RHEL 8.0 AMD EPYC Performance 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core testing with a Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS) and Matrox G200eW3 on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Clear Linux: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 20 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R, Graphics: Matrox G200eW3, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port PCIe OS: Clear Linux OS 29360, Kernel: 5.0.14-753.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 9.1.1 20190509 gcc-9-branch@271046 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 RHEL 7.6: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 20 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R, Graphics: Matrox G200eW3, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 PCIe OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.12.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 RHEL 8.0: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R + 20 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: Matrox G200eW3, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port PCIe OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, Kernel: 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180905, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 20 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R, Graphics: Matrox G200eW3, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E 10GBase-T RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 PCIe OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 35.18 |==================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 49.64 |============================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 45.97 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 87.61 |=================================================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 711205 |=========================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 830418 |================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 774674 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 796156 |================================================ BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 18681 |===================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 5703 |=========== RHEL 8.0 ........... 9883 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 25482 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 176.86 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 40.83 |============ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 37.71 |=========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.87 |==================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 1.52 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1.56 |============================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 24.60 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 14.79 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 8.87 |================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 317 |======================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 713 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 539 |======================================== CloverLeaf Lagrangian-Eulerian Hydrodynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 4.40 |==================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 1.89 |====================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 1.09 |============= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1.70 |==================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 6.33 |================ RHEL 7.6 ........... 20.25 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 7.40 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 17.00 |=========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 22.76 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 17.54 |======================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 16.34 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 11.80 |========================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 60.12 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 26.15 |====================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 25.24 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 24.29 |===================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 5.84 |============================================ RHEL 7.6 ........... 6.77 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 6.20 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 6.91 |==================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 5.58 |==================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 3.60 |================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 4.77 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 3.73 |=================================== Java Gradle Build 1.0 Gradle Build: Reactor Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 27.18 |========================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 6061 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 6233 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 5986 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 5779 |================================================ DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 5728 |============================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 6409 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 5873 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 6441 |==================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Eclipse msec < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 24948 |========================================================= RHEL 7.6 .... 25509 |========================================================== RHEL 8.0 .... 24711 |======================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 6991 |==================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 6943 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 6851 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 6525 |================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 9638 |========================================================= RHEL 7.6 .... 8794 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 .... 9946 |=========================================================== SVT-AV1 2019-03-07 1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 20.91 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 16.81 |========================================= SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 185 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 150 |=========================================== SVT-VP9 2019-02-17 1080p 8-bit YUV To VP9 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 127 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 123 |=================================================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 38.17 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 35.02 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 999 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 811 |========================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 1014 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1004 |=================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 57968 |============== RHEL 7.6 ........... 196066 |================================================ RHEL 8.0 ........... 204850 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 152475 |===================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 96333477 |========================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 107653676 |=============================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 106802102 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 102273074 |============================================= Swet 1.5.16 Average Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux . 4020515289 |===================================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 740776 |================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2013627 |================================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 1689220 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1934645 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 46.29 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 22.73 |========================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 24.81 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 25.30 |============================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 608 |===================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 130 |=========== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 148 |============= XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 40.13 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 19.30 |========================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 19.41 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 28.01 |==================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 28.03 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 11.11 |==================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 14.05 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 16.59 |============================== dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 25.92 |========================================================== dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 6.81 |=========================================================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux . 151.83 |========================================================= Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 151.13 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 20.41 |======= RHEL 8.0 ........... 20.42 |======= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 38.56 |============= m-queens 1.2 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 13.50 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 13.64 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 13.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 13.61 |=================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: cos nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 63.17 | RHEL 7.6 ........... 47028.70 |========================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 67.88 | Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 54888.23 |================================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.41 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2.47 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 2.46 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.42 |=================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sin nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 62.24 | RHEL 7.6 ........... 47340.33 |========================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 67.34 | Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 54812.87 |================================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sqrt nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.72 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2.69 |================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 2.77 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.64 |================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: tanh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 16.46 |============================================ RHEL 7.6 ........... 19.26 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 16.80 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 17.58 |=============================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.41 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2.47 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 2.45 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.42 |=================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.41 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2.47 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 2.46 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.42 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 321133 |============================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 151517 |============== RHEL 8.0 ........... 543697 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 535688 |================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 4925 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 4964 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 4473 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 5095 |==================================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 1895205 |================================================= RHEL 7.6 ........... 1137705 |============================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 1447486 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1818258 |=============================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 1472666 |================================================= RHEL 7.6 ........... 859874 |============================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 1102743 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1221779 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 11815 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 8268 |==================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 10954 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 11819 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 19322 |================================ RHEL 7.6 ........... 23926 |======================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 31015 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 28754 |=============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 15637 |================================================= RHEL 7.6 ........... 15737 |================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 15295 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 16136 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 940542 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 249119 |============= RHEL 8.0 ........... 873382 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 878549 |=============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 320508 |============================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 291933 |========================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 344790 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 303024 |============================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 143253 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 105824 |===================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 128150 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 134849 |=============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 1897 |======================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 1975 |========================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 2440 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2027 |=========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 3877 |====== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2522 |==== RHEL 8.0 ........... 3301 |===== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 30766 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 18590923 |================================ RHEL 7.6 ........... 26269186 |============================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 27537101 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 26313433 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 5999114 |======================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 3780346 |=============== RHEL 8.0 ........... 3064272 |============ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 12123397 |================================================ ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 144 |=================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 220 |===================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 220 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 132 |================================ Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: Memory Events Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 4240020 |================================================= RHEL 7.6 ........... 4163928 |================================================ RHEL 8.0 ........... 4197149 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 4180750 |================================================ Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: CPU Events Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 89867 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 88510 |================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 89704 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 88764 |================================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03 Mode: CPU Ksamples > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 38703 |============================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 41362 |================================================= RHEL 8.0 ........... 42767 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 40973 |================================================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 444 |===================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 283 |================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 285 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 333 |======================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 39362 |=============================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 30195 |======================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 64603 |=================================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 30416 |==================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 21964 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 43198 |=================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 1379 |=================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2075 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 1965 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1519 |====================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 20167 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 21048 |=================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux . 33599.17 |======================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux ........ 551221 |================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 131686 |============ RHEL 8.0 ........... 380485 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 392623 |==================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 7.47 |=================================================== RHEL 7.6 ........... 7.51 |=================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 7.66 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 7.28 |================================================= PHP Micro Benchmarks Test: Zend bench Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 0.39 |========== RHEL 7.6 ........... 2.09 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 0.67 |================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 0.65 |================ PHP Micro Benchmarks Test: Zend micro_bench Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 2.11 |============ RHEL 7.6 ........... 9.42 |==================================================== RHEL 8.0 ........... 3.07 |================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.87 |================ OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 21.39 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 19.25 |============================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 38.76 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 66.53 |=================================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 123.33 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 87.91 |==================================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 94.90 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 70.35 |====================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Clear Linux ........ 106.65 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 90.50 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