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AMD EPYC 7251: Processor: AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core @ 2.10GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 AMD EPYC 7351P: Processor: AMD EPYC 7351P 16-Core @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 AMD EPYC 7401P: Processor: AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core @ 2.00GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 AMD EPYC 7551: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 113664MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 AMD EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD P530 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A RAIDER (MS-7885) v5.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon Silver 4108: Processor: Intel Xeon Silver 4108 @ 3.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7100AG2NR, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 23552MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: llvmpipe 22784MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (20 Cores / 40 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.6-041306-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 455.37 |========== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 910.12 |==================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 1228.54 |========================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 1521.64 |================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 1549.33 |================================= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 325.92 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 333.30 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 649.11 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 206.66 |==== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 686.49 |=============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 318.91 |======= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 625.00 |============= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2003.41 |=========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 7.56 |==================== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 4.17 |=========== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 3.51 |========= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 2.84 |======== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 2.68 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 12.39 |================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 12.03 |================================ Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 6.82 |================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 16.86 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 6.49 |================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 11.06 |============================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 3.82 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 2.35 |====== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 22.29 |=============================== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 12.18 |================= AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 9.54 |============= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 10.08 |============== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 7.81 |=========== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 29.14 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 32.70 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 13.23 |================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 19.15 |========================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 12.92 |================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 17.53 |======================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 7.51 |========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 6.43 |========= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 106.02 |=============== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 53.84 |======= AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 41.69 |====== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 32.67 |==== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 31.91 |==== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 192.00 |========================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 186.76 |========================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 99.38 |============== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 321.70 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 94.73 |============= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 169.59 |======================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 62.24 |========= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 28.77 |==== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 9689 |========= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 19417 |================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 26710 |======================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 31608 |============================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 33081 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 7099 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 7299 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 13482 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 4166 |==== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 14125 |============= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 8264 |======= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 25487 |======================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 49677 |============================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 223.31 |================= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 401.27 |============================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 503.54 |===================================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 543.04 |======================================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 571.27 |========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 236.41 |================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 241.54 |================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 385.71 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 154.68 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 387.04 |============================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 128.43 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 414.53 |=============================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 591.96 |============================================ x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 233.00 |========================== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 348.23 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 359.89 |========================================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 343.83 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 359.05 |======================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 178.27 |==================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 181.46 |==================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 313.19 |=================================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 119.80 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 325.27 |===================================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 148.31 |================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 319.04 |==================================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 390.65 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 31385 |========== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 60840 |=================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 83272 |========================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 89024 |============================ AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 100817 |=============================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 22655 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 22799 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 42566 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 16533 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 45010 |============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 27907 |========= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 81317 |========================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 141917 |============================================ asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 17473970 |========= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 37192437 |=================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 49109885 |========================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 63280016 |================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 66596140 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 12920118 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 12936799 |======= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 25225432 |============= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 9859939 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 26665452 |============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 15086626 |======== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 35850930 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 81148031 |========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 399141 |=============== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 864714 |================================ AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 999706 |===================================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 1058520 |======================================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 1164425 |=========================================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 234891 |========= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 238967 |========= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 236792 |========= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 150019 |====== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 259701 |========== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 216369 |======== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 517002 |=================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 960011 |=================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 98.07 |========================= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 53.25 |============== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 44.81 |=========== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 37.93 |========== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 36.31 |========= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 130.54 |================================= Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 128.24 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 77.00 |==================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 173.24 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 74.77 |=================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 140.06 |==================================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 45.03 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 27.60 |======= Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 89.23 |================================ AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 72.64 |========================== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 71.31 |========================= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 72.86 |========================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 67.33 |======================== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 83.48 |============================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 82.75 |============================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 65.96 |======================= Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 124.40 |============================================ Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 71.52 |========================= Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 106.74 |====================================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 57.03 |==================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 51.23 |================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 10.61 |================== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 5.34 |========= AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 3.81 |====== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 3.72 |====== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 3.50 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 16.88 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 16.44 |=========================== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 9.44 |================ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 22.75 |====================================== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 8.97 |=============== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 27.13 |============================================= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 10.31 |================= 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 8.17 |============== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 7.56 |======================= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 3.86 |=========== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 2.90 |========= AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 2.35 |======= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 2.38 |======= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 11.28 |================================== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 10.99 |================================= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 6.36 |=================== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 15.11 |============================================= Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 6.04 |================== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 9.92 |============================== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 3.75 |=========== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 1.69 |===== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 893.73 |======== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 1787.50 |================ AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 2457.63 |===================== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 3114.87 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 3229.77 |============================ Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 677.87 |====== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 696.63 |====== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 1261.23 |=========== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 571.83 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 1328.27 |============ Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 787.77 |======= Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 2294.57 |==================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 4938.17 |=========================================== Java JMH Throughput Ops/s > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 11506385713.83 |==== AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 23130728419.67 |======== AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 30349768028.63 |========== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 40143226131.68 |============= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 41714049189.84 |============== Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 14347534233.30 |===== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 14747363112.68 |===== Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 30218537357.83 |========== Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 13577396223.39 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 31798467012.31 |=========== Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 16742405233.16 |====== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 53465305231.94 |================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 105346608933.10 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 ............ 102831.56 |======= AMD EPYC 7351P ........... 174726.86 |============ AMD EPYC 7401P ........... 214937.53 |=============== AMD EPYC 7551 ............ 241208.87 |================= AMD EPYC 7601 ............ 249260.00 |================= Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 .... 118688.48 |======== Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 .... 123753.27 |========= Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 .... 170264.86 |============ Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 .... 73502.13 |===== Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 ... 176011.26 |============ Intel Xeon Silver 4108 ... 139262.84 |========== Intel Xeon Gold 6138 ..... 369868.66 |========================== 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 . 587793.66 |========================================= Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD EPYC 7251 .. 40.03 |======================================================= AMD EPYC 7351P . 19.56 |=========================== AMD EPYC 7401P . 15.45 |===================== AMD EPYC 7551 .. 12.04 |================= AMD EPYC 7601 .. 11.89 |================