NCNN

NCNN is a high performance neural network inference framework optimized for mobile and other platforms developed by Tencent.

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

Project Site

github.com

Test Created

18 September 2020

Last Updated

27 July 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 3 Seconds

Average Run Time

20 Minutes, 48 Seconds

Test Dependencies

CMake + C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Vulkan

Accolades

10k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

* 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 current as of 21 September 2021.

Revision History

pts/ncnn-1.3.0 [View Source] Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:34:42 GMT
Update against NCNN 2021-07-20 upstream, fix possible Vulkan build issue by including glslang source tree.

pts/ncnn-1.2.0 [View Source] Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:11:33 GMT
Update against NCNN 20210525 release.

pts/ncnn-1.1.0 [View Source] Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:06:41 GMT
Update against new upstream NCNN 20201218.

pts/ncnn-1.0.3 [View Source] Fri, 25 Sep 2020 06:36:39 GMT
Drop int8 tests per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/167

pts/ncnn-1.0.2 [View Source] Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:52:47 GMT
Expose Vulkan GPU support.

pts/ncnn-1.0.1 [View Source] Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:28:10 GMT
Increase the run count.

pts/ncnn-1.0.0 [View Source] Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:58:15 GMT
Initial commit of Tencent NCNN.

Suites Using This Test

Machine Learning

HPC - High Performance Computing

NVIDIA GPU Compute

Vulkan Compute

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

NCNN 20210720

Target: Vulkan GPU - Model: yolov4-tiny

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 341 public results since 27 July 2021 with the latest data as of 11 September 2021.

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

ms (Average)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

99th

7.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Radeon RX 6800

92nd

8.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Radeon RX 56

88th

11.2 ^{+/- 0.5}

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

85th

16.7

Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP

81st

20.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 20.4

Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5500

62nd

23.0 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Iris Plus ICL GT2

58th

39.8 ^{+/- 0.9}

Intel Xe TGL GT2

57th

43.9 ^{+/- 1.6}

ASUS Intel UHD 630 CML GT2

56th

53.4 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel UHD 630 CML GT2

55th

54.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel UHD 620 KBL GT2

54th

57.6 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel UHD 620 WHL GT2

53rd

62.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

Gigabyte Intel HD 630 KBL GT2

52nd

64.3 ^{+/- 1.7}

Median

50th

67.8

Intel HD P630

20th

162

67.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Low-Tier

25th

> 67.9

Gigabyte Intel UHD 630 CML GT2

3rd

74.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel UHD 630 CFL GT2

3rd

76.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

MSI Intel UHD 630 CFL GT2

2nd

78.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel HD 530 SKL GT2

1st

82.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (NCNN 20210720 - Target: Vulkan GPU - Model: yolov4-tiny) has an average run-time of 4 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.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.7%.

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

SSE2 (SSE2)

Used by default on supported hardware.

MOVDQA MOVD PSHUFD PSHUFLW MOVDQU PUNPCKLQDQ SUBSD MOVAPD MINSD MAXSD ADDSD CVTSI2SD DIVSD CVTSS2SD MULSD MULPD PSRLDQ CVTSD2SS CVTDQ2PS CVTTPS2DQ

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 VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VBROADCASTSS VPERM2F128 VMASKMOVPS VPERMILPS VBROADCASTSD

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).

VINSERTI128 VPERM2I128 VEXTRACTI128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTD VPERMD VPBROADCASTB VGATHERDPS VPBROADCASTW VPBROADCASTQ

FMA (FMA)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VFMADD132PS VFMADD132SS VFMADD231SS VFMADD231PS VFNMADD231PS VFMADD213PS VFMSUB132PS VFMADD213SS VFNMADD132PS VFMSUB231PS VFMSUB132SS VFMADD231SD VFNMADD213SS VFNMADD132SS VFMADD132PD VFMADD132SD VFNMADD213PS VFMSUB213PS VFNMADD231SS

The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.

Last automated analysis: 10 May 2021

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libgomp.so.1, libpthread.so.0, libm.so.6, libmvec.so.1, libc.so.6, libdl.so.2.

test1 1 System - 30 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U - Schenker PF5PU1G - AMD Raven Arch Linux - 5.14.7-arch1-1 - GNOME Shell 40.4
8700k september 4 Systems - 196 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8700K - ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - Intel 8th Gen Core Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200923-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
ste40.ptl 1 System - 86 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASRock X570 PG Velocita - AMD Starship Pop 21.04 - 5.11.0-7620-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
ste40.ptl 1 System - 86 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASRock X570 PG Velocita - AMD Starship Pop 21.04 - 5.11.0-7620-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
7600k oktoberfest 4 Systems - 146 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-7600K - Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20200928-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
4770k wiesn 4 Systems - 113 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-4770K - Gigabyte Z97-HD3 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-55-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.3
EPYC 72F3 September 2021 Featured Processor Comparison	AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
1270 sep 4 Systems - 145 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5 - ASUS E3 PRO GAMING V5 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-53-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
gold sep 3 Systems - 192 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R - TYAN S7106 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Windows 11 WSL Performance 2 Systems - 140 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 8GB - 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland
1231 september 3 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 - Gigabyte H81M-S1 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM Debian 10 - 4.19.0-17-amd64 - X Server 1.20.4
Windows 11 WSL Performance 1 System - 166 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - 8GB - 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland
Xeon Gold September 3 Systems - 170 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Xeon Platinum 8280 2P September 5 Systems - 186 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-16-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
virg1 1 System - 15 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - GIGABYTE RC47AK - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-81-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.4

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - Ubuntu 21.04 vs. Ubuntu 21.10 2 Systems - 115 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
Vulkan Compute 2 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-25-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
RTX 30 Compute September Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.10 - 5.13.0-14-generic - GNOME Shell 40.2
icelake ncnn cassandra 3 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.13.0-051300-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
ncnn cassandra 5950X 3 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.14.0-rc1-clang-lto - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
8100 july 3 Systems - 65 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-8100 - ASRock Z370M-ITX/ac - Intel 8th Gen Core 4-core Desktop Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc1daily20200819-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3950X July 3 Systems - 89 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200922-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
tr 3970x july 4 Systems - 93 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - MSI Creator TRX40 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.12.0-051200rc2daily20210307-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
10900k eo july 3 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900daily20201012-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3900XT August 4 Systems - 63 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
8400 july 3 Systems - 66 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-8400 - MSI Z370M MORTAR - Intel 8th Gen Core Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20200929-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
10600k july 3 Systems - 149 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-10600K - ASUS PRIME Z490M-PLUS - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210106-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
4700u n 3 Systems - 34 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.13.0-051300-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
2970WX July 5 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core - Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200926-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
1275 july 3 Systems - 91 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 - ASUS P10S-M WS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc8daily20201007-generic - X Server 1.20.8