Cavium ThunderX 96-Core vs. Ampere eMAG Benchmarks
Tests being worked on by Michael Larabel for a future article. Just some interesting Cavium vs. AMpere ARM Linux benchmarks.


Cavium ThunderX 96-Core: 

	Processor: Cavium ThunderX (96 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN C2U4N_MB (G31FB18A BIOS), Memory: 4 x 32 GB DDR4-2133MHz 36ASF4G72PZ-2G3B1, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Cavium THUNDERX Interface + Cavium THUNDERX BGX

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic (aarch64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

Ampere eMAG OSPREY: 

	Processor: Ampere eMAG ARMv8 @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: AmpereComputing OSPREY (4.8.19 BIOS), Chipset: Applied Micro Circuits X-Gene, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2400MHz Samsung M393A2K43CB2-CTD, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: CentOS 7.5.1804, Kernel: 4.14.0-49.el7.centos.180925+amp.ilp32.aarch64 (aarch64) 20180926, Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20150826, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Lenovo i7 8700: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 @ 4.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 36EF, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3072MB (139/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev3, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.77, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3600x1080


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 17.65 |==============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 3.70  |==========
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 3.45  |=========


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 218.93 |====================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 276.48 |=============================================
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 94.54  |===============


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 8.37  |===========================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 8.97  |=============================
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 14.28 |==============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 212.60 |=============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 110.35 |=======================
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 26.32  |======


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 11425 |==============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 4775  |===================
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 1049  |====


AOBench
Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 235.31 |=============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 151.24 |=============================
Lenovo i7 8700 .......... 36.88  |=======


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 177073 |=============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 163394 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 4825 |===============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 4680 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 3028 |========================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 5866 |===============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 245 |===========================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 431 |================================================