AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Packet Benchmarks Packet.com Intel / AMD server benchmarks. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com. Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC: Processor: AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core @ 2.79GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 065PKD (1.4.3 BIOS), Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 2 x 480GB SSDSC2KB480G7R + 2 x 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R, Graphics: mgadrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 @ 4.10GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro X11SSE-F v1.01 (2.2 BIOS), Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2 x 240GB SAMSUNG MZ7KM240, Graphics: astdrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 @ 2.90GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 082F9M (2.8.0 BIOS), Memory: 258048MB, Disk: 6 x 480GB SAMSUNG MZ7KM480, Graphics: mgadrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5120 @ 2.27GHz (28 Cores / 56 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0W23H8 (1.4.9 BIOS), Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R + 3201GB Micron_9200_MTFDHAL3T2TCU, Graphics: mgadrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro X10DRH-iT v1.10 (2.0b BIOS), Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 12 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000NM0055-1V4 + 2 x 480GB Micron_5100_MTFD + 127GB SuperMicro SSD, Graphics: astdrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 @ 3.40GHz (20 Cores / 40 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro X10DRFR-N v1.10 (2.0b BIOS), Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 2 x 240GB SMC3108 + 2400GB MTFDHAL2T4MCF-1AN1ZABYY, Graphics: astdrmfb OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 3450 |============================ Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 1196 |========== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 4336 |=================================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5520 |============================================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 2676 |====================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3790 |=============================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 5.21 |============= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 17.02 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 6.09 |================ Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5.19 |============= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 7.47 |=================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 8.85 |======================= Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 6.43 |============================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 9.86 |============================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 6.43 |============================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5.92 |=========================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 7.21 |================================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 6.41 |============================= Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 2.68 |================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 6.67 |============================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.93 |==================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.59 |================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 3.56 |======================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.20 |====================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 50.14 |=============== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 141.78 |=========================================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 52.02 |================ Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 40.47 |============ Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 73.44 |====================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 56.07 |================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Performance / Cost - Time To Compile Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 2.51 |============== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 7.09 |======================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 4.68 |========================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.24 |================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 8.08 |============================================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5.61 |=============================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 300 |================ Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 869 |============================================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 280 |=============== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 220 |============ Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 405 |===================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 313 |================= Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Performance / Cost - Time To Compile Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 26.97 |============== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 86.86 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 39.14 |==================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 28.57 |============== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 72.81 |===================================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 50.06 |========================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 491 |======================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 248 |=================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 554 |=========================================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 586 |============================================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 398 |=============================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 499 |======================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Performance / Cost - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 16380.00 |========================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 12414.00 |=============================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 13854.25 |=================================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 11716.80 |============================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 7957.20 |==================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 9985.00 |========================= Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 22.74 |========================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 24.59 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 11.26 |==================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 6.02 |=========== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 14.39 |========================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 11.82 |===================== Rust Prime Benchmark Performance / Cost - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 0.45 |============================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 0.25 |========================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.23 |======================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.06 |====== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 0.29 |============================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.24 |======================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 78058 |================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 25516 |=========== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 78165 |================================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 101339 |=========================================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 50047 |===================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 68531 |============================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Performance / Cost - Compress Speed Test MIPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 1561160.00 |======================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 2551600.00 |======================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 977062.50 |=============== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 1013390.00 |=============== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 625587.50 |========== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 761455.56 |============ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 43130446 |================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 11496226 |========= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 42071146 |================================ Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 53552838 |========================================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 25936613 |==================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 36540554 |============================ Stockfish 9 Performance / Cost - Total Time Nodes Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 616149228.57 |===================================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 287405650.00 |================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 300508185.71 |================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 357018920.00 |===================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 185261521.43 |=========== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 261003957.14 |================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 285431 |========================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 108615 |========== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 324600 |============================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 473289 |=========================================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 219233 |==================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 287505 |========================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 2594831.18 |============================ Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 3620507.00 |======================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 954706.85 |========== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 631051.49 |======= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 811975.63 |========= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 1064833.07 |=========== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 42.13 |============================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 63.00 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 32.74 |======================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 30.63 |===================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 41.08 |============================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 41.64 |============================= Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Performance / Cost - Build: Cifar10 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 2.11 |========================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 1.89 |======================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.62 |=============================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.68 |============================================ Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 2.88 |=================================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.75 |============================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 9.59 |===================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 20.12 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5.16 |=========== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 4.35 |========== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 7.03 |=============== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 10.81 |======================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 13.08 |============= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 44.50 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 13.49 |============= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 12.26 |============ Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 19.85 |==================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 15.05 |=============== Rodinia 2.4 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 0.13 |======= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 0.89 |============================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.27 |============== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.25 |============= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 0.60 |============================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 0.30 |=============== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 44.97 |============ Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 161.51 |=========================================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 48.19 |============= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 35.86 |========== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 77.38 |===================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 54.84 |=============== Rodinia 2.4 Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 1.80 |========== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 8.08 |============================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.37 |=================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.15 |============ Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 7.74 |=========================================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 4.39 |======================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 49.11 |============================================ Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 29.16 |========================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 42.07 |====================================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 37.11 |================================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 40.70 |==================================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 35.98 |================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 Performance / Cost - WAV To MP3 Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 1.96 |=================================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 0.29 |===== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.52 |============================================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.23 |======================================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 2.04 |==================================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 1.80 |================================ PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 350404 |====================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 677411 |=========================================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 444220 |============================ Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 519171 |================================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 451798 |============================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 525009 |================================= m-queens 1.2 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 36.18 |======== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 189.79 |=========================================== Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 44.85 |========== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 41.10 |========= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 72.88 |================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 51.52 |============ m-queens 1.2 Performance / Cost - Time To Solve Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 1.09 |==== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 11.39 |============================================ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 3.14 |============ Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 2.88 |=========== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 6.56 |========================= Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 4.12 |================ BRL-CAD 7.28.0 VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 167863 |======================================= Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 53086 |============ Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 174821 |========================================= Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 183107 |=========================================== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 110564 |========================== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 151320 |==================================== BRL-CAD 7.28.0 Performance / Cost - VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 932572.22 |======================================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 589844.44 |========================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 472489.19 |==================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 228883.75 |========== Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 345512.50 |=============== Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 336266.67 |============== Node.js Express HTTP Load Test Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC . 5430 |=========================== Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon .. 9009 |============================================= Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 5496 |=========================== Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 7749 |======================================= Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon .. 5562 |============================ Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon . 6082 |==============================