AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Packet Benchmarks

Packet.com Intel / AMD server benchmarks. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com.

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Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC
November 11 2018
  50 Minutes
Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon
November 12 2018
  1 Hour, 23 Minutes
Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon
November 12 2018
  57 Minutes
Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon
November 12 2018
  1 Hour, 15 Minutes
Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon
November 12 2018
  1 Hour, 4 Minutes
Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon
November 13 2018
  59 Minutes
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AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Packet Benchmarks, "BRL-CAD 7.28.0 - VGR Performance Metric", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",284939.057022,283314.84549,288040.388077 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",108686.554585,108575.156535,108583.924709 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",323437.471687,326802.129057,323561.399447 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",478127.987403,466667.170807,475070.712412 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",216934.810115,220769.346176,219996.113012 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",289066.014144,288025.130332,285423.657704 "Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",299.62343215942 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",868.62987399101 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",279.59722399712 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",219.79492902756 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",404.51041007042 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",312.84512686729 "Stockfish 9 - Total Time", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",42501924,43777479,43111936 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",11510028,11627539,11351111 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",42197386,42215405,41800647 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",53103290,53290565,54264660 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",25908476,25917623,25983740 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",35949467,36325349,37346847 "m-queens 1.2 - Time To Solve", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",35.519443035126,36.314677000046,36.693893909454 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",189.80239582062,189.77717399597,189.78875899315 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",44.826180934906,44.867605924606,44.841335058212 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",41.018534898758,41.031133890152,41.258561134338 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",72.862818956375,72.946610927582,72.836269140244 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",51.516332864761,51.52196097374,51.517241001129 "Rodinia 2.4 - Test: OpenMP LavaMD", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",44.566530942917,45.182772874832,45.171486854553 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",161.43418693542,161.92567801476,161.17681694031 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",48.413359165192,48.067061901093,48.075943946838 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",35.780303001404,36.152492046356,35.659020900726 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",77.480317831039,77.096689939499,77.572710037231 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",54.816686153412,54.85916686058,54.846821069717 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",51.898092031479,49.159145116806,49.368146896362 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",143.67652392387,140.85552215576,140.81258821487 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",55.022850990295,50.645895957947,50.384339094162 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",45.745394945145,37.861686944962,37.804337024689 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",76.192940950394,72.081082105637,72.058864116669 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",59.149739980698,54.529925107956,54.526417970657 "Tensorflow 2017-02-03 - Build: Cifar10", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",42.2,41.96,42.22 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",62.86,62.95,63.19 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",32.85,32.56,32.82 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",30.75,30.63,30.52 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",41.16,41.38,40.71 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",40.95,42.14,41.82 "7-Zip Compression 16.02 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",79179,76912,78083 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",25503,25187,25859 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",78564,76942,78988 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",101902,102616,99498 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",50309,49755,50078 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",68314,69168,68111 "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",49.044667005539,49.164427995682,49.124976873398 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",29.180190086365,29.141923904419,29.170355796814 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",42.094354152679,42.067486047745,42.062592983246 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",37.113096952438,37.116036176682,37.105931997299 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",40.741808176041,40.641716957092,40.730026960373 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",35.845340967178,35.917075157166,36.172362089157 "TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",490.052,485.956,498.182 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",248.911,248.534,247.39 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",555.988,552.914,553.618 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",585.103,586.648,585.754 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",398.533,397.362,397.678 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",506.509,486.334,504.898 "PHPBench 0.8.1 - PHP Benchmark Suite", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",347514,349881,353816 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",675084,679544,677606 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",444021,442513,446126 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",517679,519913,519922 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",439889,464179,451327 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",524765,525775,524487 "OpenSSL 1.1.1 - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",3501.4,3443.8,3406.1 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",1195.3,1195.5,1197.3 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",4375.9,4316.5,4314.8 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5529.8,5461,5569.2 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",2656.1,2683.6,2687.8 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",3808.1,3787.7,3775.6 "Rodinia 2.4 - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",12.625910043716,12.884883880615,13.730201005936 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",44.491979122162,44.553566932678,44.458328008652 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",13.325877904892,13.539772033691,13.615326881409 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",11.610987186432,12.813546895981,12.354260921478 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",19.7273209095,19.843986034393,19.975142002106 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",14.773899078369,15.327861070633,15.054589033127 "Node.js Express HTTP Load Test - ", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",5389,5408,5493 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",9084,8858,9084 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5394,5631,5463 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",7752,7769,7726 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",5523,5773,5389 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5803,6083,6359 "Rust Prime Benchmark - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",22.693666934967,22.891931056976,22.640089988708 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",24.58809709549,24.595262050629,24.58784198761 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",11.301239967346,11.307724952698,11.176350831985 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",6.003762960434,6.0305800437927,6.0168280601501 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",14.388692855835,14.36705493927,14.405881881714 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",11.757665872574,11.808114051819,11.88746213913 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: OpenMP Stencil", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",8.58995,9.957596,10.237198 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",20.095133,20.131859,20.125692 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",4.978992,5.071266,5.443725 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",4.08805,4.54687,4.42472 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",7.081634,7.03588,6.977066 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",10.251487,11.040427,11.150143 "Darktable 2.4.2 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",5.27,5.269,5.095 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",17.018,17.021,17.029 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5.982,6.247,6.037 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5.142,5.192,5.235 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",7.239,7.976,7.196 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",8.881,8.844,8.839 "Darktable 2.4.2 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",6.557,6.509,6.225 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",9.852,9.863,9.86 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",6.519,6.405,6.377 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",5.93,5.859,5.98 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",7.142,7.27,7.205 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",6.371,6.397,6.461 "Darktable 2.4.2 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC",2.79,2.67,2.592 "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon",6.653,6.698,6.659 "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",3.159,2.907,2.723 "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon",2.568,2.602,2.613 "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon",3.571,3.536,3.566 "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",3.203,3.165,3.223 "BRL-CAD 7.28.0 - Performance / Cost - VGR Performance Metric", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "m-queens 1.2 - Performance / Cost - Time To Solve", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 - Performance / Cost - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Rodinia 2.4 - Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP LavaMD", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Rodinia 2.4 - Performance / Cost - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Tensorflow 2017-02-03 - Performance / Cost - Build: Cifar10", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Stockfish 9 - Performance / Cost - Total Time", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "7-Zip Compression 16.02 - Performance / Cost - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Rust Prime Benchmark - Performance / Cost - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b - Performance / Cost - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping", Higher Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 - Performance / Cost - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 - Performance / Cost - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Packet c2.medium.x86 EPYC", "Packet c1.small.x86 Xeon", "Packet m1.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet m2.xlarge.x86 Xeon", "Packet s1.large.x86 Xeon", "Packet c1.xlarge.x86 Xeon",