EPYC 7F72 2P Kernel Comparison
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Linux 5.9.16: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core @ 3.20GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 (2.1 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s HMA81GR7CJR8N-XN, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel 10G X550T

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.16-050916-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Linux 5.10.13: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core @ 3.20GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 (2.1 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s HMA81GR7CJR8N-XN, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel 10G X550T

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.10.13-051013-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Linux 5.11 Git: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core @ 3.71GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 (2.1 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s HMA81GR7CJR8N-XN, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB, Graphics: ASPEED, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel 10G X550T

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-rc6-phx (x86_64) 20210203, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


C-Blosc 2.0 Beta 5
Compressor: blosclz
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 6614.5 |===============================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 6838.3 |=================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 7529.1 |======================================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 29Oct2020
Model: Rhodopsin Protein
ns/day > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 24.34 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 24.99 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 24.68 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.4.5
Compression Level: 3
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 7850.8 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 8041.0 |====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 8290.1 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.4.5
Compression Level: 19
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 92.8 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 95.1 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 97.4 |========================================================


dav1d 0.8.1
Video Input: Chimera 1080p
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 769.21 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 772.68 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 788.77 |======================================================


dav1d 0.8.1
Video Input: Summer Nature 4K
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 303.20 |====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 307.75 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 314.90 |======================================================


dav1d 0.8.1
Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 714.52 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 723.81 |====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 752.76 |======================================================


dav1d 0.8.1
Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 130.15 |====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 130.05 |====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 133.92 |======================================================


OSPray 1.8.5
Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: SciVis
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 53.36 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 53.28 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 54.97 |=======================================================


OSPray 1.8.5
Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 32.62 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 32.97 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 33.33 |=======================================================


SVT-AV1 0.8
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 69.86 |=======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 69.74 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 69.54 |=======================================================


SVT-VP9 0.1
Tuning: Visual Quality Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 329.09 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 330.88 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 322.43 |=====================================================


x264 2019-12-17
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 168.59 |====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 172.46 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 174.82 |======================================================


x265 3.4
Video Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 19.21 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 19.08 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 19.95 |=======================================================


x265 3.4
Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 48.55 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 48.60 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 50.34 |=======================================================


Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 3.2.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 60.63 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 61.20 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 59.23 |=====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 25.69 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 26.05 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 25.80 |======================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 10.0
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 209.99 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 211.18 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 212.26 |======================================================


KeyDB 6.0.16

Ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 279540.25 |=============================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 287301.61 |==============================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 315496.02 |===================================================


TensorFlow Lite 2020-08-23
Model: SqueezeNet
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 61315.9 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 60835.3 |===================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 63111.1 |=====================================================


TensorFlow Lite 2020-08-23
Model: Inception V4
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 823664 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 820466 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 811742 |=====================================================


TensorFlow Lite 2020-08-23
Model: Mobilenet Float
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 41627.4 |=====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 41244.5 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 40081.6 |===================================================


TensorFlow Lite 2020-08-23
Model: Mobilenet Quant
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 41524.6 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 43387.7 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 41103.5 |==================================================


TensorFlow Lite 2020-08-23
Model: Inception ResNet V2
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 745016 |======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 743522 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 737146 |=====================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 100 - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 718561 |============================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 723736 |=============================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 872260 |======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 100 - Mode: Read Only - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 0.139 |=======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 0.138 |=======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 0.115 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 250 - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 613972 |============================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 637933 |==============================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 756635 |======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 250 - Mode: Read Only - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 0.408 |=======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 0.393 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 0.331 |=============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 100 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 27926 |=========================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 28779 |==========================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 37388 |=======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 100 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 3.587 |=======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 3.480 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 2.679 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 250 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 29971 |===========================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 30478 |============================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 38072 |=======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 250 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 8.359 |=======================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 8.219 |======================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 6.580 |===========================================


Redis 6.0.9
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 1700434.17 |==================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 1677723.13 |=================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 1706196.52 |==================================================


Redis 6.0.9
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 1395914.66 |=================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 1434154.25 |==================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 1411366.84 |=================================================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 187705 |====================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 191859 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 196311 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 269093 |=================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 274669 |==================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 299349 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 246881507 |==================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 249472648 |===================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 245220533 |==================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 285203 |==================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 292193 |===================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 308167 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill Sync
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 79996 |==================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 80096 |==================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 87842 |=======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 5932875 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 6198793 |=====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 6030491 |====================================================


InfluxDB 1.8.2
Concurrent Streams: 4 - Batch Size: 10000 - Tags: 2,5000,1 - Points Per Series: 10000
val/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 810606.2 |===================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 820217.8 |====================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 811590.4 |===================================================


InfluxDB 1.8.2
Concurrent Streams: 64 - Batch Size: 10000 - Tags: 2,5000,1 - Points Per Series: 10000
val/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.9.16 ... 1231365.5 |==================================================
Linux 5.10.13 .. 1235656.3 |==================================================
Linux 5.11 Git . 1267899.2 |===================================================