SpikeBench Results
On this page you will find results of SpikeBench Benchmark executed on different hardware platforms. Please note that not all of the tested platforms support memory bandwidth reporting by the CPU. For those platforms, memory bandwidth is roughly estimated by SpikeFun and noted as '(est.)'.
SpikeBench "Server/WS Benchmark" 1.04 Results (CPU)
Test Description: 1 million multi-Compartment Neurons, 210 million synapses (2 receptors each)
| Platform Name: | Exec. | CPU Name | CPU Sockets | NUMA Nodes | Cores per CPU | Total Cores | CPU Speed | RAM Speed | Simulation Creation Time in msec (lower is better) | Simulation running speed real-time factor (higher is better) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-Prem Build ("Bare Metal") | Bare-metal | Dual Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 ("Haswell EP") |
2 | 2 | 36 | 72 | 2300 MHz (All-core turbo locked to 3300 MHz) |
DDR4 2666 MHz (out of spec) | 35859ms | 0.059x | Bare-metal system, no hypervisor installed, boot directly to Windows. All-core turbo forced to 33x using CPU errata (on the cost of much higher TDP) |
| Amazon r5.24xlarge | VM | Dual Intel Xeon Platinum 8175M ("Skylake SP") |
2 | 2 | 48 | 96 | 2500 MHz (All-core Turbo goes to 2700 MHz during simulation) |
N/A | 51176 ms | 0.092x | |
| Amazon r5a.24xlarge | VM | Dual AMD EPYC 7571 ("Naples") |
2 | 6 | 48 | 96 | 2500 MHz | N/A | 104235ms | 0.079x | |
| Amazon x1.32xlarge | VM | Quad Intel Xeon E7-8800 v3 ("Haswell-EX") |
4 | 4 | 64 | 128 | 2300 MHz (All-core Turbo goes to 2700 MHz during simulation) |
N/A | 90485ms | 0.064x* | (Windows NUMA/CPU info appears misconfigured with 2x performance drop and CPUs 0-31 and 96-127 sitting almost idle during simulation, so for work stealing, threads were allowed to cross NUMA boundaries with -crossnumaboundaries. This helps utilize all CPUs but probably with sub-optimal performance. Further investigation is needed as this is the only 4S system found so far with such problem. |
| Google n1-ultramem-160 | VM | Quad Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 (Broadwell EX) | 4 | 4 | 40 | 160 | 2200 MHz | N/A | 92719ms | 0.083x | |
| Google n1-highmem-96 | VM | Dual Intel Xeon Platinum SP*** | 2 | 2 | 48 | 96 | 2000 MHz | N/A | 101829ms | 0.065x | ** Note: Early-access SKU with B1 stepping and multiplier-locked to 2000 MHz |
SpikeBench "Small Benchmark" 0.93 Results (CPU)
Test Description: 32768 Multi-Compartment Neurons, 1.8 million Synapses (2 receptors each)
| Platform Name: | Num. CPUs | Num. Cores | CPU Speed | RAM Speed | Avg. Simulation Performance | Avg. Total Memory Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 ("Haswell EP") |
2 | 36 | 2300 MHz | DDR4 2400 MHz | 2.690x | 76.1 GiB/s |
| Dual Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 ("Ivy Bridge EP") |
2 | 24 | 2700 MHz | DDR3 2133 MHz | 1.710x | 55.1 GiB/s |
| Dual Intel Xeon E5-2687W ("Sandy Bridge EP") |
2 | 16 | 3100 MHz | DDR3 2133 MHz | 1.170x | 49.1 GiB/s |
| Lenovo W541 Core i7-4810MQ ("Haswell") |
1 | 4 | 2800 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.601x | 46.04 GiB/s (est.) |
| Apple Macbook Pro Retina 15" (2011) Core i7-3720QM ("Ivy Bridge") |
1 | 4 | 2600 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.294x** (** CPU throttles after ~20 sec) |
19.2 GiB/s (est.) |
SpikeBench "Small Benchmark" 0.88a Results
Test Description: 32768 Multi-Compartment Neurons, 1.8 million Synapses (2 receptors each)
| Platform Name: | Num. CPUs | Num. Cores | CPU Speed | RAM Speed | Avg. Simulation Performance | Avg. Total Memory Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Intel Xeon E5-2687W ("Sandy Bridge EP") |
2 | 16 | 3100 MHz | DDR3 2133 MHz | 0.720x | 39.10 GiB/s |
| Sony Vaio SVZ131 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3612QM |
1 | 4 | 2100 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.215x | 16.5 GiB/s (est.) |
| Apple Macbook Pro Retina 15" Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3720QM |
1 | 4 | 2600 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.230x** (** CPU throttles after ~20 sec) |
16.0 GiB/s (est.) |
* Due to slim thin design of the laptop and the significant thermal design power (TDP) of the CPU (45W) and the fan cooling strategy optimized for silence, after ~20 seconds, system will undergo heavy CPU throttling and reduction of performance by approx. 15-20%. After ~1 minute, fan will ramp up to full speed and throttling will stop, indicating that the laptop has adequate thermal headroom but due to the prioritization of low noise cooling it is not able to use all of its thermal removal capacity immediately.
SpikeBench "Small Benchmark" 0.67 Results
Test Description: 32768 Multi-Compartment Neurons, 1.8 million Synapses (2 receptors each)
| Platform Name: | Num. CPUs | Num. Cores | CPU Speed | RAM Speed | Avg. Simulation Performance | Avg. Total Memory Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Intel Xeon E5-2687W ("Sandy Bridge EP") |
2 | 16 | 3100 MHz | DDR3 2133 MHz | 0.525x | 55.12 GiB/s |
| Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3820QM |
1 | 4 | 2700 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.165x | 16.2 GiB/s (est.) |
| Sony Vaio SVZ131 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3612QM |
1 | 4 | 2100 MHz | DDR3 1600 MHz | 0.161x | 16.5 GiB/s (est.) |
| Sony Vaio Z21 Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2620M |
1 | 2 | 2700 MHz | DDR3 1333 MHz | 0.098x (* CPU throttles) |
9.8 GiB/s (est.) |
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 |
1 | 4 | 2666 MHz (OC) | DDR2 720 MHz (OC) | 0.026x | 2.57 GiB/s (est.) |
| Intel Core 2 Duo "Merom" |
1 | 2 | 1800 MHz | DDR2 666 MHz | 0.011x | 1.29 GiB/s (est.) |
* Due to slim thin design of the laptop and the significant thermal design power (TDP) of the CPU when compared to the laptop size (35 Watts), one of the CPU cores cannot remain in the highest P state without resorting to thermal throttling. Performance without throttling is ~15-20% better on average.