Stockfish

This is a test of Stockfish, an advanced open-source C++11 chess benchmark that can scale up to 1024 CPU threads.

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

Project Site

stockfishchess.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

26 November 2014

Last Updated

6 September 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 43 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 9 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsStockfish Popularity Statisticspts/stockfish2014.112015.032015.072015.112016.032016.072016.112017.032017.072017.112018.032018.072018.112019.032019.072019.112020.032020.072020.112021.032021.072021.112022.032022.072022.112023.032023.072023.112024.032024.0720K40K60K80K100K
* 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 14 October 2024.

Revision History

pts/stockfish-1.6.0   [View Source]   Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:24:49 GMT
Update against Stockfish 17 upstream.

pts/stockfish-1.5.0   [View Source]   Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:50:37 GMT
Update Stockfish from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/775 though increase ttSize to 4096 as at 2048 seems to have a lot of run-to-run variance. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/775

pts/stockfish-1.4.0   [View Source]   Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:32:53 GMT
Update against Stockfish 15 upstream.

pts/stockfish-1.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:46:31 GMT
Update against Stockfish 13 plus incorporate feedback from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/513

pts/stockfish-1.2.0   [View Source]   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:50:00 GMT
Update against Stockfish 12, enable AArch64 optimized build.

pts/stockfish-1.1.1   [View Source]   Sat, 19 May 2018 06:26:58 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/stockfish-1.1.0   [View Source]   Thu, 17 May 2018 15:32:30 GMT
Update Stockfish against version 9, use multi-threaded parameters.

pts/stockfish-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:39:33 GMT
Fix build on BSDs

pts/stockfish-1.0.0   [View Source]   Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:32:02 GMT
Initial commit of Stockfish benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Chess Test Suite

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Stockfish 17

Chess Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 203 public results since 6 September 2024 with the latest data as of 13 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
Nodes Per Second (Average)
100th
4
791235214 +/- 86263853
98th
8
595503615 +/- 53111320
94th
4
491786775 +/- 51252393
93rd
4
466037076 +/- 15401373
90th
8
423020306 +/- 19052223
84th
8
315812393 +/- 17214088
83rd
3
307752816 +/- 20621423
79th
4
234549145 +/- 10597165
79th
4
234341324 +/- 22717277
76th
4
210054589 +/- 17795553
Mid-Tier
75th
< 204921726
74th
3
175048704 +/- 11466075
70th
6
104685263 +/- 4308461
68th
3
94498930 +/- 10498092
66th
4
75774158 +/- 5828671
65th
4
71931933 +/- 6774064
59th
7
61623791 +/- 1065226
59th
4
61046513 +/- 1992820
57th
4
59152243 +/- 3835482
54th
4
49981507 +/- 4163117
52nd
4
47447562 +/- 2743763
Median
50th
39392179
50th
3
37316588 +/- 3149137
47th
3
30185757 +/- 1181479
43rd
3
24800194 +/- 853169
43rd
4
24536130 +/- 3189581
41st
4
23830516 +/- 2704810
39th
5
22844143 +/- 611089
36th
4
22091432 +/- 2076608
35th
3
21706083 +/- 317699
28th
4
19956822 +/- 1191307
26th
6
19211942 +/- 2546238
26th
6
19022503 +/- 2379573
Low-Tier
25th
< 18925120
19th
6
13988042 +/- 663304
10th
5
6400863 +/- 568513
7th
6
5958349 +/- 625170
3rd
5
103716 +/- 3270
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Chess Benchmark150 Results Range From 100107 To 678722203 Nodes Per Second100107136725492724499140817433543898756796231781534759951072011086796431222520851358245271493969691629694111765418531901142952036867372172591792308316212444040632579765052715489472851213892986938313122662733258387153394111573529835993665560413801284833937009254072733674208458094344182514479906934615631354751355774887080195022804615158529035294253455429977875565702295701426715837151135972875556108599976244324396380048816515773236651497656787222071020304050

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Stockfish 17 - Chess Benchmark) has an average run-time of 30 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 BenchmarkChess BenchmarkRun-Time20406080100Min: 7 / Avg: 29.98 / Max: 123

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 4%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsChess BenchmarkDeviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 4.01 / Max: 18

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

 
VZEROUPPER
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTD VPBROADCASTQ VEXTRACTI128 VPERMD VINSERTI128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTW
AVX Vector Neural Network Instructions (AVX-VNNI)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
VPDPBUSD
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD213SD VFMADD132SD VFMSUB132SD VFNMADD231SD VFNMADD132SD VFMADD213PD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 7 September 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
arm64
Apple M1 Pro
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core, AmpereOne 72-Core

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