AMD EPYC Rome vs. Xeon Spectre Mitigation Benchmarks

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2 x EPYC 7742
July 22 2019
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2 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations
August 08 2019
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2 x Xeon Platinum 8280
July 15 2019
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2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations
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AMD EPYC Rome vs. Xeon Spectre Mitigation BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads)AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS)AMD Device 148016 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GAllvmpipe 504GBVE2282 x Mellanox MT27710Ubuntu 19.045.2.0-050200rc7-generic (x86_64) 20190630GNOME Shell 3.32.1X Server 1.20.4modesetting 1.20.43.3 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0 128 bits)GCC 8.3.0ext41920x10802 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads)GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers12 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WMllvmpipe 377GB2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE3.3 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0 256 bits)GNOME Shell 3.32.2OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Processor Details- 2 x EPYC 7742: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- 2 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveJava Details- 2 x EPYC 7742: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-Ubuntu-1ubuntu219.04.1)- 2 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.4+11-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu219.04)- 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-Ubuntu-1ubuntu219.04.1)- 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.4+11-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu219.04)Python Details- Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.7.3Security Details- 2 x EPYC 7742: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling - 2 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Vulnerable + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Vulnerable IBPB: disabled STIBP: disabled - 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling - 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Vulnerable + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Vulnerable IBPB: disabled STIBP: disabled Disk Details- 2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No MitigationsResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%141%181%222%262%HackbenchJohn The RipperNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAMDTimed LLVM CompilationTimed GCC CompilationRedisRenaissanceGIMPctx_clock

AMD EPYC Rome vs. Xeon Spectre Mitigation Benchmarksnpb: EP.Cnamd: ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atomsrenaissance: Scala Dottyrenaissance: Savina Reactors.IOjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishbuild-gcc: Time To Compilebuild-llvm: Time To Compilehackbench: 32 - Processgimp: resizegimp: rotategimp: auto-levelsgimp: unsharp-maskredis: GETctx-clock: Context Switch Time2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations4144.360.265957515.5130851.62179166723.5179.3714.7211.9817.6223.8728.272230671.171354125.220.265777125.4028583.13184975720.9779.6014.3311.6216.6022.7127.202138833.941352494.400.360466790.5327155.2584238891.11106.7936.6812.6618.3923.7128.752541994.851352509.970.359406691.5625932.1483856878.33103.6937.5811.8517.6821.9226.472652682.33134OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

NPB, NAS Parallel Benchmarks, is a benchmark developed by NASA for high-end computer systems. This test profile currently uses the MPI version of NPB. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1Test / Class: EP.C2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations9001800270036004500SE +/- 8.63, N = 3SE +/- 19.98, N = 3SE +/- 5.65, N = 3SE +/- 6.26, N = 34144.364125.222494.402509.971. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3.1Test / Class: EP.C2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations7001400210028003500Min: 4129.23 / Avg: 4144.36 / Max: 4159.11Min: 4096.84 / Avg: 4125.22 / Max: 4163.77Min: 2483.84 / Avg: 2494.4 / Max: 2503.16Min: 2498.03 / Avg: 2509.97 / Max: 2519.191. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi

NAMD

NAMD is a parallel molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. NAMD was developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgdays/ns, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations0.08110.16220.24330.32440.4055SE +/- 0.00268, N = 3SE +/- 0.00317, N = 3SE +/- 0.00079, N = 7SE +/- 0.00013, N = 150.265950.265770.360460.35940
OpenBenchmarking.orgdays/ns, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations12345Min: 0.26 / Avg: 0.27 / Max: 0.27Min: 0.26 / Avg: 0.27 / Max: 0.27Min: 0.36 / Avg: 0.36 / Max: 0.36Min: 0.36 / Avg: 0.36 / Max: 0.36

Renaissance

Renaissance is a suite of benchmarks designed to test the Java JVM from Apache Spark to a Twitter-like service to Scala and other features. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterRenaissance 0.9.0Test: Scala Dotty2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations16003200480064008000SE +/- 68.73, N = 40SE +/- 37.73, N = 8SE +/- 49.97, N = 8SE +/- 50.57, N = 87515.517125.406790.536691.56
OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterRenaissance 0.9.0Test: Scala Dotty2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations13002600390052006500Min: 7078.11 / Avg: 7515.51 / Max: 8490.93Min: 6903.06 / Avg: 7125.4 / Max: 7262.97Min: 6607.79 / Avg: 6790.53 / Max: 6999.81Min: 6523.5 / Avg: 6691.56 / Max: 6989.8

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterRenaissance 0.9.0Test: Savina Reactors.IO2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations7K14K21K28K35KSE +/- 685.37, N = 40SE +/- 526.43, N = 40SE +/- 424.03, N = 40SE +/- 348.41, N = 4030851.6228583.1327155.2525932.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterRenaissance 0.9.0Test: Savina Reactors.IO2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations5K10K15K20K25KMin: 23565.2 / Avg: 30851.62 / Max: 47189.16Min: 21366.96 / Avg: 28583.13 / Max: 37071.77Min: 23148.96 / Avg: 27155.25 / Max: 35065.39Min: 22580.11 / Avg: 25932.14 / Max: 31853.23

John The Ripper

This is a benchmark of John The Ripper, which is a password cracker. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1Test: Blowfish2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 2249.31, N = 13SE +/- 680.60, N = 3SE +/- 465.36, N = 3SE +/- 461.73, N = 317916618497584238838561. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lssl -lcrypto -fopenmp -lgmp -pthread -lm -lz -ldl -lcrypt -lbz2
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1Test: Blowfish2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations30K60K90K120K150KMin: 154316 / Avg: 179165.54 / Max: 184949Min: 184197 / Avg: 184974.67 / Max: 186331Min: 83333 / Avg: 84238.33 / Max: 84878Min: 83193 / Avg: 83855.67 / Max: 847441. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lssl -lcrypto -fopenmp -lgmp -pthread -lm -lz -ldl -lcrypt -lbz2

Timed GCC Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed GCC Compilation 8.2Time To Compile2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations2004006008001000SE +/- 2.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 3723.51720.97891.11878.33
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed GCC Compilation 8.2Time To Compile2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations160320480640800Min: 719.97 / Avg: 723.51 / Max: 729.05Min: 719.99 / Avg: 720.97 / Max: 722.14Min: 890.29 / Avg: 891.11 / Max: 892.48Min: 876.23 / Avg: 878.33 / Max: 879.87

Timed LLVM Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the LLVM compiler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1Time To Compile2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations2040608010079.3779.60106.79103.69

Hackbench

This is a benchmark of Hackbench, a test of the Linux kernel scheduler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterHackbenchCount: 32 - Type: Process2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations918273645SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 314.7214.3336.6837.581. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterHackbenchCount: 32 - Type: Process2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations816243240Min: 14.26 / Avg: 14.72 / Max: 15.39Min: 14.25 / Avg: 14.33 / Max: 14.5Min: 35.78 / Avg: 36.68 / Max: 37.87Min: 36.82 / Avg: 37.58 / Max: 38.581. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread

GIMP

GIMP is an open-source image manipulaton program. This test profile will use the system-provided GIMP program otherwise on Windows relys upon a pre-packaged Windows binary from upstream GIMP.org. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: resize2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations3691215SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 311.9811.6212.6611.85
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: resize2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations48121620Min: 11.83 / Avg: 11.98 / Max: 12.08Min: 11.46 / Avg: 11.62 / Max: 11.8Min: 12.44 / Avg: 12.66 / Max: 12.91Min: 11.83 / Avg: 11.85 / Max: 11.87

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: rotate2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 317.6216.6018.3917.68
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: rotate2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations510152025Min: 17.59 / Avg: 17.62 / Max: 17.65Min: 16.58 / Avg: 16.6 / Max: 16.62Min: 18.22 / Avg: 18.39 / Max: 18.59Min: 17.66 / Avg: 17.68 / Max: 17.7

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: auto-levels2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations612182430SE +/- 0.35, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 323.8722.7123.7121.92
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: auto-levels2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations612182430Min: 23.31 / Avg: 23.87 / Max: 24.83Min: 22.62 / Avg: 22.71 / Max: 22.8Min: 23.42 / Avg: 23.71 / Max: 23.86Min: 21.71 / Avg: 21.92 / Max: 22.06

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: unsharp-mask2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations714212835SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 328.2727.2028.7526.47
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.8Test: unsharp-mask2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations612182430Min: 27.66 / Avg: 28.27 / Max: 28.86Min: 26.9 / Avg: 27.2 / Max: 27.55Min: 28.54 / Avg: 28.75 / Max: 28.91Min: 26.23 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 26.68

Redis

Redis is an open-source data structure server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: GET2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations600K1200K1800K2400K3000KSE +/- 14491.01, N = 3SE +/- 52801.81, N = 12SE +/- 24940.97, N = 15SE +/- 14701.59, N = 32230671.172138833.942541994.852652682.331. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: GET2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations500K1000K1500K2000K2500KMin: 2207505.5 / Avg: 2230671.17 / Max: 2257336.5Min: 1814882 / Avg: 2138833.94 / Max: 2364066.25Min: 2358490.5 / Avg: 2541994.85 / Max: 2659574.5Min: 2631579 / Avg: 2652682.33 / Max: 2680965.251. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

ctx_clock

Ctx_clock is a simple test program to measure the context switch time in clock cycles. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgClocks, Fewer Is Betterctx_clockContext Switch Time2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations306090120150SE +/- 0.67, N = 3135135135134
OpenBenchmarking.orgClocks, Fewer Is Betterctx_clockContext Switch Time2 x EPYC 77422 x EPYC 7742 - No Mitigations2 x Xeon Platinum 82802 x Xeon Platinum 8280 - No Mitigations306090120150Min: 134 / Avg: 135.33 / Max: 136