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Some Notes about Hyper-Threading
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Russell Murray



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PostPost subject: Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading    Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:58 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
Looking at this thread I thought I would share the results of a tournament I ran recently, the idea was to find out the optimum number of threads to use on my main PC, using an i7 2600k with HT enabled (by default). OS is Windows 7 x64.

Ideally I would like to see how these results compare with HT disabled, but I guess I cannot do that directly without a second identical PC.

I used Critter 1.2 engine for this test, with 4, 7 and 8 threads.
Shredder GUI
Time control was 1 minute + 3sec/move
Ponder off
256mb hash
5 man Gaviota tablebases
Perfect 2012 book

Code:
                              1               2               3   
1   Critter 1.2 [x4][P]      **             103.0 - 97.0   107.5 - 92.5         210.5/400
2   Critter 1.2 [x7][P]      97.0 - 103.0   **             100.5 - 99.5         197.5/400
3   Critter 1.2 [x8][P]      92.5 - 107.5   99.5 - 100.5   **                   192.0/400


Probably I will run a similar test with Houdini soon. Perhaps more games are required, but it suggests to me that for Critter at least, with HT enabled, it is best to use one thread for each physical core. This seems to be the general opinion from what I have read, although I wanted to test that for myself.

I'm just left wondering whether i could expect any significant difference between leaving HT on and just using one thread per core, or disabling HT? I would have expected to see a small but insignificant difference, but the test results from Sedat, particularly the mate search test, seems quite startling. Thoughts here would be welcome.

I'm happy to make the games of my Critter tournament available if anyone is interested.
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Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:50 pm
      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Ernest Bonnem Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:31 am
            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:43 am
                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:06 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading enrico fagiuoli Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:26 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Ernest Bonnem Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:07 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading H.G.Muller Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:30 pm
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Daniel Shawul Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:35 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading H.G.Muller Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:40 am
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Daniel Shawul Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:23 am
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading H.G.Muller Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:57 am
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Daniel Shawul Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:33 am
                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Ernest Bonnem Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:19 am
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading M ANSARI Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:06 am
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:14 am
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:31 am
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Ernest Bonnem Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:00 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:12 pm
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:35 pm
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:03 am
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:46 am
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:04 pm
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:32 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:37 am
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Ernest Bonnem Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:24 pm
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:14 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:51 pm
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:27 pm
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:01 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:10 am
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:35 am
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sujay Jagannathan Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:42 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:00 pm
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:56 pm
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:45 am
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Lejeune Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:22 pm
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:51 pm
      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Rodolfo Leoni Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:45 am
            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:25 pm
                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Albert Silver Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:33 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:52 pm
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:23 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Russell Murray Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:58 pm
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Wylie Garvin Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:23 am
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:38 am
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:25 pm
                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:04 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Rodolfo Leoni Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:53 pm
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:36 am
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Rodolfo Leoni Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:19 pm
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:49 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sujay Jagannathan Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:36 pm
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Flesher Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:00 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:27 pm
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Lonnie Cook Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:44 pm
                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Carl Bicknell Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:06 am
                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:31 pm
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Carl Bicknell Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:00 pm
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:31 pm
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Carl Bicknell Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:54 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:42 pm
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Flesher Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:25 am
                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Vincent Diepeveen Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:46 pm
                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:30 am
                                                Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:01 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:35 pm
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:22 pm
                                                      Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:39 pm
                                                            Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:43 pm
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:21 am
                                                                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:31 pm
                                                                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:55 pm
                                                                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:52 pm
                                                                  Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am
                                                                        Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:13 am
                                                                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:27 am
                                                                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:19 pm
                                                                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:25 pm
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:26 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:27 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:50 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:49 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:11 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:54 pm
                                                                              Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:23 pm
                                                                                    Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Sedat Canbaz Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:09 am
                                                                                          Re: Some Notes about Hyper-Threading Robert Hyatt Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:52 am
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