Ubuntu, Clear Linux 2021 - Intel Xeon Cascade Lake Tests for a future article. 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 testing of different Linux distributions for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu: 2019: 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: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux: 2019: 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: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 28660, Kernel: 5.0.6-726.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190404 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux: 2021: 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: 378GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 34420, Kernel: 5.10.19-1032.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.4 (LLVM 10.0.1 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 10.2.1 20210324 releases/gcc-10.2.0-1013-g592388d4f6 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu: 2021: 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: 378GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.3, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 10.2.1 20210320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 1953253 |================================================ Clear Linux: 2019 . 1781218 |============================================ Clear Linux: 2021 . 1703532 |========================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 2024917 |================================================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 52961 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 46916 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 47629 |=============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 52360 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 7.490 |================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 7.720 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 6.540 |============================================ Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 7.055 |================================================ NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 0.36129 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 0.36075 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 0.36529 |============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 0.39460 |================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 1024.00 |================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 964.00 |=============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 989.84 |================================================ Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 817.75 |======================================== SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 263.00 |===================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 365.00 |=================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 342.59 |================================================ Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 268.28 |===================================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 32.69 |============================ Clear Linux: 2019 . 60.92 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 61.46 |==================================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 32.11 |=========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 2818.00 |================================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 2887.00 |================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 2820.07 |================================================= Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 2715.95 |=============================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 124748248 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 129959366 |================================================ Clear Linux: 2021 . 125747706 |============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 120978872 |============================================= Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 41.70 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 41.33 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 40.97 |=================================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 40.94 |=================================================== OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 112.00 |=================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 85.98 |======================================= Clear Linux: 2021 . 84.65 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 914511.00 |================================================ Clear Linux: 2019 . 868195.00 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 882239.49 |============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 872023.85 |============================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 2555470.00 |========================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 2918235.00 |=============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 2897145.03 |=============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 2796337.67 |============================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 2323968.00 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 2363538.00 |============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 2390677.00 |=============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 2152109.08 |========================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 1663358.00 |========================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 1857129.00 |============================================= Clear Linux: 2021 . 1921681.17 |=============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 1748319.12 |=========================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 1835207.00 |=========================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 2010857.00 |=============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 2026806.41 |=============================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 1925700.17 |============================================= IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 6.180 |================================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 6.540 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 6.525 |==================================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 6.017 |================================================ IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 9.890 |============================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 10.480 |=============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 11.296 |=================================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 10.122 |============================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 47.18 |================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 45.85 |================================================= Clear Linux: 2021 . 47.00 |================================================== Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 48.99 |==================================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 222.00 |================================================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 213.00 |=============================================== Clear Linux: 2021 . 219.49 |================================================= Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 230.24 |=================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 34774 |============================= Clear Linux: 2019 . 61811 |==================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 10.49 |==================================================== Clear Linux: 2019 . 8.00 |======================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 Mode: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu: 2019 ...... 20.86 |================================================ Clear Linux: 2019 . 21.12 |================================================= Clear Linux: 2021 . 20.67 |================================================ Ubuntu: 2021 ...... 22.39 |====================================================