Embree

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).

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark embree.

Project Site

embree.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

28 September 2019

Last Updated

16 November 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

11 Seconds

Average Run Time

3 Minutes, 10 Seconds

Accolades

50k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Supported Architectures

x86_64

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* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 7 May 2024.

Revision History

pts/embree-1.6.1 [View Source] Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:09:34 GMT
Fix Windows build.

pts/embree-1.6.0 [View Source] Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:16:46 GMT
Update against Embree 4.3 upstream, add SYCL option.

pts/embree-1.5.0 [View Source] Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:52:53 GMT
Update against Embree 4.1 upstream.

pts/embree-1.4.0 [View Source] Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:45:36 GMT
Update against Embree 4.0.1 upstream.

pts/embree-1.3.0 [View Source] Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:38:24 GMT
Update against Embree 4.0 upstream.

pts/embree-1.2.1 [View Source] Sat, 08 May 2021 13:30:27 GMT
Update hashes, Intel respun the release...

pts/embree-1.2.0 [View Source] Sat, 08 May 2021 08:50:08 GMT
Update against Embree 3.13 upstream.

pts/embree-1.1.1 [View Source] Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:12:22 GMT
macOS build fixes.

pts/embree-1.1.0 [View Source] Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:53:31 GMT
Update against Embree 3.9.0, add macOS support.

pts/embree-1.0.0 [View Source] Sat, 28 Sep 2019 12:01:33 GMT
Initial commit of Intel Embree ray-tracing benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Multi-Core

Intel oneAPI

Creator Workloads

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Embree 4.3

Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 222 public results since 14 October 2023 with the latest data as of 6 May 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Frames Per Second (Average)

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

100th

224 ^{+/- 15}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

96th

127

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores

90th

116 ^{+/- 5}

AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core

88th

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

85th

AMD EPYC 8534PN 64-Core

82nd

AMD EPYC 9334 32-Core

81st

AMD EPYC 8534PN 32-Core

77th

AMD EPYC 8324P 32-Core

76th

Mid-Tier

75th

< 42

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

74th

41 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

71st

40 ^{+/- 2}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

70th

37 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

66th

Intel Core i9-14900K

63rd

34 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

61st

2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core

61st

Intel Core i9-13900K

57th

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

55th

AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core

52nd

Median

50th

Intel Core i9-10980XE

50th

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

47th

18 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

44th

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

42nd

Intel Core i5-12600K

41st

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

39th

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

38th

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

34th

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

33rd

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

31st

Intel Core i7-5960X

30th

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

27th

9 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

26th

Low-Tier

25th

< 9

23rd

21st

19th

16th

15th

12th

9th

7th

3rd

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Embree 4.3 - Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon) has an average run-time of 8 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit