Primesieve

Primesieve generates prime numbers using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. Primesieve primarily benchmarks the CPU's L1/L2 cache performance.

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

Project Site

primesieve.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

23 October 2012

Last Updated

15 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Kim Walisch 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

19 Seconds

Average Run Time

8 Minutes, 23 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake

Accolades

250k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsPrimesieve Popularity Statisticspts/primesieve2012.102013.022013.062013.102014.022014.062014.102015.022015.062015.102016.022016.062016.102017.022017.062017.102018.022018.062018.102019.022019.062019.102020.022020.062020.102021.022021.062021.102022.022022.062022.102023.022023.062023.102024.022024.062024.1011K22K33K44K55K
* 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 10 October 2024.
1e1353.6%1e1246.4%Length Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/primesieve-1.10.0   [View Source]   Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:16:10 GMT
Update against Primesieve 12.1 upstream. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/776

pts/primesieve-1.9.0   [View Source]   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:19:25 GMT
Update against Primesieve 8.0 upstream.

pts/primesieve-1.8.0   [View Source]   Sat, 04 Dec 2021 05:39:18 GMT
Update against Primesieve 7.7 upstream.

pts/primesieve-1.7.0   [View Source]   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:11:15 GMT
Update against Primesieve 7.4 upstream, https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/61

pts/primesieve-1.6.0   [View Source]   Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:57:57 GMT
Update against upstream Primesieve, https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/43

pts/primesieve-1.5.0   [View Source]   Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:51:39 GMT
Updated against Primesieve 7.1 from upstream, posted via GitHub tracker.

pts/primesieve-1.4.1   [View Source]   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:13:46 GMT
Update download links.

pts/primesieve-1.4.0   [View Source]   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:25:19 GMT
Upstream updates, switch from using OpenMP to C++11 threads.

pts/primesieve-1.3.1   [View Source]   Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:52:52 GMT
Update against new Primesieve.

pts/primesieve-1.3.0   [View Source]   Sun, 05 Oct 2014 08:16:32 GMT
Updated test profile for new upstream Primesieve 5.4 by Kim Walisch.

pts/primesieve-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:46:52 GMT
Update Primesieve test profile against upstream v5.0 by Kim Walisch. Also add in SHA256 file sums and test against PTS5 Git.

pts/primesieve-1.1.1   [View Source]   Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:59:40 GMT
Update download links file correctly.

pts/primesieve-1.1.0   [View Source]   Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:56:17 GMT
Update against upstream Primesieve 4.2.

pts/primesieve-1.0.2   [View Source]   Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:11:38 GMT
Improve some text string formatting.

pts/primesieve-1.0.1   [View Source]   Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:58:14 GMT
Add SMP internal tag since Primesieve can use OpenMP.

pts/primesieve-1.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:55:00 GMT
Initial commit of the Primesieve test profile submitted by Kim Walisch.

Suites Using This Test

Multi-Core

CPU Massive


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Primesieve 12.1

Length: 1e13

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 527 public results since 15 March 2024 with the latest data as of 10 October 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
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
100th
3
8
2 x AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
99th
7
9
2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
98th
8
11 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 6980P
94th
18
12
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
93rd
9
12
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
92nd
6
12
2 x AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
90th
3
13
AmpereOne 192-Core
87th
15
14
AmpereOne 160-Core
86th
3
16
AMD EPYC 9965 192-Core
86th
4
16
AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core
84th
6
18 +/- 1
AmpereOne 128-Core
83rd
4
19
AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core
82nd
5
21 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 9655 96-Core
81st
3
23 +/- 1
Intel Xeon 6980P
81st
9
23
AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
78th
6
24 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
78th
6
24 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 25
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
75th
14
25
AMD EPYC 9575F 64-Core
74th
3
25
AmpereOne 96-Core
74th
3
26
2 x Intel Xeon 6780E
71st
3
26
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
71st
12
27
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
70th
10
27
2 x Intel Xeon 6766E
68th
3
29
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
67th
6
30
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
65th
16
33 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9468
64th
4
34
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
63rd
4
36 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
63rd
4
38
AmpereOne 64-Core
62nd
3
38
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
60th
5
42
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
59th
6
44 +/- 2
INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
57th
20
48
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
53rd
12
52
Median
50th
54
AMD EPYC 8534PN 64-Core
50th
3
54
Intel Xeon Max 9480
49th
7
58
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
48th
5
66
Intel Xeon Max 9468
47th
5
67
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
46th
3
68
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
45th
4
74
AmpereOne 32-Core
45th
3
75
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
41st
4
77
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
41st
12
79 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
40th
10
82 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 4564P 16-Core
40th
5
82
2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core
40th
4
82 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 4584PX 16-Core
38th
4
85
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
36th
4
88 +/- 7
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
35th
3
100
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
35th
4
100
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
34th
3
104
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
31st
3
111
AMD EPYC 4484PX 12-Core
30th
4
112
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
30th
14
116 +/- 16
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
30th
3
117
AMD EPYC 4464P 12-Core
29th
3
121
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
29th
3
125
Intel Core i9-10980XE
27th
4
129
Intel Core i9-14900K
26th
7
135 +/- 6
Low-Tier
25th
> 145
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
25th
3
148
AMD EPYC 4364P 8-Core
24th
4
153
AMD EPYC 4344P 8-Core
24th
3
158
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
22nd
4
162 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
22nd
3
165
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
21st
3
183
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
19th
9
202 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 4244P 6-Core
19th
3
205
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
18th
3
208
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
18th
5
209 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
17th
3
216
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
15th
4
224
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
15th
3
225 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
15th
3
227
Intel Xeon E E-2488
13th
8
245 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
11th
4
250 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
11th
3
266 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
10th
3
273 +/- 35
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
9th
3
294 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 4124P 4-Core
9th
3
300
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
7th
3
344
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
6th
5
355 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
6th
4
411 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
4th
3
465 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
4th
3
467 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-1280P
3rd
4
500 +/- 20
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
2nd
3
775 +/- 20
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Length: 1e13493 Results Range From 9 To 2090 Seconds955101147193239285331377423469515561607653699745791837883929975102110671113115912051251129713431389143514811527157316191665171117571803184918951941198720332079212550100150200250

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Primesieve 12.1 - Length: 1e13) has an average run-time of 6 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 BenchmarkLength: 1e13Run-Time816243240Min: 1 / Avg: 5.75 / Max: 40

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BasePrimesieve CPU Core ScalingLength: 1e1368121632643691215

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.
 
PUNPCKLQDQ MOVDQA MOVDQU MOVD CVTSI2SD MULSD ADDSD MOVAPD CVTTSD2SI DIVSD COMISD UCOMISD SQRTSD SUBSD MAXSD PADDQ MINSD SHUFPD
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 VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128
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
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VFMADD132SD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 16 March 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libm.so.6, libc.so.6.

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-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, AmpereOne 128-Core, AmpereOne 160-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core, AmpereOne 32-Core, AmpereOne 64-Core, AmpereOne 72-Core, AmpereOne 96-Core

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ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

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Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

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Arch Linux - 6.10.7-arch1-1 - GNOME Shell 46.4

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

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ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

1 System - 2 Benchmark Results

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Oracle TLA MB TRAY A1-2c - 1008GB

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1026-oracle - 1.3.255

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18 Systems - 442 Benchmark Results

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FreeBSD - 14.1-RELEASE - Clang 18.1.5

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