Cascade Lake Intel Linux Kernel Comparison 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. 4.18.0-16-generic: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 4.19.0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.19.0-041900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 5.0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 5.1 Git: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190329, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 3280 |===================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 3293 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 3242 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 3287 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 2659 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 2681 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 2700 |===================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 2686 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 2040 |============================================== 4.19.0 ............ 1975 |============================================ 5.0 ............... 2009 |============================================= 5.1 Git ........... 2371 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 2190 |============================================= 4.19.0 ............ 2114 |============================================ 5.0 ............... 2165 |============================================= 5.1 Git ........... 2575 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 128965 |=================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 126838 |================================================== 5.0 ............... 127598 |================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 129906 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 107093 |=================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 106586 |=================================================== 5.0 ............... 106949 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 106785 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 3113 |===================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 3134 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 3135 |===================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 3128 |===================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 21.73 |=================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 22.26 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 21.78 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 21.32 |================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 1.42 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 1.44 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 1.42 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 1.41 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds 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|===================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 0.73 |==================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 15.37 |================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 15.95 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 15.50 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 15.58 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 7.39 |================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 7.79 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 7.68 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 7.60 |==================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 11.96 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 12.06 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 11.92 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 12.06 |==================================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 0.35853 |================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 0.35820 |================================================== 5.0 ............... 0.35903 |================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 0.35824 |================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 125244954 |=============================================== 4.19.0 ............ 125234502 |=============================================== 5.0 ............... 124955627 |=============================================== 5.1 Git ........... 126616740 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 21.96 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 22.08 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 22.13 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 22.15 |==================================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 114 |====================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 115 |====================================================== 5.0 ............... 115 |====================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 114 |====================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 16.27 |==================================================== 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|===================================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 92.67 |=================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 94.00 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 94.58 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 94.68 |==================================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 9.05 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 9.18 |===================================================== 5.0 ............... 9.21 |===================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 8.91 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only 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|====================================================== 5.0 ............... 222 |====================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 222 |====================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 200 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 30530 |============================================== 4.19.0 ............ 34868 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 34796 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 33946 |=================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 29308 |=========================================== 4.19.0 ............ 34604 |=================================================== 5.0 ............... 35469 |==================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 34778 |=================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 13.19 |==================================================== 4.19.0 ............ 13.19 |==================================================== 5.0 ............... 13.04 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 13.17 |==================================================== BRL-CAD 7.28.0 VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better 4.18.0-16-generic . 330916 |=============================================== 4.19.0 ............ 333323 |=============================================== 5.0 ............... 360181 |=================================================== 5.1 Git ........... 335764 |================================================