: IntegerThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X8K16K24K32K40K35432.1718958.8123306.331. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating PointThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X8K16K24K32K40K38665.6022099.3125739.261. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating PointThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X8K16K24K32K40K36984.5021218.4024535.031. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating PointThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X7K14K21K28K35K33056.2719163.6023355.321. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 4.0.2H.264 HD To NTSC DVThreadripper 2990WXCore i7 7740X246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 38.494.96-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lSDL2 -lsndio -lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lm -lxcb -lxcb-shape -lxcb-xfixes -lasound -pthread -llzma -std=c11 -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Add - Benchmark: IntegerThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X8K16K24K32K40K36177.2222505.8525715.311. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating PointThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X7K14K21K28K35K30805.5819850.8623300.431. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Average - Benchmark: IntegerThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X7K14K21K28K35K32762.3921778.6124409.591. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: IntegerThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X7K14K21K28K35K34351.3624385.6725479.291. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Scale - Benchmark: IntegerThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X6K12K18K24K30K28876.0521929.2823132.481. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X150300450600750SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 2.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3541.48585.64698.481. (CC) gcc options: -lm

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2WAV To FLACThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 59.1810.268.10-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating PointThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X6K12K18K24K30K28750.4722762.3725721.661. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X2004006008001000SE +/- 7.52, N = 3SE +/- 12.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3692.59655.70812.591. (CC) gcc options: -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.100WAV To MP3Threadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X816243240SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 332.5232.1526.611. (CC) gcc options: -lm

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3139.73125.47153.201. (CC) gcc options: -lm

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X30060090012001500SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 31188.461043.401272.381. (CC) gcc options: -lm

Crafty

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterCrafty 25.2Elapsed TimeThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X2M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 9280.81, N = 3SE +/- 9423.46, N = 3SE +/- 19177.42, N = 37478384736597989030541. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -lstdc++ -fprofile-use -lm

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X60120180240300SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3237.08281.54247.611. (CC) gcc options: -lm

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X120240360480600SE +/- 3.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 28.11, N = 3517.39516.43571.98

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileThreadripper 2990WX2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138Core i7 7740X400800120016002000SE +/- 5.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 27.49, N = 62084.141703.53818.08

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