Cavium ThunderX 96-Core vs. Ampere eMAG
ARM64 Workstation Comparison Benchmark


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

ClearFog-ITX: 

	Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 @ 2.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SolidRun LX2160A COM type 7 module, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 860 + 8GB SL08G + 63GB DF4064

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 4.14.83-dirty (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 66.55  |=========================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 121.77 |=============================================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 51.22  |===================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 17.65 |==============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 3.70  |==========
ClearFog-ITX ............ 5.41  |==============


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 219 |====================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 276 |=============================================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 294 |================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 8.37  |==============================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 8.97  |================================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 12.82 |==============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 212.60 |=============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 110.35 |=======================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 90.68  |===================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 11425 |==============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 4775  |===================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 4082  |================


AOBench
Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Cavium ThunderX 96-Core . 235.31 |=============================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY ...... 151.24 |=============================
ClearFog-ITX ............ 92.89  |==================


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 |================================================