AMD Ryzen 5 8500G testing of various Zen 4(C) core configurations by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2402284-NE-ZEN4ZEN4C47
AMD Zen 4 Zen 4C Core Scaling Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G testing of various Zen 4(C) core configurations by Michael Larabel for a future article.
,,"1 x Zen 4","1 x Zen 4, 1 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4","2 x Zen 4, 1 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 2 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 3 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 4 x Zen 4C"
Processor,,AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (1 Core / 2 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (3 Cores / 6 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (5 Cores / 10 Threads),AMD Ryzen 5 8500G @ 5.08GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads)
Motherboard,,ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS),ASRock B650 Pro RS (2.08.AS01 BIOS)
Chipset,,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8,AMD Device 14e8
Memory,,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G,2 x 16GB DRAM-6400MT/s F5-6400J3239G16G
Disk,,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB,Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB
Graphics,,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2,AMD Phoenix2
Audio,,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio,AMD Rembrandt Radeon HD Audio
Monitor,,MX279,MX279,MX279,MX279,MX279,MX279,MX279
Network,,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE
OS,,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10,Ubuntu 23.10
Kernel,,6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64),6.7.3-060703-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2,GNOME Shell 45.2
Display Server,,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland
Compiler,,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0,GCC 13.2.0
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080
,,"1 x Zen 4","1 x Zen 4, 1 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4","2 x Zen 4, 1 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 2 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 3 x Zen 4C","2 x Zen 4, 4 x Zen 4C"
"OSPRay Studio - Camera: 1 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU (ms)",LIB,31599,12061,10365,6899,5515,4338,3613
"OSPRay Studio - Camera: 3 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer - Acceleration: CPU (ms)",LIB,36904,14157,12369,8112,6310,5158,4294
"NAMD - Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms (ns/day)",HIB,0.23749,0.38756,0.46444,0.61357,0.75734,0.91768,1.07561
"NAMD - Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms (ns/day)",HIB,0.07306,0.11933,0.14277,0.18748,0.23116,0.27872,0.32499
"7-Zip Compression - Test: Decompression Rating (MIPS)",HIB,11337,16362,22833,24452,32427,42007,50141
"7-Zip Compression - Test: Compression Rating (MIPS)",HIB,16710,24421,31403,38436,47281,59502,70291
"Timed FFmpeg Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,260.910,159.066,134.232,102.430,84.166,71.643,62.482
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Faster (FPS)",HIB,2.100,3.488,4.146,5.438,6.516,7.646,8.692
"Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,1841.146,1129.876,969.837,745.791,607.042,514.792,449.821
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation - Build: defconfig (sec)",LIB,511.015,317.274,268.840,207.152,171.458,144.506,125.300
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Faster (FPS)",HIB,7.718,12.755,15.105,19.637,23.653,27.470,31.026
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Fast (FPS)",HIB,0.938,1.520,1.825,2.334,2.773,3.252,3.689
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Fast (FPS)",HIB,3.216,5.278,6.326,8.034,9.591,11.168,12.616
"Llama.cpp - Model: llama-2-13b.Q4_0.gguf (Tokens/sec)",HIB,2.24,3.06,4.18,4.42,5.74,7.09,7.51
"Llama.cpp - Model: llama-2-7b.Q4_0.gguf (Tokens/sec)",HIB,4.35,5.95,8.36,8.56,10.97,14.13,14.34
"Timed Apache Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,47.136,32.531,27.732,24.506,22.969,21.938,21.149
"Llamafile - Test: llava-v1.5-7b-q4 - Acceleration: CPU (Tokens/sec)",HIB,5.81,7.77,10.66,10.60,11.74,12.09,12.11
"Llamafile - Test: mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q8_0 - Acceleration: CPU (Tokens/sec)",HIB,4.31,5.61,6.66,6.64,7.13,7.18,7.14
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,159.5495144,157.4646475,157.8154646,156.7633259,158.4567420,154.2145162,154.3335618
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,213.7403192,215.1297068,214.7349984,211.6510512,212.5392889,210.9015675,208.1178954
"VKMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Present Mode: Mailbox (VKMark Score)",HIB,4765,4766,4764,4761,4752,4765,4767
"CPU Temperature Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Celsius)",,57.62,59.15,61.94,63.11,66.22,63.68,64.83
"CPU Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,28.56,30.87,34.78,38.53,41.44,42.42,44.2
"VKMark - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,55.42,56.7,54.24,53.03,55.37,54.27,55.63
"VKMark - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,37.15,37.74,36.42,36.48,37.34,38.36,37.73
"VKMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Present Mode: Mailbox (VKMark Score/Watt)",HIB,128.264,126.289,130.79,130.514,127.279,124.204,126.333
"Xonotic - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,53.67,55.14,52.41,51.49,54.05,52.68,53.77
"Xonotic - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,37.89,38.06,37.43,37.3,38.27,38.07,38.04
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS/Watt)",HIB,4.21,4.137,4.217,4.203,4.141,4.05,4.057
"Xonotic - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,52.93,54.8,52.24,50.81,53.64,52.55,53.37
"Xonotic - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,38.29,38.48,37.58,37.76,38.69,38.8,38.35
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,5.581,5.59,5.714,5.605,5.494,5.436,5.426
"Llama.cpp - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,57.02,59.11,61.2,61.7,65.54,68.16,69.23
"Llama.cpp - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,29.7,32.33,37.55,41.46,46.34,49.63,51.61
"Llama.cpp - Model: llama-2-13b.Q4_0.gguf (Tokens/sec/Watt)",HIB,0.075,0.095,0.111,0.107,0.124,0.143,0.146
"Llama.cpp - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,57.14,57.77,61.41,59.78,63.17,66.18,64.71
"Llama.cpp - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,29.33,30.53,37.58,39.08,44.42,47.19,43.94
"Llama.cpp - Model: llama-2-7b.Q4_0.gguf (Tokens/sec/Watt)",HIB,0.148,0.195,0.222,0.219,0.247,0.299,0.326
"Llamafile - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,59.41,60.82,65.37,66.9,68.87,69.06,72.52
"Llamafile - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,28.83,31.09,36.63,40.13,39.51,43.2,46.57
"Llamafile - Test: llava-v1.5-7b-q4 - Acceleration: CPU (Tokens/sec/Watt)",HIB,0.202,0.25,0.291,0.264,0.297,0.28,0.26
"Llamafile - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,57.02,60.41,59.98,59.31,59.8,60.41,61.65
"Llamafile - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,31.47,34.9,39.17,42.17,44.03,43.48,44.24
"Llamafile - Test: mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2.Q8_0 - Acceleration: CPU (Tokens/sec/Watt)",HIB,0.137,0.161,0.17,0.157,0.162,0.165,0.161
"NAMD - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,56.9,61,63.74,66.94,71.63,72.73,77.21
"NAMD - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,28.21,31.53,36.5,41.78,45.95,49.81,54.51
"NAMD - Input: STMV with 1,066,628 Atoms (ns/day/Watt)",HIB,0.003,0.004,0.004,0.004,0.005,0.006,0.006
"NAMD - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,56.95,60.63,63.14,65.98,70.92,70.52,74.54
"NAMD - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,27.63,30.8,34.88,40.15,43.86,46.33,50.51
"NAMD - Input: ATPase with 327,506 Atoms (ns/day/Watt)",HIB,0.009,0.013,0.013,0.015,0.017,0.02,0.021
"VVenC - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,60.12,63.27,67.41,71.03,75.61,71.43,73.66
"VVenC - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,28.39,32.27,37.04,43.4,47.22,49.25,52.98
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Faster (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.074,0.108,0.112,0.125,0.138,0.155,0.164
"VVenC - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,60.68,63.9,68.38,72.08,76.12,71.87,74.08
"VVenC - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,28.35,32.19,37.26,43.17,44.41,46.32,50.34
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Fast (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.033,0.047,0.049,0.054,0.062,0.07,0.073
"VVenC - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,59.53,62,65.48,68.48,72.07,67.47,69.09
"VVenC - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,27.68,30.71,34.76,40.4,42.68,43.93,47.02
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Faster (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.279,0.415,0.435,0.486,0.554,0.625,0.66
"VVenC - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,60.92,63.99,68.45,72.17,76.07,70.92,72.45
"VVenC - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,28.11,31.8,36.8,42.56,43.82,43.82,47.08
"VVenC - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Fast (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.114,0.166,0.172,0.189,0.219,0.255,0.268
"OSPRay Studio - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,53.52,56.14,58.96,59.11,63.99,63.81,66.41
"OSPRay Studio - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,24.42,27.91,30.98,35.4,39.03,41.7,44.59
"OSPRay Studio - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,53.42,56.14,58.29,59.96,65.67,63.46,66.5
"OSPRay Studio - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,24.42,27.43,30.47,35.58,39.42,41.42,44.61
"7-Zip Compression - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,52.78,55.47,58.18,58.41,63.67,60.86,63
"7-Zip Compression - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,22.43,24.95,28.43,30.33,33.87,36.61,39.73
"7-Zip Compression - Test: Decompression Rating (MIPS/Watt)",HIB,505.347,655.703,803.259,806.293,957.534,1147.318,1261.962
"Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,57.92,60.12,64.21,67.34,71.98,68.24,69.57
"Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,27.6,31.08,34.97,40.6,45.05,48.09,51.93
"Timed Apache Compilation - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,56.39,56.59,59.16,58.91,60.66,57.04,56.28
"Timed Apache Compilation - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,26.19,26.94,29.37,30.87,30.38,30.34,30
"Timed FFmpeg Compilation - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,60.08,61.46,66.41,70.31,74.16,69.7,70.17
"Timed FFmpeg Compilation - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,27.73,30.91,35.11,41.06,44.64,47.2,50.73
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation - CPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,58.96,60.05,64.39,67.76,70.98,67.43,67.95
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,27.78,30.83,34.74,40.18,43.51,46.45,50.08