EPYC 7742 2P vs. 7601 2P vs. Xeon Platinum 8280
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core testing with a Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS) and llvmpipe 504GB on Ubuntu 19.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


2 x EPYC 7742: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190902, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8 (LLVM 8.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: 

	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: 12 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190902, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

2 x EPYC 7601: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-2666MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 17 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 120GB SSDSCKJB120G7R, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190902, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: BT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 243576.90 |===========================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 139009.19 |=========================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 159087.21 |============================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 6253.20 |=============================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 3997.72 |=============================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 2455.78 |==================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.D
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 6216.38 |=============================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 4128.23 |==============================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 2460.35 |==================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: FT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 107080.75 |===========================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 43920.13  |==================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 81682.29  |=================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: LU.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 225796.55 |===========================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 139833.29 |===========================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 140606.74 |===========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: MG.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 100290.77 |===========================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 68661.64  |=============================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 93538.72  |========================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: SP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 122985.90 |===========================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 70097.36  |=========================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 84969.15  |==============================


NeatBench 5
Acceleration: All
FPS > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 32.57 |===============================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 31.54 |==============================================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 11.70 |=================


NeatBench 5
Acceleration: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 32.40 |===============================================
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 31.54 |==============================================
2 x EPYC 7601 .......... 10.55 |===============