Xeon Gold Cascade Lake Refresh LTS Linux Benchmarks

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R testing with a Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 (3.1 BIOS) and ASPEED on Ubuntu 20.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

Linux 5.10.130

Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 (3.1 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 192GB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel I210

OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.10.130-0510130-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --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-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_cpufreq performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003102
Python Notes: Python 3.8.10
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Vulnerable: Clear buffers attempted no microcode; SMT vulnerable + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

Linux 5.15.83

OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.15.83-051583-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --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-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_cpufreq performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003102
Python Notes: Python 3.8.10
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Vulnerable: Clear buffers attempted no microcode; SMT vulnerable + retbleed: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS + 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 PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

Linux 6.1

OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 6.1.0-phx (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --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-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_cpufreq performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003102
Python Notes: Python 3.8.10
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Vulnerable: Clear buffers attempted no microcode; SMT vulnerable + retbleed: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

7-Zip Compression

This is a test of 7-Zip compression/decompression with its integrated benchmark feature. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng is a tool for assessing WiFi/WLAN network security. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AOM AV1

This is a test of the AOMedia AV1 encoder (libaom) developed by AOMedia and Google as the AV1 Codec Library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

ASTC Encoder

ASTC Encoder (astcenc) is for the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) format commonly used with OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and Vulkan graphics APIs. This test profile does a coding test of both compression/decompression. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Blender

Blender is an open-source 3D creation and modeling software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles performance with various sample files. GPU computing via NVIDIA OptiX and NVIDIA CUDA is currently supported as well as HIP for AMD Radeon GPUs and Intel oneAPI for Intel Graphics. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

BRL-CAD

BRL-CAD is a cross-platform, open-source solid modeling system with built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

C-Blosc

C-Blosc (c-blosc2) simple, compressed, fast and persistent data store library for C. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

ClickHouse

ClickHouse is an open-source, high performance OLAP data management system. This test profile uses ClickHouse's standard benchmark recommendations per https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/performance-test/ with the 100 million rows web analytics dataset. The reported value is the query processing time using the geometric mean of all queries performed. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Cpuminer-Opt

Cpuminer-Opt is a fork of cpuminer-multi that carries a wide range of CPU performance optimizations for measuring the potential cryptocurrency mining performance of the CPU/processor with a wide variety of cryptocurrencies. The benchmark reports the hash speed for the CPU mining performance for the selected cryptocurrency. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

ctx_clock

Ctx_clock is a simple test program to measure the context switch time in clock cycles. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Dragonflydb

Dragonfly is an open-source database server that is a "modern Redis replacement" that aims to be the fastest memory store while being compliant with the Redis and Memcached protocols. For benchmarking Dragonfly, Memtier_benchmark is used as a NoSQL Redis/Memcache traffic generation plus benchmarking tool developed by Redis Labs. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

EnCodec

EnCodec is a Facebook/Meta developed AI means of compressing audio files using High Fidelity Neural Audio Compression. EnCodec is designed to provide codec compression at 6 kbps using their novel AI-powered compression technique. The test profile uses a lengthy JFK speech as the audio input for benchmarking and the performance measurement is measuring the time to encode the EnCodec file from WAV. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Facebook RocksDB

FLAC Audio Encoding

This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC audio format ten times using the --best preset settings. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GraphicsMagick

This is a test of GraphicsMagick with its OpenMP implementation that performs various imaging tests on a sample 6000x4000 pixel JPEG image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

JPEG XL Decoding libjxl

The JPEG XL Image Coding System is designed to provide next-generation JPEG image capabilities with JPEG XL offering better image quality and compression over legacy JPEG. This test profile is suited for JPEG XL decode performance testing to PNG output file, the pts/jpexl test is for encode performance. The JPEG XL encoding/decoding is done using the libjxl codebase. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

JPEG XL libjxl

The JPEG XL Image Coding System is designed to provide next-generation JPEG image capabilities with JPEG XL offering better image quality and compression over legacy JPEG. This test profile is currently focused on the multi-threaded JPEG XL image encode performance using the reference libjxl library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics code, and an acronym for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

libavif avifenc

This is a test of the AOMedia libavif library testing the encoding of a JPEG image to AV1 Image Format (AVIF). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

miniBUDE

MiniBUDE is a mini application for the the core computation of the Bristol University Docking Engine (BUDE). This test profile currently makes use of the OpenMP implementation of miniBUDE for CPU benchmarking. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Mobile Neural Network

MNN is the Mobile Neural Network as a highly efficient, lightweight deep learning framework developed by Alibaba. This MNN test profile is building the OpenMP / CPU threaded version for processor benchmarking and not any GPU-accelerated test. MNN does allow making use of AVX-512 extensions. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Natron

Natron is an open-source, cross-platform compositing software for visual effects (VFX) and motion graphics. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

NCNN

NCNN is a high performance neural network inference framework optimized for mobile and other platforms developed by Tencent. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

nekRS

nekRS is an open-source Navier Stokes solver based on the spectral element method. NekRS supports both CPU and GPU/accelerator support though this test profile is currently configured for CPU execution. NekRS is part of Nek5000 of the Mathematics and Computer Science MCS at Argonne National Laboratory. This nekRS benchmark is primarily relevant to large core count HPC servers and otherwise may be very time consuming. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Neural Magic DeepSparse

Numenta Anomaly Benchmark

Numenta Anomaly Benchmark (NAB) is a benchmark for evaluating algorithms for anomaly detection in streaming, real-time applications. It is comprised of over 50 labeled real-world and artificial time-series data files plus a novel scoring mechanism designed for real-time applications. This test profile currently measures the time to run various detectors. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

oneDNN

OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM is the leading free, open-source software for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This test profile currently uses the drivaerFastback test case for analyzing automotive aerodynamics or alternatively the older motorBike input. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenRadioss

OpenRadioss is an open-source AGPL-licensed finite element solver for dynamic event analysis OpenRadioss is based on Altair Radioss and open-sourced in 2022. This open-source finite element solver is benchmarked with various example models available from https://www.openradioss.org/models/. This test is currently using a reference OpenRadioss binary build offered via GitHub. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenVINO

This is a test of the Intel OpenVINO, a toolkit around neural networks, using its built-in benchmarking support and analyzing the throughput and latency for various models. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OSPRay Studio

Intel OSPRay Studio is an open-source, interactive visualization and ray-tracing software package. OSPRay Studio makes use of Intel OSPRay, a portable ray-tracing engine for high-performance, high-fidelity visualizations. OSPRay builds off Intel's Embree and Intel SPMD Program Compiler (ISPC) components as part of the oneAPI rendering toolkit. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

PostgreSQL

This is a benchmark of PostgreSQL using the integrated pgbench for facilitating the database benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Primesieve

Primesieve generates prime numbers using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. Primesieve primarily benchmarks the CPU's L1/L2 cache performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

spaCy

The spaCy library is an open-source solution for advanced neural language processing (NLP). The spaCy library leverages Python and is a leading neural language processing solution. This test profile times the spaCy CPU performance with various models. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

srsRAN

srsRAN is an open-source LTE/5G software radio suite created by Software Radio Systems (SRS). The srsRAN radio suite was formerly known as srsLTE and can be used for building your own software-defined radio (SDR) 4G/5G mobile network. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Stargate Digital Audio Workstation

Stargate is an open-source, cross-platform digital audio workstation (DAW) software package with "a unique and carefully curated experience" with scalability from old systems up through modern multi-core systems. Stargate is GPLv3 licensed and makes use of Qt5 (PyQt5) for its user-interface. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Stress-NG

Stress-NG is a Linux stress tool developed by Colin King of Canonical. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

SVT-AV1

This is a benchmark of the SVT-AV1 open-source video encoder/decoder. SVT-AV1 was originally developed by Intel as part of their Open Visual Cloud / Scalable Video Technology (SVT). Development of SVT-AV1 has since moved to the Alliance for Open Media as part of upstream AV1 development. SVT-AV1 is a CPU-based multi-threaded video encoder for the AV1 video format with a sample YUV video file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

TensorFlow

This is a benchmark of the TensorFlow deep learning framework using the TensorFlow reference benchmarks (tensorflow/benchmarks with tf_cnn_benchmarks.py). Note with the Phoronix Test Suite there is also pts/tensorflow-lite for benchmarking the TensorFlow Lite binaries too. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed CPython Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the reference Python implementation, CPython, with optimizations and LTO enabled for a release build. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed Erlang/OTP Compilation

This test times how long it takes to compile Erlang/OTP. Erlang is a programming language and run-time for massively scalable soft real-time systems with high availability requirements. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation

This test times how long it takes to compile the Godot Game Engine. Godot is a popular, open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D game engine and is built using the SCons build system and targeting the X11 platform. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Linux kernel in a default configuration (defconfig) for the architecture being tested or alternatively an allmodconfig for building all possible kernel modules for the build. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed Node.js Compilation

This test profile times how long it takes to build/compile Node.js itself from source. Node.js is a JavaScript run-time built from the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine while itself is written in C/C++. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Timed PHP Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build PHP. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

WebP Image Encode

This is a test of Google's libwebp with the cwebp image encode utility and using a sample 6000x4000 pixel JPEG image as the input. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Xmrig

Xmrig is an open-source cross-platform CPU/GPU miner for RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and AstroBWT. This test profile is setup to measure the Xmlrig CPU mining performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Y-Cruncher

Y-Cruncher is a multi-threaded Pi benchmark capable of computing Pi to trillions of digits. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

302 Results Shown

Linux 5.10.130

Testing initiated at 14 December 2022 13:59 by user pts.

Linux 5.15.83

Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --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-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_cpufreq performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003102
Python Notes: Python 3.8.10
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Vulnerable: Clear buffers attempted no microcode; SMT vulnerable + retbleed: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS + 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 PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

Testing initiated at 15 December 2022 15:58 by user pts.

Linux 6.1

Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --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-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-10-poYruo/gcc-10-10.3.0/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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_cpufreq performance - CPU Microcode: 0x5003102
Python Notes: Python 3.8.10
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of VMX disabled + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Vulnerable: Clear buffers attempted no microcode; SMT vulnerable + retbleed: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

Testing initiated at 16 December 2022 14:23 by user pts.

Xeon Gold Cascade Lake Refresh LTS Linux Benchmarks

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Linux 5.10.130

Linux 5.15.83

Linux 6.1

7-Zip Compression

Aircrack-ng

AOM AV1

ASTC Encoder

Blender

BRL-CAD

C-Blosc

ClickHouse

Cpuminer-Opt

ctx_clock

Dragonflydb

EnCodec

Facebook RocksDB

FLAC Audio Encoding

GraphicsMagick

JPEG XL Decoding libjxl

JPEG XL libjxl

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

libavif avifenc

miniBUDE

Mobile Neural Network

Natron

NCNN

nekRS

Neural Magic DeepSparse

Numenta Anomaly Benchmark

oneDNN

OpenFOAM

OpenRadioss

OpenVINO

OSPRay Studio

PostgreSQL

Primesieve

spaCy

srsRAN

Stargate Digital Audio Workstation

Stress-NG

SVT-AV1

TensorFlow

Timed CPython Compilation

Timed Erlang/OTP Compilation

Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Timed Node.js Compilation

Timed PHP Compilation

WebP Image Encode

Xmrig

Y-Cruncher

302 Results Shown

Linux 5.10.130

Linux 5.15.83

Linux 6.1