Intel Xeon Max Sees Some Performance Gains For OpenVINO & ONNX With Linux 6.9

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 4 April 2024 at 10:30 AM EDT. Page 2 of 5. 2 Comments.
Quicksilver benchmark with settings of Input: CORAL2 P1. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Live. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Upload. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
Xmrig benchmark with settings of Variant: Monero, Hash Count: 1M. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.
Xmrig benchmark with settings of Variant: GhostRider, Hash Count: 1M. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.
WebP2 Image Encode benchmark with settings of Encode Settings: Quality 95, Compression Effort 7. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer, Model: Crown. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Crown. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer, Model: Asian Dragon. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer, Model: Asian Dragon Obj. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 8, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 12, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.

For many tested workloads the Linux 6.9-rc2 performance on the dual socket Intel Xeon Max 9480 server was flat or in a few cases slightly lower than Linux 6.8.

Intel Open Image Denoise benchmark with settings of Run: RTLightmap.hdr.4096x4096, Device: CPU-Only. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: particle_volume/ao/real_time. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: particle_volume/pathtracer/real_time. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/ao/real_time. Linux 6.8 was the fastest.
OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/pathtracer/real_time. Linux 6.9-rc2 was the fastest.

Including for some of Intel's own oneAPI software packages the Linux 6.9-rc2 was slightly lower than Linux 6.8, unlike the AMD EPYC 9684X results that were trending slightly higher or better on Linux 6.9.


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