Ubuntu Linux vs. Clear Linux - AMD EPYC 7742 2P 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core testing with a AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS) on Clear Linux for a future article. Ubuntu 19.04: 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: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-25-generic (x86_64), 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 Ubuntu 19.10 20190904: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: ASPEED, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.2.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.33.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190827, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 30940: 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: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Clear Linux OS 30940, Kernel: 5.2.11-829.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (LLVM 8.0.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190903 gcc-9-branch@275327 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: BT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 247433.83 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 242842.27 |=========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 243205.36 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 6247.62 |=================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 8197.08 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 8320.96 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 6127.41 |================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 8330.08 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 8449.74 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: IS.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 4260.39 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 4296.60 |============================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 4449.73 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 229493.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 231140.73 |=========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 237956.03 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: MG.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 102055.43 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 100575.63 |=========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 99410.71 |=========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 0.80 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 0.81 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 0.74 |============================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 181.81 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 182.67 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 145.19 |===================================== CloverLeaf Lagrangian-Eulerian Hydrodynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 1.11 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 0.87 |====================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 0.60 |========================== CP2K Molecular Dynamics 6.1 Fayalite-FIST Data Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 603.38 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 602.51 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 600.11 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 3.91 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 4.14 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 4.47 |================================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 8.92 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 9.00 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 8.14 |============================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 9.81 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 9.60 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 9.73 |================================================= NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 0.25787 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 0.26394 |============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 0.25994 |============================================= Pennant 1.0.1 Test: sedovbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 223.06 |============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 228.78 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 220.72 |============================================= Pennant 1.0.1 Test: leblancbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 215.23 |============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 220.98 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 212.86 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 185558 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 147183 |===================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 185973 |=============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 635.12 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 656.54 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 684.50 |=============================================== SVT-AV1 0.5 1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 103.44 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 100.38 |============================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 106.95 |=============================================== SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 335.15 |===================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 342.63 |====================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 424.72 |=============================================== x264 2018-09-25 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 155.16 |====================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 152.63 |===================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 194.00 |=============================================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 44.74 |==================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 44.51 |==================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 59.10 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 240710904 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 232748307 |========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 241747580 |============================================ Timed GCC Compilation 8.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 726.90 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 726.01 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 493.07 |================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 79.36 |===================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 86.01 |======================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 176.20 |=============================================== Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 38.64 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 38.67 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 38.96 |================================================ Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 3.75 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 4.04 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 3.73 |============================================= Tungsten Renderer 0.2.2 Scene: Water Caustic Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 22.39 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 22.10 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 21.88 |=============================================== Tungsten Renderer 0.2.2 Scene: Non-Exponential Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 1.56 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 1.52 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 1.60 |================================================= Tungsten Renderer 0.2.2 Scene: Volumetric Caustic Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 4.31 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 4.25 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 4.34 |================================================= Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 10.68 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 10.90 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 9.77 |=========================================== dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 11.05 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 11.19 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 8.59 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 9.94 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 9.87 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 9.29 |============================================== ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 135 |================================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 135 |================================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 135 |================================================== Blender 2.80 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 26.84 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 26.96 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 26.52 |=============================================== Blender 2.80 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 45.75 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 46.07 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 46.47 |================================================ Blender 2.80 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 44.09 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 44.07 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 43.17 |=============================================== Blender 2.80 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 141.43 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 142.59 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 133.25 |============================================ Blender 2.80 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 74.04 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 74.57 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 73.15 |=============================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 24889.81 |======================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 23480.42 |===================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 28941.74 |============================================= NeatBench 5 Acceleration: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 31.93 |======================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 31.63 |======================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 38.87 |================================================ Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 174.72 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 175.46 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 162.14 |=========================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 57.39 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 58.40 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 56.59 |=============================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 200 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 32356.68 |=================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 32737.56 |=================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 41747.64 |============================================= Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 34524.07 |===================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 30282.16 |================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 42021.09 |============================================= OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 15.77 |========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 15.78 |=========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 17.82 |================================================ OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 44.04 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 47.37 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 36.89 |===================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 87.27 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 88.51 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 76.19 |========================================= OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 72.81 |============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 75.65 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 68.60 |============================================ OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 98.65 |========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 111.11 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 80.92 |================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 8144 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 8866 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 6303 |=================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 5221 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 5386 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 4709 |=========================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 8061 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 7818 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 5618 |================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Apache Spark ALS ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 40424.22 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 40244.28 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 27152.43 |============================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 32220.55 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 30232.39 |========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 19498.60 |=========================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: In-Memory Database Shootout ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 16244.08 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 16123.42 |============================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 10479.05 |============================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 45636.02 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 45103.42 |============================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 43477.62 |=========================================== Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 3808206.64 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 3824231.69 |=========================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 3547440.39 |======================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 9.02 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 9.13 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 8.76 |=============================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: cos nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 53.49 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 53.50 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 44.63 |======================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: exp nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 6.61 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 6.36 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 6.55 |================================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 2.24 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 2.54 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 2.24 |=========================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sin nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 52.53 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 53.06 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 44.35 |======================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: log2 nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 7.88 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 7.96 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 7.13 |============================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: modf nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 2.92 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 2.85 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 2.53 |========================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sinh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 9.52 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 9.69 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 9.55 |================================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sqrt nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 2.83 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 2.82 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 2.82 |================================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: tanh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 13.27 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 13.38 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 13.55 |================================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: asinh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 10.65 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 10.82 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 10.65 |=============================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: atanh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 13.32 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 13.24 |================================================ Clear Linux 30940 ..... 12.80 |============================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 2.24 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 2.24 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 ..... 2.24 |================================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sincos nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 15.38 |=============================================== Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 15.48 |=============================================== Clear Linux 30940 ..... 15.65 |================================================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 19.04 .......... 2.24 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.10 20190904 . 2.24 |================================================= Clear Linux 30940 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