CPU PlaidML Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1602 BIOS) and NVIDIA NV120 12GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu 18.10: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 1.23 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 1.00 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 5.73 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 4.86 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: Yes - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 3.93 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: Yes - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 3.49 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: IMDB LSTM - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 2.17 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: IMDB LSTM - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 2.52 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: Mobilenet - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 26.04 |========================================================= PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: ResNet 50 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 8.24 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: DenseNet 201 - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 2.71 |========================================================== PlaidML FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: NASNer Large - Device: CPU Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 . 1.16 |==========================================================