# CPU benchmarks

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** benchmark\
**Created:** [January 1, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846 "2020-01-01T12:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdkrmr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdkrmr/32/2791_2.png) [@gdkrmr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdkrmr)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846/1 "2020-01-01T12:54:35Z")

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I am looking for current server CPU benchmarks for HPC computing, any sources? This is not only for Julia but also library code (BLAS, FFT, etc.) and other programming languages (mostly interpreted ones, such as R and Python).

Especially interesting is the comparison between Intel and the new AMD processors, I heard that the AMD processors where (still are?) slower for HPC because of fewer floating point pipelines but caught up quite a bit with Zen 2 but Intel still has avx512 (which has its own set of problems). So the whole topic is currently quite complex and confusing and I don’t really have a good overview.

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**Author:** ![ImreSamu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/imresamu/32/20677_2.png) [@ImreSamu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ImreSamu)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846/2 "2020-01-01T14:39:18Z")

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> I am looking for current server CPU benchmarks for HPC computing, any sources?

As I know - no Julia test yet …

- [phoronix.: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X / 3960X Linux Benchmarks](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-linux-3960x-3970x&num=1)

- [phoronix: AMD EPYC 7642 Benchmarks: The Rome 48 Core CPU That Easily Takes On Intel’s Xeon Platinum 8280](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-epyc-7642&num=1)

- [phoronix: 300+ Benchmarks With AMD Threadripper 3960X vs. Intel Core i9 10980XE](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=300-3960x-10980xe&num=2)

- [servethehome: AMD EPYC 7302P Review A Category Killer](https://www.servethehome.com/amd-epyc-7302p-review-a-category-killer/)

bonus:

- Intel MKL [faster with `MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=5` on Ryzen CPU](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/acceleration-of-intel-mkl-on-amd-ryzen-cpus/31287)

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**Author:** ![gdkrmr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdkrmr/32/2791_2.png) [@gdkrmr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdkrmr)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846/3 "2020-01-01T19:06:56Z")

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Thanks, really interesting 🙂 Seems like AMD currently is the better choice

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cpu-benchmarks/32846/4 "2020-01-01T21:10:17Z")

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[AnandTech](https://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU-2019/2224) also does a ton of hardware benchmarking.