Intel Haswell-EP Xeon 12 Core Review: E5-2650L V3 and E5-2690 V3
by Ian Cutress on November 6, 2014 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- IT Computing
- Intel
- Xeon
- Enterprise
- LGA2011-3
- Haswell EP
Linux Performance
Built around several freely available benchmarks for Linux, Linux-Bench is a project spearheaded by Patrick at ServeTheHome to streamline about a dozen of these tests in a single neat package run via a set of three commands using an Ubuntu 14.04 LiveCD. These tests include fluid dynamics used by NASA, ray-tracing, OpenSSL, molecular modeling, and a scalable data structure server for web deployments. We run Linux-Bench and have chosen to report a select few of the tests that rely on CPU and DRAM speed.
Unfortunately due to the different time windows we had these CPUs and the time of introduction of Linux-Bench into the normal testing suite, we only have results for the 2P and 1P E5-2650L V3 configurations.
C-Ray: link
C-Ray is a simple ray-tracing program that focuses almost exclusively on processor performance rather than DRAM access. The test in Linux-Bench renders a heavy complex scene offering a large scalable scenario.
p7zip Compression and Decompression
7-Zip is a common open source compression and decompression tool for data transfer.
NAMD, Scalable Molecular Dynamics: link
Developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NAMD is a set of parallel molecular dynamics codes for extreme parallelization up to and beyond 200,000 cores. The reference paper detailing NAMD has over 4000 citations, and our testing runs a small simulation where the calculation steps per unit time is the output vector.
NPB, Fluid Dynamics: link
Aside from LINPACK, there are many other ways to benchmark supercomputers in terms of how effective they are for various types of mathematical processes. The NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) are a set of small programs originally designed for NASA to test their supercomputers in terms of fluid dynamics simulations, useful for airflow reactions and design.
OpenSSL Sign/Verify
OpenSSL is the platform that secures the majority of the websites we visit, and being able to issue/verify this security is paramount to performance. We test the rates at which OpenSSL certificates are signed and verified.
Redis: link
Many of the online applications rely on key-value caches and data structure servers to operate. Redis is an open-source, scalable web technology with a srtong developer base, but also relies heavily on memory bandwidth as well as CPU performance.
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vomitme - Thursday, November 6, 2014 - link
x264 and x265 are not formats. the formats are h.264 and h.265. x264 and x265 are just specific encoders for those formats.marraco - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
The quantity of models, and their -purposely- confusing naming, paired with the scarcity of trustworthy reviews for all the models, make purchasing so difficult, that it discourages upgrades.Similarly named processors have huge differences in performance, and prices that don't match it. Worse, the jungle of models also extends to older CPU, not just the last iteration. An older CPU may be more powerful, cheaper, or many other things which add a lot of confusion.
The asking prices are so high, that is better to not buy or upgrade, because the large number of processors rises the probability of making a wrong purchase. Is better not to run risks.
AtenRa - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
Seriously now, Web and Gaming benchmarks in 12 core XEON review ?? is that a joke or what ??h4rm0ny - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
I'd like to see some citations that production costs between these chips are close to each other. Even allowing for that it's a naïve argument. Might as well say that the costs of Windows 8 and the movie Sharknado are the same because the production cost of the DVDs is the same in each case. Kind of misses the fact that billions are spent on R&D and that these costs must be recouped.I'm now picturing you in a shop demanding all books be priced at a set rate per page because "it costs the same to print per page, don't it?"
(but still, citation that production costs actually are the same still required, please).
h4rm0ny - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
I'd like to see some citations that production costs between these chips are close to each other. Even allowing for that it's a naïve argument. Might as well say that the costs of Windows 8 and the movie Sharknado are the same because the production cost of the DVDs is the same in each case. Kind of misses the fact that billions are spent on R&D and that these costs must be recouped.I'm now picturing you in a shop demanding all books be priced at a set rate per page because "it costs the same to print per page, don't it?"
(but still, citation that production costs actually are the same still required, please).
jabber - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
I'll look forward to playing around with these when I pick one up on Ebay for £40 in 4 years time.Ytterbium - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
I wish, I have L5640 these are worth about $125, the E5-2650L is about $600, this is kinda a 2nd reflection of what was at the beginning of article, the older chips are still goo so they hold price.Bytales - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
I got a dual Xeon 2690 v3 rig at home, paired with a GTX750Ti, and the Asus ROG Swift.Waiting for the big Maxwell.
If anyone wants any tests done, give me a hawler !
Bytales - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
Here are some preliminary tests:http://www.overclock.net/t/1330326/build-log-sth10...
mastercde - Sunday, November 9, 2014 - link
Redis is single threaded, not sure what the point is to benchmark.