Ubuntu, Clear Linux 2019 vs. 2021 - Intel Xeon Cascade Lake

Inte 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable 2019 vs. 2021 Linux performance. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2103297-PTS-CLEARBUN71&sro&grw.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpenGLUbuntuClear LinuxUbuntuClear Linux 2019 2019 2021 20212 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads)GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers386048MBSamsung SSD 970 PRO 512GBASPEED FamilyVE2282 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbEUbuntu 19.045.0.0-8-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.32.0X Server 1.20.4modesetting 1.20.4GCC 8.3.0ext41920x1080Clear Linux OS 286605.0.6-726.native (x86_64)3.3 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (LLVM 7.0 256 bits)GCC 8.3.1 20190404 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1378GBASPEEDUbuntu 21.045.11.0-11-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.38.3X ServerGCC 10.2.1 20210320llvmpipeClear Linux OS 344205.10.19-1032.native (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.38.4X Server 1.20.104.5 Mesa 20.3.4 (LLVM 10.0.1 256 bits)GCC 10.2.1 20210324 releases/gcc-10.2.0-1013-g592388d4f6 + Clang 10.0.1 + LLVM 10.0.1OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu: 2019: --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++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --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 --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v - Clear Linux: 2019: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell - Ubuntu: 2021: --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++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --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=/build/gcc-10-DjbZbO/gcc-10-10.2.1/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-DjbZbO/gcc-10-10.2.1/debian/tmp-gcn/usr,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 - Clear Linux: 2021: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell Disk Details- Ubuntu: 2019: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Clear Linux: 2019: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw,stripe=256- Ubuntu: 2021: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw / Block Size: 4096- Clear Linux: 2021: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw,stripe=256 / Block Size: 4096Processor Details- Ubuntu: 2019: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux: 2019: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Ubuntu: 2021: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0x5003003- Clear Linux: 2021: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003006Python Details- Ubuntu: 2019: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.7.3- Clear Linux: 2019: Python 3.7.2- Ubuntu: 2021: Python 3.9.2- Clear Linux: 2021: Python 3.9.2Security Details- Ubuntu: 2019: __user pointer sanitization + Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp- Clear Linux: 2019: __user pointer sanitization + Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp- Ubuntu: 2021: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + 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 + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled - Clear Linux: 2021: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + 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 + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled Environment Details- Clear Linux: 2019: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx" - Clear Linux: 2021: FFLAGS="-g -O3 -feliminate-unused-debug-types -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=32 -m64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wp,-D_REENTRANT -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns -Wl,-z -Wl,now -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -malign-data=abi -fno-semantic-interposition -ftree-vectorize -ftree-loop-vectorize -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wa,-mbranches-within-32B-boundaries" CXXFLAGS="-g -O3 -feliminate-unused-debug-types -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=32 -Wformat -Wformat-security -m64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wp,-D_REENTRANT -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns -Wl,-z -Wl,now -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -fno-semantic-interposition -ffat-lto-objects -fno-trapping-math -Wl,-sort-common -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -mtune=skylake -Wa,-mbranches-within-32B-boundaries -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wl,--enable-new-dtags" MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 FCFLAGS="-g -O3 -feliminate-unused-debug-types -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=32 -m64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wp,-D_REENTRANT -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns -Wl,-z -Wl,now -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -malign-data=abi -fno-semantic-interposition -ftree-vectorize -ftree-loop-vectorize -Wl,-sort-common -Wl,--enable-new-dtags" CFLAGS="-g -O3 -feliminate-unused-debug-types -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=32 -Wformat -Wformat-security -m64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wp,-D_REENTRANT -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns -Wl,-z -Wl,now -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -fno-semantic-interposition -ffat-lto-objects -fno-trapping-math -Wl,-sort-common -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -mtune=skylake -Wa,-mbranches-within-32B-boundaries" THEANO_FLAGS="floatX=float32,openmp=true,gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize -mavx"" Kernel Details- Ubuntu: 2021: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise- Clear Linux: 2021: Transparent Huge Pages: always

himeno: Poisson Pressure Solverscikit-learn: rodinia: OpenMP LavaMDnamd: ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atomsstockfish: Total Timerust-mandel: Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrotx265: H.265 1080p Video Encodingttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingv-ray: CPUsvt-hevc: 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encodeblender: BMW27 - CPU-Onlyblender: Barbershop - CPU-Onlyindigobench: Bedroomindigobench: Supercarblogbench: Readblogbench: Writeapache-siege: 250redis: LPOPredis: SADDredis: LPUSHredis: SETpgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Onlyopencv-bench: UbuntuClear LinuxUbuntuClear Linux 2019 2019 2021 2021281810.497.490.3612912474824841.7032.69102420.8626347.182226.189.8919532535296134774255547023239681663358183520791451111228878.007.720.3607512995936641.3360.9296421.1236545.852136.5410.4817812184691661811291823523635381857129201085786819585.982715.9545127.0550.3946012097887240.93532.11817.74722.392268.2848.99230.246.01710.1222024917523602796337.672152109.081748319.121925700.17872023.8459342820.0672996.5400.3652912574770640.96861.46989.83720.674342.5947219.496.52511.2961703532476292897145.032390677.01921681.172026806.41882239.49110584.654OpenBenchmarking.org

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver201920216001200180024003000SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.11, N = 3SE +/- 4.39, N = 3SE +/- 3.87, N = 32887.002820.072818.002715.951. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -mavx2

Scikit-Learn

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterScikit-Learn 0.17.120193691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 38.0010.49

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP LavaMD

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LavaMD20192021246810SE +/- 0.026, N = 3SE +/- 0.003, N = 3SE +/- 0.079, N = 3SE +/- 0.024, N = 37.7206.5407.4907.0551. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

NAMD

ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgdays/ns, Fewer Is BetterNAMD 2.13b1ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms201920210.08880.17760.26640.35520.444SE +/- 0.00056, N = 3SE +/- 0.00011, N = 3SE +/- 0.00279, N = 3SE +/- 0.00432, N = 40.360750.365290.361290.39460

Stockfish

Total Time

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterStockfish 9Total Time2019202130M60M90M120M150MSE +/- 590388.70, N = 3SE +/- 412800.47, N = 3SE +/- 294079.93, N = 3SE +/- 670888.28, N = 31299593661257477061247482481209788721. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lpthread -fno-exceptions -std=c++11 -pedantic -O3 -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -flto

Rust Mandelbrot

Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRust MandelbrotTime To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot201920211020304050SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 341.3340.9741.7040.941. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -pie -nodefaultlibs -lutil -ldl -lrt -lpthread -lgcc_s -lc -lm

x265

H.265 1080p Video Encoding

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx265 3.0H.265 1080p Video Encoding201920211428425670SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 360.9261.4632.6932.111. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -rdynamic -lpthread -lrt -ldl -lnuma

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3bPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping201920212004006008001000SE +/- 16.44, N = 3SE +/- 3.96, N = 3SE +/- 11.99, N = 3SE +/- 6.62, N = 3964.00989.841024.00817.751. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -fopenmp -fwhole-program -lstdc++

Chaos Group V-RAY

Mode: CPU

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterChaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0Mode: CPU20192021510152025SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 321.1220.6720.8622.39

SVT-HEVC

1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSVT-HEVC 2019-02-031080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode2019202180160240320400SE +/- 1.63, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 13SE +/- 2.98, N = 3365.00342.59263.00268.281. (CC) gcc options: -fPIE -fPIC -O2 -flto -fvisibility=hidden -march=native -pie -rdynamic -lpthread -lrt

Blender

Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 2.79aBlend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only20192021112233445545.8547.0047.1848.99

Blender

Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 2.79aBlend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only2019202150100150200250213.00219.49222.00230.24

IndigoBench

Scene: Bedroom

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgM samples/s, More Is BetterIndigoBench 4.0.64Scene: Bedroom20192021246810SE +/- 0.015, N = 3SE +/- 0.004, N = 3SE +/- 0.017, N = 3SE +/- 0.016, N = 36.5406.5256.1806.017

IndigoBench

Scene: Supercar

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgM samples/s, More Is BetterIndigoBench 4.0.64Scene: Supercar201920213691215SE +/- 0.042, N = 3SE +/- 0.057, N = 3SE +/- 0.023, N = 3SE +/- 0.036, N = 310.48011.2969.89010.122

BlogBench

Test: Read

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.1Test: Read20192021400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 9331.49, N = 3SE +/- 15136.85, N = 3SE +/- 8914.21, N = 3SE +/- 16861.95, N = 317812181703532195325320249171. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

BlogBench

Test: Write

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.1Test: Write2019202111K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 484.03, N = 3SE +/- 294.84, N = 3SE +/- 960.38, N = 3SE +/- 387.78, N = 3469164762952961523601. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

Apache Siege

Concurrent Users: 250

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgTransactions Per Second, More Is BetterApache Siege 2.4.29Concurrent Users: 250201913K26K39K52K65KSE +/- 373.33, N = 3SE +/- 34.44, N = 361811347741. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lpthread -ldl -lssl -lcrypto

Redis

Test: LPOP

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: LPOP20192021600K1200K1800K2400K3000KSE +/- 57722.64, N = 15SE +/- 76918.64, N = 15SE +/- 11546.46, N = 3SE +/- 24649.72, N = 32918235.002897145.032555470.002796337.671. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

Redis

Test: SADD

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: SADD20192021500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 35797.31, N = 15SE +/- 16856.97, N = 3SE +/- 14810.29, N = 3SE +/- 5555.74, N = 32363538.002390677.002323968.002152109.081. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

Redis

Test: LPUSH

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: LPUSH20192021400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 34701.17, N = 15SE +/- 26206.79, N = 15SE +/- 22512.60, N = 14SE +/- 7660.39, N = 31857129.001921681.171663358.001748319.121. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

Redis

Test: SET

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: SET20192021400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 36023.35, N = 15SE +/- 41023.03, N = 15SE +/- 20726.43, N = 15SE +/- 12227.44, N = 32010857.002026806.411835207.001925700.171. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only20192021200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 9051.76, N = 3SE +/- 2647.00, N = 3SE +/- 788.47, N = 3SE +/- 2843.21, N = 3868195.00882239.49914511.00872023.851. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenCV Benchmark

Clear LinuxUbuntuOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenCV Benchmark 3.3.020192021306090120150SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 1585.9884.65112.001. (CXX) g++ options: -std=c++11 -rdynamic

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.5