Zstd Comparison Linux Intel Core i9-9900K testing with a EVGA 121-KS-E375 v1.0 (1.16 BIOS) and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB on Gentoo 2.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ryzen 9 5950X: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3302 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2100/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-051200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-55fb941 2021-04-16 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.168, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Threadripper 3970X: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 4.55GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (1750/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 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, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 11900K: Processor: Intel Core i9-11900K @ 5.10GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO (0703 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 43ef, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0, Graphics: AMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 43c8, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: 2 x Intel + Intel Device 2725 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-rc2-ctx-regress (x86_64) 20210510, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Xeon E-2288G: Processor: Intel Xeon E-2288G @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Compulab SBC-ATCFL v1.2 (ATOP3.PRD.0.29.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 32 GB DDR4-2667MT/s Samsung M378A4G43MB1-CTD, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 8GB, Audio: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS, Network: Intel I219-LM + Intel I210 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: NVIDIA, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.109, Vulkan: 1.2.155, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.20GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: EVGA 121-KS-E375 v1.0 (1.16 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th/9th, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB + 240GB KINGSTON SH103S3 + 2000GB Samsung SSD 860 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M6 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FZEX-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: U34G2G4R3, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Gentoo 2.7, Kernel: 5.13.10-zen1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.13, Display Driver: NVIDIA, Vulkan: 1.2.175, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0 + Clang 12.0.1 + LLVM 12.0.1 + CUDA 11.1, File-System: reiserfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 5410.8 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 5942.4 |============================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 2547.7 |==================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 2049.9 |================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 2063.4 |================ 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 3025.9 |======================= Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4482.9 |=========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3815.0 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4596.6 |============================================ 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4821.2 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 1052.8 |=========================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 1771.9 |============================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 310.0 |======== Xeon E-2288G ........... 268.3 |======= 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 405.6 |=========== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4649.8 |=========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3878.1 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4744.1 |============================================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 4128.5 |====================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4942.4 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 51.5 |============================= Threadripper 3970X ..... 85.2 |================================================ Core i9 11900K ......... 33.0 |=================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 28.7 |================ 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 43.4 |======================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4300.3 |============================================ Threadripper 3970X ..... 3612.8 |===================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4352.8 |============================================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 3795.2 |====================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4541.0 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 918.3 |=========================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 593.0 |================== Core i9 11900K ......... 1295.5 |====================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 1155.0 |================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 1549.7 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4748.0 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 4061.3 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4850.4 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 4239.0 |====================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 5153.3 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 1035.9 |============================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 610.1 |=========================== Core i9 11900K ......... 379.8 |================= Xeon E-2288G ........... 307.7 |============== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 461.5 |==================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4981.6 |=========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 4212.5 |===================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 5031.0 |============================================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 4370.2 |====================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 5301.3 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 36.4 |==================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 48.3 |================================================ Core i9 11900K ......... 31.2 |=============================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 26.0 |========================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 39.8 |======================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4263.8 |============================================ Threadripper 3970X ..... 3651.5 |===================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4279.7 |============================================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 3672.2 |====================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4503.6 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 5467.4 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 5987.2 |============================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 2578.2 |==================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 2068.2 |================ Xeon E-2288G ........... 2040.2 |================ 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 3036.4 |======================= Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4478.4 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3796.3 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4555.4 |=========================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4849.8 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 1212.3 |======================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 2317.1 |============================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 197.0 |==== Xeon E-2288G ........... 212.2 |==== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 308.5 |====== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4575.2 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3895.0 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4709.5 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 4037.0 |===================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 5003.2 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 51.4 |============================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 83.5 |================================================ Core i9 11900K ......... 33.1 |=================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 28.3 |================ 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 43.6 |========================= Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4126.1 |=========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3439.9 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4117.6 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 3509.9 |===================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4369.8 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 921.0 |============================ Threadripper 3970X ..... 591.2 |================== Core i9 11900K ......... 1260.6 |====================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 1220.8 |===================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 1515.5 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4683.2 |========================================= Threadripper 3970X ..... 4067.0 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4828.9 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 4168.0 |===================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 5220.7 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 1203.9 |============================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 607.1 |======================= Core i9 11900K ......... 331.1 |============= Xeon E-2288G ........... 351.2 |============= 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 544.7 |===================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4907.7 |========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 4192.2 |==================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 5034.7 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 4273.0 |===================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 5383.1 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 36.4 |==================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 48.2 |================================================ Core i9 11900K ......... 31.1 |=============================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 25.9 |========================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 39.9 |======================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ryzen 9 5950X .......... 4184.7 |=========================================== Threadripper 3970X ..... 3528.0 |===================================== Core i9 11900K ......... 4138.6 |=========================================== Xeon E-2288G ........... 3465.6 |==================================== 9900K 52x52x49 3866C15 . 4443.0 |==============================================