CPU PlaidML Linux Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1602 BIOS) and NVIDIA NV120 12GB on Fedora 29 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

openSUSE Tumbleweed: 

	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 GeForce GTX TITAN X 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190108, Kernel: 4.19.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.1, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Fedora Workstation 29: 

	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: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.19.13-300.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181215, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1.00 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1.21 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 1.03 |==========================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: NASNer Large - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1.16 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1.41 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 1.24 |===========================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1.23 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1.48 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 1.27 |==========================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: DenseNet 201 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 2.71 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2.87 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 3.14 |=================================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Training - Network: IMDB LSTM - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 2.17 |===============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2.08 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 2.28 |=================================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: IMDB LSTM - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 2.52 |================================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2.38 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 2.59 |=================================================


PlaidML
FP16: Yes - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 3.49 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 4.15 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 3.75 |============================================


PlaidML
FP16: Yes - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 3.93 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 4.58 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 4.20 |=============================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG19 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 4.86 |======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 6.35 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 5.23 |========================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: VGG16 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 5.73 |======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7.45 |=================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 6.16 |=========================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: ResNet 50 - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 8.24  |=================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 12.06 |================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 9.59  |======================================


PlaidML
FP16: No - Mode: Inference - Network: Mobilenet - Device: CPU
Examples Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 26.04 |===========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 46.51 |================================================
Fedora Workstation 29 . 30.12 |===============================