AMD vs Intel-based web servers

CPU PERFORMANCE IN SHARED HOSTING ENVIRONMENT

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Testing Environment 
  • High Core Density Group
  • High CPU Frequency Group
Methodology
  • Software
  • Preconditions
  • Testing process
Summary
  • CPU Performance
  • TCO (Total cost of ownership)
  • Web Servers and PHP Handlers Performance
Analysis of AMD EPYC™ and 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors-based servers.
    • Which PHP handler/web server has better performance?
    • What is the comparative performance of mod_lsapi vs. PHP-FPM?
    • Which processor is a better choice today?

    To answer all these questions and to provide comprehensive results, we’ve organized in-depth server web hosting tests. It was a joint effort with Estonia-based DIAWAY, who provided the test servers as well as their analysis of the costs and PDU-level power consumption.

    Our goal was to benchmark select server configurations with popular core counts, fitting within a certain price range, recreating a shared hosting environment. We have simulated typical numbers of processed PHP requests per second to identify the most optimal configurations.

    We also wanted to see how single-socket AMD-based servers fare vs. common dual-processor platforms. It took us several weeks to test an array of select HW/SW combinations, with different PHP versions, web servers, and CPUs.



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• CPU PERFORMANCE
• TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
• WEB SERVERS AND PHP HANDLERS PERFORMANCE
We are providing the results of the 24 different tests in a combination of the latest CloudLinux OS versions (7 and 8) together with the latest Intel and AMD processors.

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