topic Re:AVX2 doesn't scale in Software Archive

AVX2 doesn't scale

GoGetEM — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:09:29 GMT

I am writing a program that uses AVX2. I wrote the code and am now testing throughput. With a single thread I get about 7 Mbps of processing. As I add more threads, the throughput gets up to about 14 Mbps if I use 12 cores:

I am curious if anyone knows how to make AVX2 scale well when multi-threading. I assume that each core has its own AVX2 silicon dedicated to it, is this correct?

Thanks,

K-

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Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

Alberto_Sykes — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:24:37 GMT

GoGetEM, Thank you for posting in the Intel® Communities Support.

In order for us to provide the most accurate assistance on this scenario, we just wanted to confirm a few details:

Are you a developer?

Are you working on a project?

What is the project about?

Any questions, please let me know.

Regards,

Albert R.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

GoGetEM — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:40:28 GMT

I am a developer.

Yes I am working on a project.

We are doing an error correction algorithm using AVX2.

K-

Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

Alberto_Sykes — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:50:48 GMT

GoGetEM, Thank you very much for confirming that information.

In this case, in order to gather the information that you are looking for, please visit, sign-in and submit your inquiry in our Intel® Developer Zone site, in there you will receive further peer to peer assistance on this topic:

https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/home.html

Regards,

Albert R.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

Re: Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

GoGetEM — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:43:57 GMT

Alberto,

It is not clear from the links where and what I should submit.

Please be specific.

K-

Re: Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

GoGetEM — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:48:20 GMT

Your Support request number is 04883850

Re:AVX2 doesn't scale

Alberto_Sykes — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:48:09 GMT

GoGetEM, Thank you very much for your response.

Just to let you know, I just move your thread to the proper department, which is "Software Products", just in case here is the link:

https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Products/ct-p/software-products

They will be able to further assist you with this topic as soon as possible.

Regards,

Albert R.

Intel Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel