Core i9 9900KS vs. AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X benchmarks for a future article by Michael Larabel.
Core i9 9900KS
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (1302 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --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-link-mutex --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --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-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --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
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0xca
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.5+10-post-Ubuntu-2ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.17 + Python 3.7.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Vulnerable + 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 + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled
Ryzen 9 3900X
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Compiler Notes: --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-link-mutex --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --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-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --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
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8701013
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.5+10-post-Ubuntu-2ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.17 + Python 3.7.6
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + 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: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Ryzen 9 3950X
Changed Processor to AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads).
Parboil
The Parboil Benchmarks from the IMPACT Research Group at University of Illinois are a set of throughput computing applications for looking at computing architecture and compilers. Parboil test-cases support OpenMP, OpenCL, and CUDA multi-processing environments. However, at this time the test profile is just making use of the OpenMP and OpenCL test workloads. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
CloverLeaf
CloverLeaf is a Lagrangian-Eulerian hydrodynamics benchmark. This test profile currently makes use of CloverLeaf's OpenMP version and benchmarked with the clover_bm8192.in input file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
CP2K Molecular Dynamics
CP2K is an open-source molecular dynamics software package focused on quantum chemistry and solid-state physics. This test profile currently makes use of the OpenMP implementation and using the Fayalite-FIST molecular dynamics run and measures the total time to complete. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Rodinia
Rodinia is a suite focused upon accelerating compute-intensive applications with accelerators. CUDA, OpenMP, and OpenCL parallel models are supported by the included applications. This profile utilizes the OpenCL and OpenMP test binaries at the moment. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
GROMACS
The Gromacs molecular dynamics package testing on the CPU with the water_GMX50 data. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Mlpack Benchmark
Mlpack benchmark scripts for machine learning libraries Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Sunflow Rendering System
This test runs benchmarks of the Sunflow Rendering System. The Sunflow Rendering System is an open-source render engine for photo-realistic image synthesis with a ray-tracing core. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Polyhedron Fortran Benchmarks
The Fortran.uk Polyhedron Fortran Benchmarks for comparing Fortran compiler performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
ACES DGEMM
This is a multi-threaded DGEMM benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Coremark
This is a test of EEMBC CoreMark processor benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
FFTW
FFTW is a C subroutine library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in one or more dimensions. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed MrBayes Analysis
This test performs a bayesian analysis of a set of primate genome sequences in order to estimate their phylogeny. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Himeno Benchmark
The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed HMMer Search
This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator
LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics code, and an acronym for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
John The Ripper
This is a benchmark of John The Ripper, which is a password cracker. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
GraphicsMagick
This is a test of GraphicsMagick with its OpenMP implementation that performs various imaging tests on a sample 6000x4000 pixel JPEG image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
MKL-DNN DNNL
This is a test of the Intel MKL-DNN (DNNL / Deep Neural Network Library) as an Intel-optimized library for Deep Neural Networks and making use of its built-in benchdnn functionality. The result is the total perf time reported. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OSPray
Intel OSPray is a portable ray-tracing engine for high-performance, high-fidenlity scientific visualizations. OSPray builds off Intel's Embree and Intel SPMD Program Compiler (ISPC) components as part of the oneAPI rendering toolkit. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Intel Open Image Denoise
Open Image Denoise is a denoising library for ray-tracing and part of the oneAPI rendering toolkit. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Embree
Intel Embree is a collection of high-performance ray-tracing kernels for execution on CPUs. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
SVT-AV1
This is a test of the Intel Open Visual Cloud Scalable Video Technology SVT-AV1 CPU-based multi-threaded video encoder for the AV1 video format with a sample 1080p YUV video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
SVT-HEVC
This is a test of the Intel Open Visual Cloud Scalable Video Technology SVT-HEVC CPU-based multi-threaded video encoder for the HEVC / H.265 video format with a sample 1080p YUV video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
SVT-VP9
This is a test of the Intel Open Visual Cloud Scalable Video Technology SVT-VP9 CPU-based multi-threaded video encoder for the VP9 video format with a sample 1080p YUV video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
dav1d
Dav1d is an open-source, speedy AV1 video decoder. This test profile times how long it takes to decode sample AV1 video content. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
x264
This is a simple test of the x264 encoder run on the CPU (OpenCL support disabled) with a sample video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
x265
This is a simple test of the x265 encoder run on the CPU with a sample 1080p video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
7-Zip Compression
This is a test of 7-Zip using p7zip with its integrated benchmark feature or upstream 7-Zip for the Windows x64 build. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Stockfish
This is a test of Stockfish, an advanced C++11 chess benchmark that can scale up to 128 CPU cores. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
asmFish
This is a test of asmFish, an advanced chess benchmark written in Assembly. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
Timed ImageMagick Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build ImageMagick. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build the Linux kernel in a default configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed LLVM Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build the LLVM compiler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed PHP Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build PHP 5 with the Zend engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Build2
This test profile measures the time to bootstrap/install the build2 C++ build toolchain from source. Build2 is a cross-platform build toolchain for C/C++ code and features Cargo-like features. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
C-Ray
This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Primesieve
Primesieve generates prime numbers using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. Primesieve benchmarks the CPU's L1/L2 cache performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Rust Mandelbrot
This test profile is of the combined time for the serial and parallel Mandelbrot sets written in Rustlang via willi-kappler/mandel-rust. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
XZ Compression
This test measures the time needed to compress a sample file (an Ubuntu file-system image) using XZ compression. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Zstd Compression
This test measures the time needed to compress a sample file (an Ubuntu file-system image) using Zstd compression. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
DeepSpeech
Mozilla DeepSpeech is a speech-to-text engine powered by TensorFlow for machine learning and derived from Baidu's Deep Speech research paper. This test profile times the speech-to-text process for a roughly three minute audio recording. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
FLAC Audio Encoding
This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC format five times. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
LAME MP3 Encoding
LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Ogg Encoding
This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to Ogg format using vorbis-tools, libvorbis, and libogg. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
eSpeak Speech Engine
This test times how long it takes the eSpeak speech synthesizer to read Project Gutenberg's The Outline of Science and output to a WAV file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
m-queens
A solver for the N-queens problem with multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Minion
Minion is an open-source constraint solver that is designed to be very scalable. This test profile uses Minion's integrated benchmarking problems to solve. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
N-Queens
This is a test of the OpenMP version of a test that solves the N-queens problem. The board problem size is 18. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Radiance Benchmark
This is a benchmark of NREL Radiance, a synthetic imaging system that is open-source and developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Tachyon
This is a test of the threaded Tachyon, a parallel ray-tracing system. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Aircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is a tool for assessing WiFi/WLAN network security. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Cpuminer-Opt
Cpuminer benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Darktable
Darktable is an open-source photography / workflow application this will use any system-installed Darktable program or on Windows will automatically download the pre-built binary from the project. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
LibreOffice
Various benchmarking operations with the LibreOffice open-source office suite. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Stress-NG
Stress-NG is a Linux stress tool developed by Colin King of Canonical. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Sysbench
This is a benchmark of Sysbench with CPU and memory sub-tests. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Facebook RocksDB
This is a benchmark of Facebook's RocksDB as an embeddable persistent key-value store for fast storage based on Google's LevelDB. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
A portable GPL 3D software renderer that supports OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks with many different rendering modes. This version does not use OpenGL but is entirely CPU/software based. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Blender
Blender is an open-source 3D creation software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles benchmark with various sample files. GPU computing via OpenCL or CUDA is supported. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Chaos Group V-RAY
This is a test of Chaos Group's V-RAY benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.