AMD EPYC vs. Intel Xeon RocksDB Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: 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: 386048MB, 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 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD EPYC 7601 2P: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 02MJ3T (1.2.5 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA + 2 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 2-port PCIe OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 AMD EPYC 7502 2P: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core @ 2.50GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD EPYC 7642 2P: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core @ 2.30GHz (96 Cores / 192 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD EPYC 7742 2P: 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, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 193912 |============================== AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 188347 |============================= AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 257359 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 261887 |======================================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 267685 |========================================= Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Read Op/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 244867004 |======================= AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 243267520 |======================= AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 264311676 |========================= AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 362937651 |================================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 408115639 |====================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Sequential Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 194172 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 199470 |============================== AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 268644 |======================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 272485 |========================================= AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 269049 |======================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Sync Op/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 166399 |============================== AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 156772 |============================ AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 197751 |=================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 194152 |=================================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 230220 |========================================= Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 6331092 |===================== AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 5044386 |================ AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 7529958 |======================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 9895384 |================================ AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 11995818 |======================================= Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Random Fill Op/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 9.69 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 29.43 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 45.68 |========================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 24.21 |====================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 17.79 |================ Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Random Read Op/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 12232.34 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 38010.55 |================================ AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 46913.68 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 33549.42 |============================ AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 27128.13 |======================= Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Sequential Fill Op/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 9.70 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 31.17 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 47.68 |========================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 25.19 |====================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 17.88 |================ Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Random Fill Sync Op/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 8.31 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 24.50 |============================= AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 35.10 |========================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 17.95 |===================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 15.30 |================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Read While Writing Op/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 316.27 |========= AMD EPYC 7601 2P ............ 788.19 |======================== AMD EPYC 7502 2P ............ 1336.52 |======================================== AMD EPYC 7642 2P ............ 914.71 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7742 2P ............ 797.38 |========================