LeelaChessZero

LeelaChessZero (lc0 / lczero) is a chess engine automated vian neural networks. This test profile can be used for OpenCL, CUDA + cuDNN, and BLAS (CPU-based) benchmarking.

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

Project Site

lczero.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

12 January 2019

Last Updated

11 August 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 36 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 8 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Sub-Routine) + OpenCL + Meson Build System + Eigen + Zlib

Accolades

150k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsLeelaChessZero Popularity Statisticspts/lczero2019.012019.032019.052019.072019.092019.112020.012020.032020.052020.072020.092020.112021.012021.032021.052021.072021.092021.112022.012022.032022.052022.072022.092022.112023.012023.032023.052023.072023.092023.112024.012024.032024.052024.072024.092024.116K12K18K24K30K
* 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 18 November 2024.
BLAS49.6%Eigen50.4%Backend Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/lczero-1.8.0   [View Source]   Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:10:22 GMT
Update against lc0 v0.31.1 upstream.

pts/lczero-1.7.0   [View Source]   Sat, 16 Dec 2023 06:59:59 GMT
Update against lczero v0.30 upstream.

pts/lczero-1.6.0   [View Source]   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:55:01 GMT
Update against upstream LC0 v0.28 to workaround build issues on newer Linux distributions.

pts/lczero-1.5.1   [View Source]   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:41:46 GMT
Limit max CPU threads to 64 to workaround upstream issue with lc0 bailing out otherwise.

pts/lczero-1.5.0   [View Source]   Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:18:27 GMT
Update against latest upstream along with updated network, add eigen as possible external dependency.

pts/lczero-1.4.0   [View Source]   Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:06:47 GMT
Update against lc0 0.25, use new network as old one was removed.

pts/lczero-1.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:28:53 GMT
Update against latest lc0 v0.23.2 upstream, other test improvements.

pts/lczero-1.2.1   [View Source]   Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:07:11 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/lczero-1.2.0   [View Source]   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:49:44 GMT
Update against lczero upstream

pts/lczero-1.1.1   [View Source]   Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:41:40 GMT
Add zlib to external dependency list.

pts/lczero-1.1.0   [View Source]   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:11:47 GMT
Set threads option always for CPU testing.

pts/lczero-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:22:54 GMT
Allow CUDA and BLAS benchmarking back-end support.

pts/lczero-1.0.0   [View Source]   Sat, 12 Jan 2019 20:10:43 GMT
Initial commit of lc0 / lczero chess benchmark using neural networks with GPU compute.

Suites Using This Test

Chess Test Suite

Machine Learning

HPC - High Performance Computing

CPU Massive

NVIDIA GPU Compute


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

LeelaChessZero 0.31.1

Backend: Eigen

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 139 public results since 11 August 2024 with the latest data as of 15 November 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
Nodes Per Second (Average)
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
100th
4
1315 +/- 32
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
96th
5
403 +/- 3
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
92nd
3
361 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core
89th
4
287 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core
86th
4
242 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
78th
19
226 +/- 18
Mid-Tier
75th
< 222
2 x AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core
75th
3
221 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
69th
4
211 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-14900K
66th
4
178 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
59th
11
170 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
55th
4
131 +/- 7
Median
50th
105
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
50th
4
104 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
48th
4
94 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
45th
4
79 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
45th
3
79 +/- 5
2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core
41st
4
75 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
36th
4
72 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
34th
4
71 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-12600K
34th
3
71 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
29th
5
60 +/- 2
Low-Tier
25th
< 56
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
24th
4
48 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1165G7
22nd
4
47 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
17th
4
42 +/- 2
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
16th
3
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
14th
4
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
11th
4
23 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
7th
3
21 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
4th
6
20 +/- 1
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Backend: Eigen136 Results Range From 20 To 1342 Nodes Per Second2056921281642002362723083443804164524885245605966326687047407768128488849209569921028106411001136117212081244128013161352714212835

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (LeelaChessZero 0.31.1 - Backend: Eigen) has an average run-time of 19 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkBackend: EigenRun-Time816243240Min: 12 / Avg: 18.78 / Max: 39

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsBackend: EigenDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.25 / Max: 2

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
POPCNT
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VZEROUPPER VBROADCASTSS VEXTRACTF128 VPERMILPS VINSERTF128 VPERM2F128
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VPBROADCASTQ VINSERTI128 VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTW VPBROADCASTD VPSLLVQ VPERMPS VPERM2I128 VPERMQ VPERMD
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VFMADD132SD VFMADD231SD VFMADD213SD VFNMADD132SD VFMADD132SS VFNMADD132SS VFMSUB132SS VFMADD213SS VFMADD231SS VFNMSUB231SS VFNMADD213SS VFNMSUB132SS VFMSUB231SS VFNMADD213SD VFMADD132PS VFMADD231PS VFMADD213PS VFNMADD231SS
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 23 August 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libopenblas.so.0, libOpenCL.so.1, libz.so.1, libm.so.6, libc.so.6, libgfortran.so.5, libquadmath.so.0.

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
x86_64
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

Recent Test Results

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3 Systems - 79 Benchmark Results

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Most Popular Test Results

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Pop 22.04 - 6.8.0-76060800daily20240311-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5

4 Systems - 26 Benchmark Results

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3 Systems - 106 Benchmark Results

Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers

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Pop 24.04 - 6.9.3-76060903-generic - COSMIC 0.1.0

4 Systems - 48 Benchmark Results

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8

Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.10.0-phx - GNOME Shell 46.0

2 Systems - 40 Benchmark Results

Intel Xeon 6980P - Intel BIRCHSTREAM - Intel Ice Lake IEH

Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-22-generic - GCC 13.2.0

4 Systems - 116 Benchmark Results

2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship

Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0

3 Systems - 120 Benchmark Results

2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship

Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0

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