Primesieve

Primesieve generates prime numbers using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. Primesieve 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

Test Created

23 October 2012

Last Updated

18 February 2019

Test Maintainer

Kim Walisch 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

15 Seconds

Average Run Time

8 Minutes, 23 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake

Accolades

150k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsPrimesieve Popularity Statisticspts/primesieve2012.102013.012013.042013.072013.102014.012014.042014.072014.102015.012015.042015.072015.102016.012016.042016.072016.102017.012017.042017.072017.102018.012018.042018.072018.102019.012019.042019.072019.102020.012020.042020.072020.102021.012021.042021.0710K20K30K40K50K
* 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/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 7.4

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,184 public results since 18 February 2019 with the latest data as of 25 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
Seconds (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
100th
9
2
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
99th
6
3
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
99th
10
3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
97th
6
4
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
96th
3
4
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
95th
5
4
2 x AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
95th
4
5
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
95th
7
5
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
93rd
3
5
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
91st
5
5
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
91st
3
5
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
90th
12
5
2 x AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
88th
3
6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
87th
15
6
2 x AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
87th
6
6
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
86th
3
7
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
85th
9
7
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
84th
3
7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
83rd
3
8 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
82nd
4
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
76th
20
11
Mid-Tier
75th
> 12
Intel Core i9-7980XE
75th
27
12 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
75th
11
12
Intel Core i9-7960X
70th
3
14
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
70th
4
14 +/- 1
Intel Xeon W-2295
69th
3
14
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
69th
3
14
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
66th
45
16
Intel Core i9-10900K
62nd
12
17
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3
61st
4
18
Intel Core i9-11900K
60th
17
18
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
58th
9
19
Intel Core i7-7900X
57th
4
20 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
56th
6
20
Intel Core i9-9900K
53rd
20
25 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900KS
52nd
4
25
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
52nd
13
25 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-11600K
51st
5
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
51st
4
26 +/- 3
Median
50th
26
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
50th
9
26 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
50th
8
26 +/- 2
Intel Xeon W-1270
50th
3
26 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
48th
3
28
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
47th
3
30 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-10600K
47th
3
31
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
46th
4
32 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8700K
46th
7
32 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
46th
7
33 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
44th
7
37 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
44th
5
37
Intel Core i7-8700B
42nd
5
38 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8400
42nd
4
39
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core
41st
9
40 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
41st
12
42 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
40th
3
43
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
39th
8
44 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5960X
39th
21
44 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-7700K
36th
3
47 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
35th
5
52 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4960X
35th
7
54 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-3960X
35th
6
55 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-7600K
34th
4
56
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
33rd
5
56 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
32nd
4
59 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-8100
32nd
5
61
Intel Core i7 990X
32nd
5
61 +/- 5
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 16-Core
31st
3
65 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
30th
3
66
Intel Core i5-4670
29th
8
67
Intel Core i5-6500
29th
5
67
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
27th
3
77 +/- 10
Intel Core i7-4790
26th
5
79
Intel Core i7-4770K
26th
10
80 +/- 9
Low-Tier
25th
> 83
Intel Core i7-3770K
24th
6
84
Intel Core i7-5775C
24th
8
84 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-8550U
23rd
4
88 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2700K
23rd
10
91 +/- 8
POWER9 4-Core
22nd
3
98 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4700HQ
21st
3
105 +/- 4
ARMv8 Cortex-A77 6-Core
21st
5
108 +/- 14
AMD Athlon 3000G
20th
10
110 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
18th
3
164 +/- 24
Intel Core i3-2120
17th
16
184 +/- 15
Intel Core i3-4130
17th
5
186 +/- 3
Intel Core i7 720Q
15th
5
198 +/- 15
Intel Core i5-2520M
14th
5
204 +/- 18
Intel Core i7-5600U
13th
5
212 +/- 24
Intel Core i5-5300U
12th
5
216 +/- 21
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core
12th
18
216 +/- 28
AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core
12th
3
217 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-3110M
10th
10
259 +/- 3
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
8th
5
377 +/- 43
Intel Celeron N3050
7th
4
451 +/- 7
ARMv8 rev 1 4-Core
7th
3
475 +/- 23
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
5th
39
540 +/- 22
ARMv7 Cortex-A15 8-Core
3rd
11
581 +/- 65
ARMv7 rev 4 4-Core
2nd
7
860 +/- 82
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core
1st
3
1278 +/- 26
ARMv7 rev 5 4-Core
1st
5
1618 +/- 13
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - 1e12 Prime Number Generation1184 Results Range From 2 To 1673 Seconds2438412516620724828933037141245349453557661765869974078182286390494598610271068110911501191123212731314135513961437147815191560160116421683150300450600750

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Primesieve 7.4 - 1e12 Prime Number Generation) 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 Benchmark1e12 Prime Number GenerationRun-Time1530456075Min: 1 / Avg: 5.4 / Max: 76

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.3%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between Runs1e12 Prime Number GenerationDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.33 / Max: 4

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BasePrimesieve CPU Core Scaling1e12 Prime Number Generation246812162032486412848121620

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 MOVDQU PUNPCKLQDQ CVTSI2SD MULSD ADDSD MOVD CVTTSD2SI COMISD SUBSD DIVSD ANDPD MAXSD MOVAPD UCOMISD SQRTSD PADDQ MINSD ANDNPD CMPNLESD ORPD PSUBQ PSRLDQ
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
POPCNT
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VINSERTI128 VPBROADCASTQ
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VFMADD231SD VFNMADD231SD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 10 May 2021

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libpthread.so.0, libm.so.6, libc.so.6.

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