Talos II POWER9 vs. AMD / Intel HEDT Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core testing with a ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate (P4.73 BIOS) and MSI AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. ,,"Core i9 7900X","Core i9 7960X","Core i9 7980XE","Threadripper 2920X","Threadripper 2950X","Threadripper 2970WX","Threadripper 2990WX","Talos II 2 x 22c POWER9","Talos II 2 x 22c POWER 9 - Spec Kernel Only","2x6386 32G ECC","6262","test","RCS 6386","RCS6386","Ryzen 5950x","5950x" Processor,,Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads),Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12-Core @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core @ 3.00GHz (24 Cores / 48 Threads),AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads),POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (44 Cores / 176 Threads),POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (44 Cores / 176 Threads),2 x AMD Opteron 6386 SE @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Opteron 6262 HE @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),2 x AMD Opteron 6386 SE @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),2 x AMD Opteron 6386 SE @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),2 x AMD Opteron 6386 SE @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads) Motherboard,,ASRock X299 Extreme4 (P1.30 BIOS),MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS),ASUS PRIME X299-A (1503 BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F11e BIOS),MSI MEG X399 CREATION (MS-7B92) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS),Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F11e BIOS),ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1402 BIOS),PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.01,PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.01,VIKINGS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (4.11-ab8edda14a622ab46bdfd01b877d75c7bd385a4d BIOS),VIKINGS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (4.11-ab8edda14a622ab46bdfd01b877d75c7bd385a4d BIOS),VIKINGS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (4.11-ab8edda14a622ab46bdfd01b877d75c7bd385a4d BIOS),ASUS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (4.8-722-g32cdff5f08 BIOS),ASUS KGPE-D16 v1.0 (4.8-722-g32cdff5f08 BIOS),ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate (P4.73 BIOS),ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate (P4.73 BIOS) Chipset,,Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers,Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers,Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,AMD Family 17h,,,AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0,AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0,AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0,AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0,AMD RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse Memory,,32768MB,32768MB,32768MB,32768MB,32768MB,32768MB,32768MB,65536MB,65536MB,32GB,16GB,32GB,252GB,252GB,32GB,32GB Disk,,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,525GB 2115,Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB,Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB,180GB INTEL SSDSC2BF18,180GB INTEL SSDSC2BF18,180GB INTEL SSDSC2BF18,180GB INTEL SSDSC2BF18 + 4 x 1920GB SAMSUNG MZ7KH1T9,180GB INTEL SSDSC2BF18 + 4 x 1920GB SAMSUNG MZ7KH1T9,2048GB ADATA SX8200PNP + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG180 + 6001GB TOSHIBA HDWE160 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1,2048GB ADATA SX8200PNP + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG180 + 6001GB TOSHIBA HDWE160 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 Graphics,,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB,ASPEED,ASPEED,ASPEED,ASPEED,ASPEED,MSI AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2100/875MHz),MSI AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2100/875MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,Realtek ALC1220,,,AMD SBx00 Azalia,AMD SBx00 Azalia,AMD SBx00 Azalia,AMD SBx00 Azalia,AMD SBx00 Azalia,AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio,AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Intel Wireless-AC 9260,Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275,Intel I211 Gigabit Connection,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe,2 x Intel 82574L,2 x Intel 82574L,2 x Intel 82574L,2 x Intel 82574L + Mellanox MT27520,2 x Intel 82574L + Mellanox MT27520,Intel I211 + Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel Dual Band-AC 3168NGW,Intel I211 + Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel Dual Band-AC 3168NGW Monitor,,,,,,,,,VE228,VE228,B226WL,B226WL,B226WL,PL2274HD,PL2274HD,Q27V3 + GS27QHR DP + LG Ultra HD,Q27V3 + GS27QHR DP + LG Ultra HD OS,,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Ubuntu 18.10,Debian 10,Debian 10,Debian 10,Debian 10,Debian 10,Arch rolling,Arch rolling Kernel,,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181020,4.18.0-10-generic (ppc64le),4.18.0-10-generic (ppc64le),5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64),5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64),5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64),5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64),5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64),5.14.11-arch1-1 (x86_64),5.14.12-arch1-1 (x86_64) Desktop,,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,GNOME Shell 3.30.1,,,,,,,,KDE Plasma 5.22.5,KDE Plasma 5.22.5 Display Server,,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,X Server 1.20.1,,,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.4,X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland,X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland Display Driver,,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,modesetting 1.20.1,,,modesetting 1.20.4,modesetting 1.20.4,modesetting 1.20.4,modesetting 1.20.4,modesetting 1.20.4,, OpenGL,,4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0),,,,,,,,4.6 Mesa 21.2.3 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.2.3 (LLVM 12.0.1) Compiler,,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.2.0,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 11.1.0 + Clang 12.0.1,GCC 11.1.0 + Clang 12.0.1 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,f2fs,f2fs Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,1920x1080,1920x1080,800x600,800x600,800x600,1024x768,1024x768,5121x960,5121x960 ,,"Core i9 7900X","Core i9 7960X","Core i9 7980XE","Threadripper 2920X","Threadripper 2950X","Threadripper 2970WX","Threadripper 2990WX","Talos II 2 x 22c POWER9","Talos II 2 x 22c POWER 9 - Spec Kernel Only","2x6386 32G ECC","6262","test","RCS 6386","RCS6386","Ryzen 5950x","5950x" "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP LavaMD (sec)",LIB,31.25,21.47,20.08,25.77,20.74,14.52,11.75,19.74,19.30,32.691,,32.640,33.193,33.290,13.699,13.402 "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS)",HIB,62788,89432,95662,61894,73967,84493,85484,162969,149050,20646,,20771,,28390,, "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS/Watt)",HIB,,368.12,370.74,281.57,317.27,274.35,272.59,406.82,380.29,,,,,,, "7-Zip Compression - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,242.94,258.03,219.81,233.14,307.98,313.6,400.59,391.94,,,,,,, "Stockfish - Total Time (Nodes/s)",HIB,28320368,43638299,46289588,33023827,41553292,54575580,67300757,79137127,80530953,25582390,,25930236,,27549921,,54345397 "Stockfish - Total Time (Nodes/s/Watt)",HIB,,148183.51,142237.36,134941.54,162569.21,153012.89,182420.49,159850.38,162776.95,,,,,,, "Stockfish - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,294.49,325.44,244.73,255.6,356.67,368.93,495.07,494.73,,,,,,, "Timed LLVM Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,359,248,227,373,303,255,221,183,172,916.158,,944.978,,740.446,,250.962 "Timed LLVM Compilation - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,262.98,294.06,236.4,242.92,310.75,311.15,393.91,413.64,,,,,,, "C-Ray - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel (sec)",LIB,51.28,35.71,33.51,41.30,33.08,23.12,17.97,19.14,19.09,76.950,,77.009,,76.994,,33.194 "C-Ray - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,260.75,281.58,215.79,224.51,318.11,374.13,467.87,466.89,,,,,,, "POV-Ray - Trace Time (sec)",LIB,44.22,30.72,28.29,37.92,30.56,22.39,17.92,25.28,23.44,49.394,,49.537,,49.276,,24.537 "POV-Ray - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,261.13,283.31,215.02,249.83,311.01,295.64,417.11,430.14,,,,,,, "Rust Prime Benchmark - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 (sec)",LIB,11.55,6.71,8.18,30.14,21.21,17.64,12.49,3.64,3.54,16.403,,16.428,,16.476,,5.789 "Rust Prime Benchmark - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,198.76,196.4,152.66,158.93,176.6,201.53,335,220.3,,,,,,, "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,3059,4421,4686,2566,3287,4561,5821,7356,7408,2010.1,,2009.7,,2010.5,,4451.4 "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec/Watt)",HIB,,17.20,15.88,11.70,13.40,14.64,17.12,17.00,15.90,,,,,,, "OpenSSL - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,256.99,295.08,219.34,245.28,311.43,340,432.76,466.03,,,,,,, "PostgreSQL pgbench - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only (TPS)",HIB,327587,493203,522155,271596,317019,430861,472250,544186,574403,101566.294227,,103742.982532,,109602.176756,,421323.665179 "PostgreSQL pgbench - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only (TPS/Watt)",HIB,,2079.49,1970.78,1262.40,1564.57,1496.49,1705.41,1595.93,1626.36,,,,,,, "PostgreSQL pgbench - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,237.18,264.95,215.14,202.62,287.91,276.91,340.98,353.18,,,,,,, "GNU Octave Benchmark - (sec)",LIB,17.07,17.57,17.47,16.43,16.64,17.87,16.78,14.92,16.35,37.886,,36.421,,36.281,, "PyBench - Total For Average Test Times (Milliseconds)",LIB,942,960,955,1133,1136,1165,1147,4088,1936,2269,,2260,,2259,,796 "PyBench - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,114.78,123.98,121.01,120.41,163.52,145.1,227.49,232.77,,,,,,, "PHPBench - PHP Benchmark Suite (Score)",HIB,717281,701357,703666,535263,537467,520064,525276,161286,328546,323744,,327452,,323158,, "PHPBench - PHP Benchmark Suite (Score/Watt)",HIB,,6137.30,5805.83,4524.62,4479.42,3491.92,3795.35,707.13,1418.92,,,,,,, "PHPBench - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,114.28,121.2,118.3,119.99,148.93,138.4,228.08,231.55,,,,,,, "System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,,219.01,238.48,217.06,204.77,293.7,239.51,354.47,369.83,,,,,,, "GNU Octave Benchmark - (sec)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.888