AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Linux and Windows 11 Pro. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384MB 6000MHz G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 1863GB WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, Audio: HD Audio Device + Realtek USB Audio + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer, Monitor: DELL U73QE, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz + Intel (3) I225-V + Realtek USB GbE
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22631, Kernel: 10.0.22631.4037 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3608.0), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + Retpoline: Full + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + VBS: Enabled and running + HVCI: Running + MBEC: Available
Changed Processor to AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads).
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (2200/3000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1 (LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-cet --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-defaulted --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --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-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: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: balance_performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xa601206
Graphics Notes: BAR1 / Visible vRAM Size: 16368 MB - vBIOS Version: 102-RAPHAEL-008
Python Notes: Python 3.12.3
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Mitigation of Safe RET + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Changed Processor to AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads).
Processor Change: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: balance_performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb40401a
Security Change: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core @ 5.75GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB + 257GB Flash Drive, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (2200/3000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E
OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 6.10.5-arch1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20240805 + Clang 18.1.8 + LLVM 18.1.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: always
Compiler Notes: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet=auto --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=ada,c,c++,d,fortran,go,lto,m2,objc,obj-c++,rust --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-link-serialization=1 --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto --with-linker-hash-style=gnu
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb40401a
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Appleseed is an open-source production renderer focused on physically-based global illumination rendering engine primarily designed for animation and visual effects. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of asmFish, an advanced chess benchmark written in Assembly. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
This is a test of Chaos Group's V-RAY benchmark. V-RAY is a commercial renderer that can integrate with various creator software products like SketchUp and 3ds Max. The V-RAY benchmark is standalone and supports CPU and NVIDIA CUDA/RTX based rendering. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Intel Embree is a collection of high-performance ray-tracing kernels for execution on CPUs (and GPUs via SYCL) and supporting instruction sets such as SSE, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512. Embree also supports making use of the Intel SPMD Program Compiler (ISPC). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of Indigo Renderer's IndigoBench benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of Kvazaar as a CPU-based H.265/HEVC video encoder written in the C programming language and optimized in Assembly. Kvazaar is the winner of the 2016 ACM Open-Source Software Competition and developed at the Ultra Video Group, Tampere University, Finland. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
LuxCoreRender is an open-source 3D physically based renderer formerly known as LuxRender. LuxCoreRender supports CPU-based rendering as well as GPU acceleration via OpenCL, NVIDIA CUDA, and NVIDIA OptiX interfaces. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
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.
This is a test of Stockfish, an advanced open-source C++11 chess benchmark that can scale up to 1024 CPU threads. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a performance test of TSCP, Tom Kerrigan's Simple Chess Program, which has a built-in performance benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a multi-threaded test of the x264 video encoder run on the CPU with a choice of 1080p or 4K video input. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384MB 6000MHz G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 1863GB WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, Audio: HD Audio Device + Realtek USB Audio + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer, Monitor: DELL U73QE, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz + Intel (3) I225-V + Realtek USB GbE
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22631, Kernel: 10.0.22631.4037 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3608.0), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + Retpoline: Full + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + VBS: Enabled and running + HVCI: Running + MBEC: Available
Testing initiated at 15 August 2024 15:09 by user m_lar.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384MB 6000MHz G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 1863GB WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, Audio: HD Audio Device + Realtek USB Audio + Sonic Studio Virtual Mixer, Monitor: DELL U73QE, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz + Intel (3) I225-V + Realtek USB GbE
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22631, Kernel: 10.0.22631.4037 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3608.0), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization: Disabled + Retpoline: Full + IBPB: Always + IBRS: Enabled + STIBP: Enabled + VBS: Enabled and running + HVCI: Running + MBEC: Available
Testing initiated at 15 August 2024 20:54 by user m_lar.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (2200/3000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1 (LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-cet --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-defaulted --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --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-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: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: balance_performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xa601206
Graphics Notes: BAR1 / Visible vRAM Size: 16368 MB - vBIOS Version: 102-RAPHAEL-008
Python Notes: Python 3.12.3
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Mitigation of Safe RET + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 16 August 2024 02:08 by user phoronix.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (2200/3000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1 (LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-cet --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-defaulted --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-uJ7kn6/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --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-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: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: balance_performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb40401a
Graphics Notes: BAR1 / Visible vRAM Size: 16368 MB - vBIOS Version: 102-RAPHAEL-008
Python Notes: Python 3.12.3
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 16 August 2024 09:38 by user phoronix.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core @ 5.75GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (2204 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB + 257GB Flash Drive, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (2200/3000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E
OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 6.10.5-arch1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57), Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20240805 + Clang 18.1.8 + LLVM 18.1.8, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: always
Compiler Notes: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet=auto --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=ada,c,c++,d,fortran,go,lto,m2,objc,obj-c++,rust --enable-libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-link-serialization=1 --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto --with-linker-hash-style=gnu
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp powersave (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb40401a
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 17 August 2024 02:25 by user phoronix.