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Cisco Systems Cisco UCS X210c M8 (Intel Xeon 6505P 2.20 GHz |
SPECspeed®2017_int_base = 13.5 |
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SPECspeed®2017_int_peak = 13.9 |
| CPU2017 License: | 9019 | Test Date: | Sep-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test Sponsor: | Cisco Systems | Hardware Availability: | Feb-2025 |
| Tested by: | Cisco Systems | Software Availability: | Jun-2024 |
Benchmark result graphs are available in the PDF report.
| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| CPU Name: | Intel Xeon 6505P |
| Max MHz: | 4100 |
| Nominal: | 2200 |
| Enabled: | 24 cores, 2 chips, 2 threads/core |
| Orderable: | 1,2 chips |
| Cache L1: | 64 KB I + 48 KB D on chip per core |
| L2: | 2 MB I+D on chip per core |
| L3: | 48 MB I+D on chip per chip |
| Other: | None |
| Memory: | 1 TB (16 x 64 GB 2Rx4 PC5-6400B-R) |
| Storage: | 1 x 960 GB SSD |
| Other: | CPU Cooling: Air |
| Software | |
|---|---|
| OS: | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 6.4.0-150600.21-default |
| Compiler: | C/C++: Version 2024.1 of Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for Linux; Fortran: Version 2024.1 of Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux; |
| Parallel: | Yes |
| Firmware: | Version 6.0.1a released Jul-2025 |
| File System: | btrfs |
| System State: | Run level 3 (multi-user) |
| Base Pointers: | 64-bit |
| Peak Pointers: | 64-bit |
| Other: | jemalloc memory allocator V5.0.1 |
| Power Management: | BIOS and OS set to prefer performance at the cost of additional power usage |
Results Table
| Benchmark | Base | Peak | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Threads | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | Seconds | Ratio | |
| SPECspeed®2017_int_base | 13.5 | |||||||||||||
| SPECspeed®2017_int_peak | 13.9 | |||||||||||||
| Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement. | ||||||||||||||
| 600.perlbench_s | 48 | 188 | 9.43 | 187 | 9.50 | 188 | 9.46 | 48 | 176 | 10.1 | 175 | 10.1 | 174 | 10.2 |
| 602.gcc_s | 48 | 359 | 11.1 | 360 | 11.1 | 360 | 11.0 | 48 | 314 | 12.7 | 315 | 12.7 | 314 | 12.7 |
| 605.mcf_s | 48 | 209 | 22.6 | 209 | 22.6 | 209 | 22.6 | 48 | 209 | 22.6 | 209 | 22.6 | 209 | 22.6 |
| 620.omnetpp_s | 48 | 177 | 9.21 | 175 | 9.30 | 171 | 9.55 | 48 | 177 | 9.21 | 175 | 9.30 | 171 | 9.55 |
| 623.xalancbmk_s | 48 | 104 | 13.6 | 104 | 13.6 | 104 | 13.6 | 48 | 104 | 13.6 | 104 | 13.6 | 104 | 13.6 |
| 625.x264_s | 48 | 75.1 | 23.5 | 75.0 | 23.5 | 75.0 | 23.5 | 48 | 72.3 | 24.4 | 72.2 | 24.4 | 72.1 | 24.5 |
| 631.deepsjeng_s | 48 | 200 | 7.16 | 200 | 7.17 | 200 | 7.18 | 48 | 200 | 7.16 | 200 | 7.17 | 200 | 7.18 |
| 641.leela_s | 48 | 269 | 6.35 | 268 | 6.36 | 269 | 6.35 | 48 | 269 | 6.35 | 268 | 6.36 | 269 | 6.35 |
| 648.exchange2_s | 48 | 105 | 27.9 | 105 | 27.9 | 105 | 28.0 | 48 | 105 | 27.9 | 105 | 27.9 | 105 | 28.0 |
| 657.xz_s | 48 | 268 | 23.0 | 268 | 23.0 | 268 | 23.1 | 48 | 268 | 23.0 | 268 | 23.0 | 268 | 23.1 |
Operating System Notes
Stack size set to unlimited using "ulimit -s unlimited"
Environment Variables Notes
Environment variables set by runcpu before the start of the run: KMP_AFFINITY = "granularity=fine,compact" LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "/home/cpu2017/lib/intel64:/home/cpu2017/je5.0.1-64" MALLOC_CONF = "retain:true" OMP_STACKSIZE = "192M"
General Notes
Binaries compiled on a system with 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M CPU + 384GB RAM memory using Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Transparent Huge Pages enabled by default Prior to runcpu invocation Filesystem page cache synced and cleared with: sync; echo 3> /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches NA: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented. Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented. Yes: The test sponsor attests, as of date of publication, that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2) is mitigated in the system as tested and documented. jemalloc, a general purpose malloc implementation built with the RedHat Enterprise 7.5, and the system compiler gcc 4.8.5 sources available from jemalloc.net or https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases
Platform Notes
BIOS settings:
Sub NUMA clustering set to Disabled
Hardware prefetcher set to Enabled
Adjacent cache line prefetcher set to Disabled
XPT prefetch set to Auto
LLC prefetch set to Enabled
Enhanced CPU performance set to Auto
Sysinfo program /home/cpu2017/bin/sysinfo
Rev: r6732 of 2022-11-07 fe91c89b7ed5c36ae2c92cc097bec197
running on localhost Fri Sep 5 03:35:10 2025
SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
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Table of contents
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1. uname -a
2. w
3. Username
4. ulimit -a
5. sysinfo process ancestry
6. /proc/cpuinfo
7. lscpu
8. numactl --hardware
9. /proc/meminfo
10. who -r
11. Systemd service manager version: systemd 254 (254.10+suse.84.ge8d77af424)
12. Services, from systemctl list-unit-files
13. Linux kernel boot-time arguments, from /proc/cmdline
14. cpupower frequency-info
15. sysctl
16. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage
17. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged
18. OS release
19. Disk information
20. /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
21. dmidecode
22. BIOS
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1. uname -a
Linux localhost 6.4.0-150600.21-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 16 11:09:22 UTC 2024 (36c1e09)
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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2. w
03:35:10 up 1:24, 2 users, load average: 40.28, 44.44, 45.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root tty1 - 02:11 1:23m 1.68s 0.18s -bash
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3. Username
From environment variable $USER: root
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4. ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 4125731
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 8192
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 4125731
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
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5. sysinfo process ancestry
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --switched-root --system --deserialize=42
login -- root
-bash
-bash
runcpu --define default-platform-flags -c ic2024.1-lin-sapphirerapids-speed-20240308.cfg --define cores=48
--tune all -o all --define drop_caches intspeed
runcpu --define default-platform-flags --configfile ic2024.1-lin-sapphirerapids-speed-20240308.cfg --define
cores=48 --tune all --output_format all --define drop_caches --nopower --runmode speed --tune base:peak
--size refspeed intspeed --nopreenv --note-preenv --logfile
$SPEC/tmp/CPU2017.012/templogs/preenv.intspeed.012.0.log --lognum 012.0 --from_runcpu 2
specperl $SPEC/bin/sysinfo
$SPEC = /home/cpu2017
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6. /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6505P
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 173
stepping : 1
microcode : 0x10003c2
bugs : spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass swapgs bhi
cpu cores : 12
siblings : 24
2 physical ids (chips)
48 processors (hardware threads)
physical id 0: core ids 0-11
physical id 1: core ids 0-11
physical id 0: apicids 0-23
physical id 1: apicids 128-151
Caution: /proc/cpuinfo data regarding chips, cores, and threads is not necessarily reliable, especially for
virtualized systems. Use the above data carefully.
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7. lscpu
From lscpu from util-linux 2.39.3:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 46 bits physical, 57 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 48
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-47
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
BIOS Vendor ID: Intel(R) Corporation
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6505P
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6505P CPU @ 2.2GHz
BIOS CPU family: 179
CPU family: 6
Model: 173
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 12
Socket(s): 2
Stepping: 1
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 20%
CPU max MHz: 4100.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 4400.00
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good
nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni
pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16
xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm
3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cat_l2 cdp_l3 intel_ppin cdp_l2
ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow flexpriority ept
vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid
rtm cqm rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt
clwb intel_pt avx512cd sha_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec
xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local
split_lock_detect user_shstk avx_vnni avx512_bf16 wbnoinvd dtherm ida
arat pln pts hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req vnmi avx512vbmi
umip pku ospke waitpkg avx512_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512_vnni
avx512_bitalg tme avx512_vpopcntdq la57 rdpid bus_lock_detect
cldemote movdiri movdir64b enqcmd fsrm md_clear serialize tsxldtrk
pconfig arch_lbr ibt amx_bf16 avx512_fp16 amx_tile amx_int8 flush_l1d
arch_capabilities
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 1.1 MiB (24 instances)
L1i cache: 1.5 MiB (24 instances)
L2 cache: 48 MiB (24 instances)
L3 cache: 96 MiB (2 instances)
NUMA node(s): 2
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-11,24-35
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 12-23,36-47
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit: Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf: Not affected
Vulnerability Mds: Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown: Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data: Not affected
Vulnerability Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Vulnerability Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2: Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected; BHI BHI_DIS_S
Vulnerability Srbds: Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort: Not affected
From lscpu --cache:
NAME ONE-SIZE ALL-SIZE WAYS TYPE LEVEL SETS PHY-LINE COHERENCY-SIZE
L1d 48K 1.1M 12 Data 1 64 1 64
L1i 64K 1.5M 16 Instruction 1 64 1 64
L2 2M 48M 16 Unified 2 2048 1 64
L3 48M 96M 16 Unified 3 49152 1 64
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8. numactl --hardware
NOTE: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
available: 2 nodes (0-1)
node 0 cpus: 0-11,24-35
node 0 size: 515423 MB
node 0 free: 514007 MB
node 1 cpus: 12-23,36-47
node 1 size: 516035 MB
node 1 free: 513899 MB
node distances:
node 0 1
0: 10 21
1: 21 10
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9. /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1056214428 kB
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10. who -r
run-level 3 Sep 5 02:10
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11. Systemd service manager version: systemd 254 (254.10+suse.84.ge8d77af424)
Default Target Status
multi-user running
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12. Services, from systemctl list-unit-files
STATE UNIT FILES
enabled YaST2-Firstboot YaST2-Second-Stage apparmor auditd cron getty@ irqbalance iscsi
issue-generator kbdsettings klog lvm2-monitor nscd nvmefc-boot-connections
nvmf-autoconnect postfix purge-kernels rollback rsyslog smartd sshd systemd-pstore
virtqemud wicked wickedd-auto4 wickedd-dhcp4 wickedd-dhcp6 wickedd-nanny
enabled-runtime systemd-remount-fs
disabled autofs autoyast-initscripts blk-availability boot-sysctl ca-certificates chrony-wait
chronyd console-getty cups cups-browsed debug-shell dnsmasq ebtables exchange-bmc-os-info
firewalld fsidd gpm grub2-once haveged hv_fcopy_daemon hv_kvp_daemon hv_vss_daemon ipmi
ipmievd iscsi-init iscsid issue-add-ssh-keys kexec-load ksm kvm_stat libvirt-guests
lunmask man-db-create multipathd nfs nfs-blkmap nfs-server nfsserver rpcbind
rpmconfigcheck rsyncd rtkit-daemon serial-getty@ smartd_generate_opts snmpd snmptrapd
strongswan strongswan-starter svnserve systemd-boot-check-no-failures systemd-confext
systemd-network-generator systemd-nspawn@ systemd-sysext systemd-time-wait-sync
systemd-timesyncd tcsd udisks2 virtinterfaced virtlockd virtlogd virtnetworkd virtnodedevd
virtnwfilterd virtsecretd virtstoraged
indirect pcscd systemd-userdbd tftp wickedd
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13. Linux kernel boot-time arguments, from /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-150600.21-default
root=UUID=8e9f907e-efe9-44a3-b843-a3c1cced3852
splash=silent
mitigations=auto
quiet
security=apparmor
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14. cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 44:
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 4.10 GHz.
The governor "powersave" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
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15. sysctl
kernel.numa_balancing 1
kernel.randomize_va_space 2
vm.compaction_proactiveness 20
vm.dirty_background_bytes 0
vm.dirty_background_ratio 10
vm.dirty_bytes 0
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs 3000
vm.dirty_ratio 20
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs 500
vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds 43200
vm.extfrag_threshold 500
vm.min_unmapped_ratio 1
vm.nr_hugepages 0
vm.nr_hugepages_mempolicy 0
vm.nr_overcommit_hugepages 0
vm.swappiness 1
vm.watermark_boost_factor 15000
vm.watermark_scale_factor 10
vm.zone_reclaim_mode 0
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16. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage
defrag [always] defer defer+madvise madvise never
enabled [always] madvise never
hpage_pmd_size 2097152
shmem_enabled always within_size advise [never] deny force
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17. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged
alloc_sleep_millisecs 60000
defrag 1
max_ptes_none 511
max_ptes_shared 256
max_ptes_swap 64
pages_to_scan 4096
scan_sleep_millisecs 10000
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18. OS release
From /etc/*-release /etc/*-version
os-release SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
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19. Disk information
SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2017
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme1n1p2 btrfs 370G 20G 347G 6% /home
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20. /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc
Product: UCSX-210C-M8
Serial: FCH2842725V
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21. dmidecode
Additional information from dmidecode 3.4 follows. WARNING: Use caution when you interpret this section.
The 'dmidecode' program reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to hardware, firmware, and the
"DMTF SMBIOS" standard.
Memory:
9x 0xCE00 M321R8GA0PB2-CCPKC 64 GB 2 rank 6400
7x 0xCE00 M321R8GA0PB2-CCPPC 64 GB 2 rank 6400
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22. BIOS
(This section combines info from /sys/devices and dmidecode.)
BIOS Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc.
BIOS Version: X210M8.6.0.1a.3.0718251042
BIOS Date: 07/18/2025
BIOS Revision: 5.35
Compiler Version Notes
============================================================================================================
C | 600.perlbench_s(base, peak) 602.gcc_s(base, peak) 605.mcf_s(base, peak) 625.x264_s(base, peak)
| 657.xz_s(base, peak)
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Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 2024.1.0 Build 20240308
Copyright (C) 1985-2024 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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============================================================================================================
C++ | 620.omnetpp_s(base, peak) 623.xalancbmk_s(base, peak) 631.deepsjeng_s(base, peak)
| 641.leela_s(base, peak)
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Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 2024.1.0 Build 20240308
Copyright (C) 1985-2024 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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============================================================================================================
Fortran | 648.exchange2_s(base, peak)
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Intel(R) Fortran Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 2024.1.0 Build 20240308
Copyright (C) 1985-2024 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Base Portability Flags
| 600.perlbench_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 -DSPEC_LINUX_X64 |
| 602.gcc_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 605.mcf_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 620.omnetpp_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 623.xalancbmk_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 -DSPEC_LINUX |
| 625.x264_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 631.deepsjeng_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 641.leela_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 648.exchange2_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
| 657.xz_s: | -DSPEC_LP64 |
Base Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| -w -std=c11 -m64 -Wl,-z,muldefs -xsapphirerapids -O3 -ffast-math -flto -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 -fiopenmp -DSPEC_OPENMP -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib -ljemalloc |
C++ benchmarks:
| -w -std=c++14 -m64 -Wl,-z,muldefs -xsapphirerapids -O3 -ffast-math -flto -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib -ljemalloc |
Fortran benchmarks:
Peak Portability Flags
Same as Base Portability Flags
Peak Optimization Flags
C benchmarks:
| 600.perlbench_s: | -w -m64 -std=c11 -Wl,-z,muldefs -fprofile-generate(pass 1) -fprofile-use=default.profdata(pass 2) -xCORE-AVX2(pass 1) -flto -Ofast(pass 1) -xCORE-AVX512 -O3 -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 -fiopenmp -DSPEC_OPENMP -fno-strict-overflow -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib -ljemalloc |
| 602.gcc_s: | -w -m64 -std=c11 -Wl,-z,muldefs -fprofile-generate(pass 1) -fprofile-use=default.profdata(pass 2) -xCORE-AVX2(pass 1) -flto -Ofast(pass 1) -xCORE-AVX512 -O3 -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 -fiopenmp -DSPEC_OPENMP -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib -ljemalloc |
| 605.mcf_s: | basepeak = yes |
| 625.x264_s: | -w -std=c11 -m64 -Wl,-z,muldefs -xsapphirerapids -O3 -ffast-math -flto -mfpmath=sse -funroll-loops -qopt-mem-layout-trans=4 -fiopenmp -DSPEC_OPENMP -fno-alias -L/usr/local/jemalloc64-5.0.1/lib -ljemalloc |
| 657.xz_s: | basepeak = yes |
C++ benchmarks:
| 620.omnetpp_s: | basepeak = yes |
| 623.xalancbmk_s: | basepeak = yes |
| 631.deepsjeng_s: | basepeak = yes |
| 641.leela_s: | basepeak = yes |
Fortran benchmarks:
| 648.exchange2_s: | basepeak = yes |