Xeon Cascade Lake Refresh vs. AMD EPYC Rome Linux Benchmarks
Benchmarks for a future article by Michael Larabel.
Xeon Gold 5220R
Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 5220R @ 3.90GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 6 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2 x Xeon Gold 5220R
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R @ 3.90GHz (36 Cores / 72 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: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
Xeon Gold 6226R
Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 6 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
2 x Xeon Gold 6226R
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 3.90GHz (32 Cores / 64 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: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
Xeon Gold 6250
Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6250 @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 6 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2 x Xeon Gold 6250
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6250 @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 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 SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
Xeon Gold 6258R
Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6258R @ 4.00GHz (28 Cores / 56 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 6 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
2 x Xeon Gold 6258R
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6258R @ 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 SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
Xeon Platinum 8280
Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (28 Cores / 56 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 6 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, 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: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --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-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-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 Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0x500002c
Python Notes: + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of Split huge pages + 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
EPYC 7282
Processor: AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2 x EPYC 7282
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core @ 2.80GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7302
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7302 16-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7352
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core @ 2.30GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7532
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core @ 2.40GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7452
Processor: AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core @ 2.35GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 252GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
EPYC 7742
Processor: AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7742
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
EPYC 7F32
Processor: AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7F32
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core @ 3.70GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
EPYC 7F52
Processor: AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7F52
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
EPYC 7F72
Processor: AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core @ 3.20GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 8 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
2 x EPYC 7F72
Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core @ 3.20GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1006G BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 32 GB DDR4-3200MT/s 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2E2, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --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-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-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 Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8301034
Python Notes: + Python 3.8.2
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 IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
High Performance Conjugate Gradient
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NAMD
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Timed MrBayes Analysis
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LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator
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Nettle
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John The Ripper
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MKL-DNN DNNL
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dav1d
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OSPray
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