AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Facebook RocksDB Benchmark

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P
October 15 2019
  41 Minutes
AMD EPYC 7601 2P
October 15 2019
  1 Hour, 19 Minutes
AMD EPYC 7502 2P
October 16 2019
  48 Minutes
AMD EPYC 7642 2P
October 17 2019
  1 Hour, 12 Minutes
AMD EPYC 7742 2P
October 14 2019
  1 Hour, 17 Minutes
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AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Facebook RocksDB BenchmarkProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD EPYC 7742 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7642 2P2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads)AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS)AMD Starship/Matisse516096MB280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GAllvmpipe 504GBVE2282 x Mellanox MT27710Ubuntu 19.105.3.0-18-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.34.1X Server 1.20.5modesetting 1.20.53.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits)GCC 9.2.1 20191008ext41920x10802 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads)GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers386048MBllvmpipe 377GB2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits)2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads)Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS)AMD 17h516096MBllvmpipe 504GB2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port PCIe3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits)1600x12002 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core @ 2.50GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads)AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS)AMD Starship/Matisse2 x Mellanox MT277101920x10802 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core @ 2.30GHz (96 Cores / 192 Threads)OpenBenchmarking.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++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --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=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Processor Details- AMD EPYC 7742 2P: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- AMD EPYC 7502 2P: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- AMD EPYC 7642 2P: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandSecurity Details- AMD EPYC 7742 2P: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling- Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling- AMD EPYC 7601 2P: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: disabled RSB filling- AMD EPYC 7502 2P: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling- AMD EPYC 7642 2P: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling

AMD EPYC 7742 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7642 2PResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%134%169%203%238%Facebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBRead While WritingRand ReadRand Fill SyncRand FillSeq Fill

AMD EPYC 7742 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7642 2PPer Dollar Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%198%296%394%492%Facebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBFacebook RocksDBPerformance / Cost - Seq FillPerformance / Cost - Rand FillPerformance / Cost - Read While WritingPerformance / Cost - Rand Fill SyncPerformance / Cost - Rand Read

AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon Facebook RocksDB Benchmarkrocksdb: Rand Readrocksdb: Rand Fillrocksdb: Seq Fillrocksdb: Read While Writingrocksdb: Rand Fill SyncAMD EPYC 7742 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7642 2P408115639267685269049119958182302202448670041939121941726331092166399243267520188347199470504438615677226431167625735926864475299581977513629376512618872724859895384194152OpenBenchmarking.org

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OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s Per Dollar, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Performance / Cost - Test: Sequential FillAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P112233445525.1947.6831.179.7017.881. AMD EPYC 7642 2P: $10818 reported cost.2. AMD EPYC 7502 2P: $5634 reported cost.3. AMD EPYC 7601 2P: $6400 reported cost.4. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: $20018 reported cost.5. AMD EPYC 7742 2P: $15044 reported cost.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s Per Dollar, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Performance / Cost - Test: Random FillAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P102030405024.2145.6829.439.6917.791. AMD EPYC 7642 2P: $10818 reported cost.2. AMD EPYC 7502 2P: $5634 reported cost.3. AMD EPYC 7601 2P: $6400 reported cost.4. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: $20018 reported cost.5. AMD EPYC 7742 2P: $15044 reported cost.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s Per Dollar, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Performance / Cost - Test: Read While WritingAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P30060090012001500914.711336.52788.19316.27797.381. AMD EPYC 7642 2P: $10818 reported cost.2. AMD EPYC 7502 2P: $5634 reported cost.3. AMD EPYC 7601 2P: $6400 reported cost.4. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: $20018 reported cost.5. AMD EPYC 7742 2P: $15044 reported cost.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s Per Dollar, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Performance / Cost - Test: Random Fill SyncAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P81624324017.9535.1024.508.3115.301. AMD EPYC 7642 2P: $10818 reported cost.2. AMD EPYC 7502 2P: $5634 reported cost.3. AMD EPYC 7601 2P: $6400 reported cost.4. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: $20018 reported cost.5. AMD EPYC 7742 2P: $15044 reported cost.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s Per Dollar, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Performance / Cost - Test: Random ReadAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P10K20K30K40K50K33549.4246913.6838010.5512232.3427128.131. AMD EPYC 7642 2P: $10818 reported cost.2. AMD EPYC 7502 2P: $5634 reported cost.3. AMD EPYC 7601 2P: $6400 reported cost.4. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: $20018 reported cost.5. AMD EPYC 7742 2P: $15044 reported cost.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Test: Random ReadAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P90M180M270M360M450MSE +/- 2001351.31, N = 3SE +/- 377978.81, N = 3SE +/- 2959260.76, N = 15SE +/- 853761.86, N = 3SE +/- 3237170.94, N = 33629376512643116762432675202448670044081156391. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -std=c++11 -fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-rtti -rdynamic -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Test: Random FillAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P60K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 2598.47, N = 3SE +/- 838.05, N = 3SE +/- 840.97, N = 3SE +/- 644.12, N = 3SE +/- 2430.78, N = 102618872573591883471939122676851. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -std=c++11 -fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-rtti -rdynamic -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Test: Sequential FillAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P60K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 2178.26, N = 3SE +/- 1285.73, N = 3SE +/- 2880.91, N = 4SE +/- 125.30, N = 3SE +/- 1933.31, N = 32724852686441994701941722690491. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -std=c++11 -fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-rtti -rdynamic -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Test: Read While WritingAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P3M6M9M12M15MSE +/- 156017.91, N = 15SE +/- 102102.82, N = 15SE +/- 44037.06, N = 15SE +/- 33828.94, N = 3SE +/- 264808.00, N = 129895384752995850443866331092119958181. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -std=c++11 -fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-rtti -rdynamic -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgOp/s, More Is BetterFacebook RocksDB 6.3.6Test: Random Fill SyncAMD EPYC 7642 2PAMD EPYC 7502 2PAMD EPYC 7601 2PIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 2PAMD EPYC 7742 2P50K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 4734.36, N = 15SE +/- 1346.31, N = 3SE +/- 2487.47, N = 3SE +/- 494.90, N = 3SE +/- 3260.74, N = 41941521977511567721663992302201. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -std=c++11 -fno-builtin-memcmp -fno-rtti -rdynamic -lpthread