Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark smallpt.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 6,727 public results since 7 December 2018 with the latest data as of 29 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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples) 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 1%.
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.
Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.
This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libm.so.6, libgomp.so.1, libc.so.6.
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.
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core - Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.11.9-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.2.3 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
HiSilicon TSV110 - KunlunTech KL4.41.007.240925.R - Huawei HiSilicon openEuler 20.03 - 4.19.90-2312.1.0.0255.oe2003sp4.aarch64 - GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 10.0.1 |
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS - AMD Starship Fedora 40 - 6.11.4-201.fc40.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 46.6 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i7-10510U - HUAWEI MACHC-WAX9-PCB - Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP Swos 1.1.0 - 5.15.0-24-generic - X Server 1.20.13 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Phytium FT-E2000/Little - anntec.cn S-E2004 - 1 x 4096 MB DDR4-2400MT Kylin v10 - 5.4.18-63.52-e2000-rc17-20230601-generic - Openbox 3.6.1 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-U6780A - SEEWO MT51C-SHC - Zhaoxin ZX-E Standard Kylin v10 - 5.15.0-46-generic - X Server 1.20.8 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - KDE Plasma 6.1.5 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6338N - Supermicro SYS-740GP-TNRT X12DPG-QT6 v1.00 - Intel Ice Lake IEH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-44-generic - OpenCL 3.0 LINUX |
2 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core - ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core - ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.10 - 6.11.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 47.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO B760M-P - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 - Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Arch Linux - 6.11.4-arch1-1-surface - X Server + Wayland |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Xeon Gold 5412U - ASRockRack SPC741D8UD-2T/X550/H - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-119-generic - 1.3.255 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - AYANEO AM01 - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 6.9.3-76060903-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core - Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0 |
3 Systems - 268 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-2520M - HP 161C - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.18.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.3 |
7 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results |
ARMv7 rev 3 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 - 2048MB Raspbian 10 - 4.19.50-v7l+ - LXDE 0.10.0 |
8 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - Libre Board ALL-H3-CC H5 - 2048MB Raspbian 9.6 - 4.18.0-rc3-gfc36def997cf-dirty - X Server 1.19.2 |
11 Systems - 217 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4 |
2 Systems - 50 Benchmark Results |
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 - BCM2711 Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 - Broadcom BCM2711 Raspbian 11 - 5.10.92-v7l+ - LXDE |
Featured Processor Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.7.0-999-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1 |
Featured Processor Comparison |
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - MSI Creator TRX40 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |
4 Systems - 131 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL - Logic Supply RXM-181 TBD by OEM - Intel FreeBSD - 13.0-BETA1 - Clang 11.0.1 |
8 Systems - 439 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.12.0-051200rc3daily20210315-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.3 |
3 Systems - 143 Benchmark Results |
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1 |
5 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results |
Intel Celeron N3160 - SECO UDOO x86 - Intel Atom Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.3.0-46-generic - modesetting 1.19.6 |
Featured Kernel Comparison |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1 |
8 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results |
AMD EPYC 7351P 16-Core - AMD [AMD] Family 17h - 32768MB FreeBSD - 12.0-RELEASE - Clang 6.0.1 |
2 Systems - 59 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core - MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE - AMD Device 1480 Clear Linux OS 31480 - 5.3.8-854.native - GNOME Shell 3.34.1 |
5 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-9400F - ASUS PRIME Z390-P - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-56-generic - Xfce 4.14 |