Google Axion C4A 48 vCPU vs. C4 Xeon vs. T2A Ampere Altra 48 vCPU Google GCE comparison of Axion C4A instance compared to 48 vCPU Xeon C4 (Emerald Rapids) and T2A Ampere Altra instances. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. C4A Axion: Processor: ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 (48 Cores), Motherboard: KVM Google Compute Engine, Memory: 12 x 16GB RAM, Disk: 215GB nvme_card-pd, Network: Google Compute Engine Virtual OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1015-gcp (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: google C4 Xeon Platinum EMR: Processor: INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8581C (24 Cores / 48 Threads), Motherboard: Google Compute Engine c4-standard-48, Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 4 RAM, Disk: 215GB nvme_card-pd, Network: Google Compute Engine Virtual OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1015-gcp (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: google T2A Ampere Altra: Processor: ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 (48 Cores), Motherboard: KVM Google Compute Engine, Memory: 12 x 16GB RAM, Disk: 215GB nvme_card-pd, Network: Google Compute Engine Virtual OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1015-gcp (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: google ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MPI - Gridding Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 17890.60 |============================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 18321.20 |============================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 4161.39 |========== Pennant 1.0.1 Test: sedovbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 7.310130 |============ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 28.325940 |============================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 16.972600 |=========================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 43530.7 |=============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 20822.6 |====================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 12198.6 |============= Timed Node.js Compilation 21.7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 260.46 |============== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 393.12 |===================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 882.03 |================================================ OpenSSL Algorithm: AES-128-GCM byte/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 266141028803 |======================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 466561387338 |========================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 140585904447 |============= ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MPI - Degridding Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 17695.60 |============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 13938.00 |==================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 5355.18 |============== Xcompact3d Incompact3d 2021-03-11 Input: input.i3d 193 Cells Per Direction Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 9.67658011 |============== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 30.50469780 |=========================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 26.94451160 |====================================== OpenSSL Algorithm: AES-256-GCM byte/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 231857666003 |============================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 344315542484 |========================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 113470981097 |============== ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Gridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 25980.10 |============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 17158.70 |============================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 9510.54 |================= CloverLeaf 1.3 Input: clover_bm64_short Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 26.15 |================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 71.41 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 54.23 |===================================== Xmrig 6.21 Variant: GhostRider - Hash Count: 1M H/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 4298.2 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 3421.0 |====================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 1618.8 |================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MT - Gridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 11899.70 |============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 4496.42 |================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 4732.27 |================== Pennant 1.0.1 Test: leblancbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 5.041512 |================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 9.512217 |================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 12.672270 |============================================= High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.1 X Y Z: 144 144 144 - RT: 60 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 43.14 |================================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 17.44 |==================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MT - Degridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 15472.60 |============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 6342.58 |=================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 6569.72 |==================== OpenSSL Algorithm: ChaCha20 byte/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 100837228180 |============================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 146568391977 |========================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 60151706780 |================= OpenSSL Algorithm: ChaCha20-Poly1305 byte/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 70429152870 |============================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 101608292900 |========================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 41733619623 |================= High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.1 X Y Z: 104 104 104 - RT: 60 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 42.75 |================================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 17.76 |==================== Algebraic Multi-Grid Benchmark 1.2 Figure Of Merit > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 2188353000 |============================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 916723067 |================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 1088577000 |====================== miniFE 2.2 Problem Size: Small CG Mflops > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 47199.6 |=============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 20576.7 |==================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 24741.6 |========================= Rodinia 3.1 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 3.106 |======================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 6.621 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 5.552 |========================================= RocksDB 9.0 Test: Random Read Op/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 288511691 |============================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 136103586 |===================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 149212901 |======================= LULESH 2.0.3 z/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 20794.05 |============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 10358.89 |======================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 9812.81 |====================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Read Random Write Random Op/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 4550050 |=============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 3564333 |===================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 2179030 |======================= Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 4.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 153.60 |======================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 176.75 |=========================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 317.42 |================================================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 23Jun2022 Model: 20k Atoms ns/day > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 40.83 |================================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 19.77 |======================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 23.31 |============================ RocksDB 9.0 Test: Update Random Op/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 999493 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 794557 |====================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 531284 |========================== Rodinia 3.1 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 41.18 |========================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 77.06 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 68.61 |============================================ ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 480.41 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 357.96 |==================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 257.30 |========================== ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, First Run / Cold Cache Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 438.85 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 326.71 |==================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 237.24 |========================== 7-Zip Compression 24.05 Test: Decompression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 266745 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 145509 |========================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 206064 |===================================== GROMACS 2024 Implementation: MPI CPU - Input: water_GMX50_bare Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 3.984 |============================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 4.387 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 2.397 |=========================== ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Second Run Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 465.02 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 357.96 |===================================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 256.07 |========================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 6282429 |=============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 5175867 |======================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 3830272 |============================= 7-Zip Compression 24.05 Test: Compression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 306082 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 208023 |================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 193705 |============================== Timed LLVM Compilation 16.0 Build System: Ninja Seconds < Lower Is Better C4A Axion ............ 204.05 |================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 309.39 |================================================ Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 1441191.86 |============================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 1027241.72 |=============================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 1052843.69 |================================ John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: bcrypt Real C/S > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 45749 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 46521 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 40399 |=========================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 45763 |================================================ C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 46328 |================================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 40398 |=========================================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: Hogbom Clean OpenMP Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 2254.71 |=============================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 1456.38 |============================== T2A Ampere Altra ..... 1080.45 |======================= Memcached 1.6.19 Set To Get Ratio: 1:100 Ops/sec > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 4416447.73 |================================= C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 5970099.59 |============================================ T2A Ampere Altra ..... 3966685.26 |============================= Memcached 1.6.19 Set To Get Ratio: 1:10 Ops/sec > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 4672917.72 |================================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 5999388.74 |============================================ T2A Ampere Altra ..... 4143638.41 |============================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: HMAC-SHA512 Real C/S > Higher Is Better C4A Axion ............ 89864667 |======================== C4 Xeon Platinum EMR . 165604000 |============================================= T2A Ampere Altra ..... 54735000 |===============