Stockfish

This is a test of Stockfish, an advanced open-source C++11 chess benchmark that can scale up to 1024 CPU threads.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark stockfish.

Project Site

stockfishchess.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

26 November 2014

Last Updated

6 September 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 26 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 7 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsStockfish Popularity Statisticspts/stockfish2014.112015.032015.072015.112016.032016.072016.112017.032017.072017.112018.032018.072018.112019.032019.072019.112020.032020.072020.112021.032021.072021.112022.032022.072022.112023.032023.072023.112024.032024.072024.1120K40K60K80K100K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 2 February 2025.

Revision History

pts/stockfish-1.6.0   [View Source]   Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:24:49 GMT
Update against Stockfish 17 upstream.

pts/stockfish-1.5.0   [View Source]   Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:50:37 GMT
Update Stockfish from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/775 though increase ttSize to 4096 as at 2048 seems to have a lot of run-to-run variance. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/775

pts/stockfish-1.4.0   [View Source]   Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:32:53 GMT
Update against Stockfish 15 upstream.

pts/stockfish-1.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:46:31 GMT
Update against Stockfish 13 plus incorporate feedback from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/513

pts/stockfish-1.2.0   [View Source]   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:50:00 GMT
Update against Stockfish 12, enable AArch64 optimized build.

pts/stockfish-1.1.1   [View Source]   Sat, 19 May 2018 06:26:58 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/stockfish-1.1.0   [View Source]   Thu, 17 May 2018 15:32:30 GMT
Update Stockfish against version 9, use multi-threaded parameters.

pts/stockfish-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sun, 08 Apr 2018 06:39:33 GMT
Fix build on BSDs

pts/stockfish-1.0.0   [View Source]   Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:32:02 GMT
Initial commit of Stockfish benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Chess Test Suite

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Stockfish 17

Chess Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 494 public results since 6 September 2024 with the latest data as of 30 January 2025.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Nodes Per Second (Average)
99th
15
824505330 +/- 50621198
97th
4
774672090 +/- 9184309
97th
3
757602073 +/- 35491198
96th
3
705952204 +/- 62876731
96th
8
595503615 +/- 53111320
95th
3
581146632 +/- 11560104
93rd
8
516913119 +/- 30631682
92nd
3
511787994 +/- 1380514
91st
4
491786775 +/- 51252393
90th
4
474730495 +/- 23577072
90th
6
469502807 +/- 13082372
88th
8
423020306 +/- 19052223
87th
4
392071142 +/- 11501105
86th
4
339418430 +/- 8064213
84th
8
315812393 +/- 17214088
83rd
3
307752816 +/- 20621423
83rd
3
296604791 +/- 7712269
83rd
3
294614159 +/- 30907081
81st
3
267843255 +/- 21137807
79th
4
234341324 +/- 22717277
79th
6
226601270 +/- 25964054
78th
4
210054589 +/- 17795553
77th
3
191047399 +/- 17193948
76th
3
175048704 +/- 11466075
Mid-Tier
75th
< 168428763
72nd
10
103635122 +/- 3746169
71st
3
94498930 +/- 10498092
70th
4
75774158 +/- 5828671
69th
4
71931933 +/- 6774064
66th
5
61305267 +/- 1820238
65th
4
59152243 +/- 3835482
65th
10
59074236 +/- 7892237
64th
6
57229034 +/- 1303232
62nd
8
55564741 +/- 2255242
60th
16
51620003 +/- 2844611
59th
4
49981507 +/- 4163117
56th
4
47447562 +/- 2743763
55th
6
44120471 +/- 1256558
54th
4
42600902 +/- 644266
51st
5
36590459 +/- 3811374
51st
3
36041198 +/- 2017924
51st
7
33937455 +/- 3754506
Median
50th
33693061
50th
5
32007934 +/- 384503
48th
3
30185757 +/- 1181479
47th
3
28030121 +/- 451185
45th
6
25753441 +/- 3296272
44th
3
24800194 +/- 853169
43rd
4
23830516 +/- 2704810
41st
6
22275510 +/- 2269580
41st
4
22091432 +/- 2076608
40th
7
21646389 +/- 2107281
38th
6
21042787 +/- 842700
36th
3
20171844 +/- 347829
35th
4
20012172 +/- 1075285
35th
4
19956822 +/- 1191307
34th
7
18744349 +/- 2633112
34th
7
18602019 +/- 2440551
31st
3
16424388 +/- 399466
29th
3
15516990 +/- 1768300
26th
7
13996169 +/- 605893
Low-Tier
25th
< 13791007
25th
4
13787001 +/- 1335684
24th
4
12571466 +/- 333255
23rd
4
12036800 +/- 345283
20th
3
10303397 +/- 678913
18th
3
9240930 +/- 754308
14th
6
6337288 +/- 531805
10th
4
4104371 +/- 562510
8th
3
2994554 +/- 165226
7th
3
2013130 +/- 31425
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Chess Benchmark494 Results Range From 100107 To 1116615040 Nodes Per Second100107224304064476070567091004894213031117516021340819011564122001787424992010727982234030972457333962680636952903939943127242933350545923573848913797151904020454894243757884467060874690363864913666855136969845360272835583575825806878816030181806253484796476787786700090776923393767146696757369999747593302737816605728039908718263211708486514698709817688933120679156423669379726659603029649826332631004963562102729386110496241601071954459109428475811166150574080120160200

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Stockfish 17 - Chess Benchmark) has an average run-time of 34 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkChess BenchmarkRun-Time20406080100Min: 4 / Avg: 33.06 / Max: 123

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 4.3%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsChess BenchmarkDeviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 4.31 / Max: 19

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseStockfish CPU Core ScalingChess Benchmark68121632641281921224364860

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
POPCNT
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTD VPBROADCASTQ VEXTRACTI128 VPERMD VINSERTI128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTW
AVX Vector Neural Network Instructions (AVX-VNNI)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
VPDPBUSD
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD213SD VFMADD132SD VFMSUB132SD VFNMADD231SD VFNMADD132SD VFMADD213PD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 7 September 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libm.so.6, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1 Max, Apple M1 Pro
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 12-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core, AmpereOne 72-Core

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