i7 Hyper-threading

[kasinp]

FWIW, HT tests using Rybka 4 x64 on i7 970 (6 physical cores):

On i7 970 (6 physical cores) I ran 50 tactical positions three separate times (total of 6 tests) with HT on and off. For HT tests I used ProcessLasso to assign CPU afinities for Rybka to 0,2,4,6,8,10 as prescribed by Lucas C. on Rybka's site.

I was promarily interested in this question: to what degree is NPS indicative or useful in predicting time to solution?
My results (averaged from 3 tests):

HT off: R4 solved 50 of 50, average time 48.31 sec., average depth 14.86, CPU temperature during tests 54C.

HT on: R4 solved 50 of 50, average time 52.02 sec., average depth 14.68, CPU temeparure during tests 60C.

Meanwhile, CPU benchmark position (from Sedat C. site) yielded the following (again, averaged over three tests):

HT off: 661
HT on: 1102

Regards,
PK

[jpqy]

Hi Robert,

This information is so usefull that it should be on your website!!
So that everbody can find it back and try it to find the best SD..or even put it in a Readme file!

Thanks for this super strong engine..the best i have test yet!

JP.

[mwyoung]

fwiw, with 8 cores my best result came w/ a split depth of 12 (by about ~3-4% over the default of 10). my guess is the best result for four cores is 10 but i'll let someone else confirm this.

I also have split depth set to 12. Was a about 250nps faster with sd12 over sd10 with 8 cores. 4780 vs 4519

[brinan]

Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-330M Processor (3M Cache, 2.13 GHz, 2 cores, 4 hardware threads)
Memory
2,936MB
Operating System
Windows 7, Home Premium Edition (Build 7600).

Console Input
Houdini_15_x64.exe
info string POPCNT available
info string 128 MB Hash
setoption name threads value 2 [entered 4 on second run of autotune]
autotune

autotune Output Summary (data rearranged)

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                2 threads    4 threads

Average CPU time per thread:
                597.219 s    596.064 s
CPU-corrected average speed:
                2676 kN/s    3023 kN/s
Average Split_Depth speeds:
10             2694 kN/s    3083 kN/s     
12             2689 kN/s    3082 kN/s
14             2684 kN/s    3014 kN/s
16             2624 kN/s    2979 kN/s
18             2626 kN/s    2858 kN/s

Breakdowns:
Split_Depth 10
Position 1: 2694 kN/s    3114 kN/s
Position 2: 2736 kN/s    3100 kN/s
Position 3: 2676 kN/s    3081 kN/s
Position 4: 2670 kN/s    3036 kN/s

Split_Depth 12
Position 1: 2730 kN/s    3130 kN/s
Position 2: 2693 kN/s    3110 kN/s
Position 3: 2687 kN/s    3030 kN/s
Position 4: 2644 kN/s    3058 kN/s

Split_Depth 14
Position 1: 2673 kN/s    3043 kN/s
Position 2: 2705 kN/s    3054 kN/s
Position 3: 2634 kN/s    2951 kN/s
Position 4: 2725 kN/s    3007 kN/s

Split_Depth 16
Position 1: 2582 kN/s    2984 kN/s
Position 2: 2585 kN/s    3012 kN/s
Position 3: 2661 kN/s    2997 kN/s
Position 4: 2668 kN/s    2922 kN/s

Split_Depth 18
Position 1: 2623 kN/s    2819 kN/s
Position 2: 2642 kN/s    3018 kN/s
Position 3: 2635 kN/s    2842 kN/s
Position 4: 2606 kN/s    2753 kN/s

[Robert Flesher]

After loading my new i7 laptop with a few chess engines. I am finding Rybka 4, Fritz 12, and Houdini are running faster using 8 logical cores. This is true with NPS and timed test positions. As this is my first i7 cpu, does Hyper-threading with the i7 help instead of hurt chess engines performance. This was not true in the past. In my testing I am clearly faster with Hyper-threading turned on running my chess engines.

Example Fritz 12

Fritz benchmark 4 cores. 5380 Nps 11.21

Fritz benchmark with HT 8 logical cores. 6995 Nps 14.57

Mark,

I've never experienced any useful improvement from hyper-threading for Houdini. Even if the nps is slightly higher, the overhead of the additional threads could very well reduce the actual playing strength.

Could you try the "autotune" feature of Houdini? This feature was intended for picking the best Split_Depth parameter, but it also functions as an accurate benchmark for multi-thread node speeds.

Double-click on the Houdini executable to open it in a console window.
Then enter the following commands to "autotune" for 4 threads.

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setoption name threads value 4
autotune

Houdini will run for about 10 minutes analyzing a number of positions for different values of split_depth. Make sure you're doing nothing else on your computer, just leave it running for 10 minutes. At the end you'll get a summary of the node speeds.

Then repeat the procedure for 8 threads.

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setoption name threads value 8
autotune

What results do you get?

I also find with my I7 920 that HT enabled produces faster NPS, but also solves best move, or tactical problems faster. Until I see proof that 4 threads is faster ( I cannot see it on my machine) versus 4 actual + 4 virtual threads, HT will remain on. Please explain further, as these are not the results I am finding.

[mwyoung]

After loading my new i7 laptop with a few chess engines. I am finding Rybka 4, Fritz 12, and Houdini are running faster using 8 logical cores. This is true with NPS and timed test positions. As this is my first i7 cpu, does Hyper-threading with the i7 help instead of hurt chess engines performance. This was not true in the past. In my testing I am clearly faster with Hyper-threading turned on running my chess engines.

Example Fritz 12

Fritz benchmark 4 cores. 5380 Nps 11.21

Fritz benchmark with HT 8 logical cores. 6995 Nps 14.57

Mark,

I've never experienced any useful improvement from hyper-threading for Houdini. Even if the nps is slightly higher, the overhead of the additional threads could very well reduce the actual playing strength.

Could you try the "autotune" feature of Houdini? This feature was intended for picking the best Split_Depth parameter, but it also functions as an accurate benchmark for multi-thread node speeds.

Double-click on the Houdini executable to open it in a console window.
Then enter the following commands to "autotune" for 4 threads.

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setoption name threads value 4
autotune

Houdini will run for about 10 minutes analyzing a number of positions for different values of split_depth. Make sure you're doing nothing else on your computer, just leave it running for 10 minutes. At the end you'll get a summary of the node speeds.

Then repeat the procedure for 8 threads.

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setoption name threads value 8
autotune

What results do you get?

4 Threads Houndini 1.5 64bit

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Split_Depth 14, Position 4: 5405 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 1: 5120 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 2: 5377 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 3: 5092 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 4: 5289 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 1: 5046 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 2: 5121 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 3: 5036 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 4: 4924 kN/s

Summary:
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Split_Depth 10, Position 1: 5343 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 2: 5448 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 3: 5252 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 4: 5349 kN/s
Split_Depth 10 - Average speed: 5348 kN/s
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Split_Depth 12, Position 1: 5318 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 2: 5389 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 3: 5270 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 4: 5347 kN/s
Split_Depth 12 - Average speed: 5331 kN/s
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Split_Depth 14, Position 1: 5395 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 2: 5231 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 3: 5166 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 4: 5405 kN/s
Split_Depth 14 - Average speed: 5299 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 1: 5120 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 2: 5377 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 3: 5092 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 4: 5289 kN/s
Split_Depth 16 - Average speed: 5219 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 1: 5046 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 2: 5121 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 3: 5036 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 4: 4924 kN/s
Split_Depth 18 - Average speed: 5032 kN/s
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Average CPU time per thread: 597.106 s
CPU-corrected average speed: 5271 kN/s
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8 Threads Houdini 1.5 64bit

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info time 29259 nodes 155462706 nps 5313000 tbhits 0 cpuload 967
Split_Depth 14, Position 4: 5344 kN/s
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info time 17125 nodes 82955811 nps 4844000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 18131 nodes 88253500 nps 4867000 tbhits 0 cpuload 994
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info time 28206 nodes 145546368 nps 5160000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 29214 nodes 151834890 nps 5197000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
Split_Depth 16, Position 1: 5218 kN/s
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info time 2008 nodes 6824957 nps 3398000 tbhits 0 cpuload 958
info time 3017 nodes 11599020 nps 3844000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
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info time 6037 nodes 27988027 nps 4636000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
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info time 8057 nodes 39098244 nps 4852000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
info time 9063 nodes 43477584 nps 4797000 tbhits 0 cpuload 990
info time 10070 nodes 48689442 nps 4835000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
info time 11073 nodes 53551672 nps 4836000 tbhits 0 cpuload 964
info time 12080 nodes 59631885 nps 4936000 tbhits 0 cpuload 985
info time 13088 nodes 65095038 nps 4973000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
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info time 16100 nodes 81566110 nps 5066000 tbhits 0 cpuload 989
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info time 18110 nodes 91931002 nps 5076000 tbhits 0 cpuload 982
info time 19113 nodes 98227791 nps 5139000 tbhits 0 cpuload 964
info time 20116 nodes 104826214 nps 5211000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
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info time 22122 nodes 117902770 nps 5329000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 23131 nodes 124480970 nps 5381000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 24137 nodes 130241503 nps 5395000 tbhits 0 cpuload 982
info time 25142 nodes 134733877 nps 5358000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 26143 nodes 140332063 nps 5367000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
info time 27150 nodes 145000093 nps 5340000 tbhits 0 cpuload 991
info time 28153 nodes 151487669 nps 5380000 tbhits 0 cpuload 974
info time 29159 nodes 157804592 nps 5411000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
Split_Depth 16, Position 2: 5436 kN/s
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info time 4016 nodes 15806509 nps 3935000 tbhits 0 cpuload 974
info time 5026 nodes 20784628 nps 4135000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 6033 nodes 25525467 nps 4230000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
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info time 8051 nodes 35859748 nps 4454000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 9053 nodes 40515007 nps 4475000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
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info time 11074 nodes 50502956 nps 4560000 tbhits 0 cpuload 998
info time 12096 nodes 54762562 nps 4527000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
info time 13107 nodes 60198722 nps 4592000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
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info time 17148 nodes 82352132 nps 4802000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
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info time 19191 nodes 93757064 nps 4885000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 20223 nodes 99490743 nps 4919000 tbhits 0 cpuload 982
info time 21230 nodes 105593298 nps 4973000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
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info time 23244 nodes 115178242 nps 4955000 tbhits 0 cpuload 985
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info time 26272 nodes 132833501 nps 5056000 tbhits 0 cpuload 969
info time 27291 nodes 138175433 nps 5063000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 28299 nodes 143877690 nps 5084000 tbhits 0 cpuload 984
info time 29317 nodes 149745688 nps 5107000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
Split_Depth 16, Position 3: 5097 kN/s
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info time 2006 nodes 4356097 nps 2171000 tbhits 0 cpuload 952
info time 3011 nodes 8927234 nps 2964000 tbhits 0 cpuload 993
info time 4015 nodes 13887537 nps 3458000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 5024 nodes 17656829 nps 3514000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 6026 nodes 21107356 nps 3502000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 7028 nodes 26184931 nps 3725000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 8036 nodes 32364128 nps 4027000 tbhits 0 cpuload 990
info time 9051 nodes 37886140 nps 4185000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
info time 10056 nodes 44127804 nps 4388000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
info time 11068 nodes 50037067 nps 4520000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 12076 nodes 55018449 nps 4556000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 13081 nodes 60884998 nps 4654000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 14082 nodes 66203053 nps 4701000 tbhits 0 cpuload 979
info time 15085 nodes 72840654 nps 4828000 tbhits 0 cpuload 997
info time 16095 nodes 79238257 nps 4923000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 17103 nodes 85698839 nps 5010000 tbhits 0 cpuload 961
info time 18111 nodes 91394180 nps 5046000 tbhits 0 cpuload 982
info time 19117 nodes 97863778 nps 5119000 tbhits 0 cpuload 959
info time 20126 nodes 103877891 nps 5161000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
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info time 28168 nodes 154892361 nps 5498000 tbhits 0 cpuload 965
info time 29174 nodes 159579881 nps 5469000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
Split_Depth 16, Position 4: 5482 kN/s
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info time 2034 nodes 4780173 nps 2350000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
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info time 4044 nodes 11595462 nps 2867000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
info time 5053 nodes 17137016 nps 3391000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
info time 6055 nodes 22651727 nps 3740000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 7058 nodes 26974451 nps 3821000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 8076 nodes 32604136 nps 4037000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
info time 9079 nodes 35837017 nps 3947000 tbhits 0 cpuload 890
info time 10090 nodes 40333723 nps 3997000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 11101 nodes 46644352 nps 4201000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 12111 nodes 51780901 nps 4275000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 13117 nodes 56655433 nps 4319000 tbhits 0 cpuload 990
info time 14121 nodes 61541219 nps 4358000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 15136 nodes 66381615 nps 4385000 tbhits 0 cpuload 958
info time 16142 nodes 70799055 nps 4386000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 17145 nodes 77113737 nps 4497000 tbhits 0 cpuload 979
info time 18151 nodes 83446043 nps 4597000 tbhits 0 cpuload 990
info time 19163 nodes 88749957 nps 4631000 tbhits 0 cpuload 959
info time 20171 nodes 94661974 nps 4692000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 21186 nodes 99221200 nps 4683000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 22197 nodes 105403144 nps 4748000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 23200 nodes 111592436 nps 4810000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
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info time 26258 nodes 130203205 nps 4958000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
info time 27268 nodes 136425202 nps 5003000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 28277 nodes 142061459 nps 5023000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
info time 29278 nodes 148226451 nps 5062000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
Split_Depth 18, Position 1: 5102 kN/s
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info time 2017 nodes 6570554 nps 3257000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 3019 nodes 11559561 nps 3828000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
info time 4026 nodes 17598393 nps 4371000 tbhits 0 cpuload 991
info time 5035 nodes 22221580 nps 4413000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
info time 6042 nodes 26863279 nps 4446000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
info time 7054 nodes 31621416 nps 4482000 tbhits 0 cpuload 967
info time 8060 nodes 36787933 nps 4564000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
info time 9067 nodes 42669351 nps 4706000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 10075 nodes 48364323 nps 4800000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 11082 nodes 54159211 nps 4887000 tbhits 0 cpuload 968
info time 12092 nodes 60082768 nps 4968000 tbhits 0 cpuload 988
info time 13098 nodes 66538614 nps 5080000 tbhits 0 cpuload 963
info time 14106 nodes 72986110 nps 5174000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 15108 nodes 79387994 nps 5254000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
info time 16115 nodes 84963379 nps 5272000 tbhits 0 cpuload 985
info time 17120 nodes 91140266 nps 5323000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 18132 nodes 97539839 nps 5379000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 19133 nodes 103961867 nps 5433000 tbhits 0 cpuload 974
info time 20136 nodes 110215596 nps 5473000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 21142 nodes 116646302 nps 5517000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 22158 nodes 123106816 nps 5555000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 23168 nodes 129488829 nps 5589000 tbhits 0 cpuload 990
info time 24178 nodes 136011574 nps 5625000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
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info time 27199 nodes 155546277 nps 5718000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
info time 28209 nodes 162069485 nps 5745000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 29212 nodes 168441990 nps 5766000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
Split_Depth 18, Position 2: 5781 kN/s
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info time 3052 nodes 8697804 nps 2849000 tbhits 0 cpuload 968
info time 4108 nodes 12312463 nps 2997000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 5124 nodes 15325114 nps 2990000 tbhits 0 cpuload 965
info time 6125 nodes 19292987 nps 3149000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 7133 nodes 23284947 nps 3264000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 8136 nodes 29377409 nps 3610000 tbhits 0 cpuload 962
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info time 11153 nodes 43855663 nps 3932000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 12158 nodes 47986592 nps 3946000 tbhits 0 cpuload 968
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info time 14166 nodes 58879324 nps 4156000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 15296 nodes 62914031 nps 4113000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
info time 16317 nodes 67545894 nps 4139000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 17321 nodes 73628444 nps 4250000 tbhits 0 cpuload 967
info time 18330 nodes 79260257 nps 4324000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 19337 nodes 85411914 nps 4417000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
info time 20344 nodes 91601070 nps 4502000 tbhits 0 cpuload 989
info time 21346 nodes 97521928 nps 4568000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 22355 nodes 103611225 nps 4634000 tbhits 0 cpuload 993
info time 23362 nodes 108973005 nps 4664000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 24370 nodes 115237222 nps 4728000 tbhits 0 cpuload 992
info time 25373 nodes 121463421 nps 4787000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 26379 nodes 126431967 nps 4792000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
info time 27388 nodes 130854244 nps 4777000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 28399 nodes 135572047 nps 4773000 tbhits 0 cpuload 966
info time 29410 nodes 141980515 nps 4827000 tbhits 0 cpuload 979
Split_Depth 18, Position 3: 4853 kN/s
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info time 2008 nodes 3894986 nps 1939000 tbhits 0 cpuload 974
info time 3021 nodes 7829980 nps 2591000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 4031 nodes 11843311 nps 2938000 tbhits 0 cpuload 978
info time 5040 nodes 17997678 nps 3570000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
info time 6043 nodes 23621362 nps 3908000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 7053 nodes 28522591 nps 4044000 tbhits 0 cpuload 986
info time 8054 nodes 34872271 nps 4329000 tbhits 0 cpuload 979
info time 9060 nodes 40560636 nps 4476000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 10062 nodes 45432935 nps 4515000 tbhits 0 cpuload 969
info time 11070 nodes 50139839 nps 4529000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 12075 nodes 56789620 nps 4703000 tbhits 0 cpuload 977
info time 13079 nodes 61857215 nps 4729000 tbhits 0 cpuload 984
info time 14080 nodes 68108796 nps 4837000 tbhits 0 cpuload 974
info time 15082 nodes 74921261 nps 4967000 tbhits 0 cpuload 980
info time 16090 nodes 81700197 nps 5077000 tbhits 0 cpuload 971
info time 17097 nodes 86840410 nps 5079000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
info time 18100 nodes 91446219 nps 5052000 tbhits 0 cpuload 991
info time 19105 nodes 97438794 nps 5100000 tbhits 0 cpuload 970
info time 20107 nodes 103936425 nps 5169000 tbhits 0 cpuload 976
info time 21112 nodes 110453838 nps 5231000 tbhits 0 cpuload 987
info time 22119 nodes 117176407 nps 5297000 tbhits 0 cpuload 975
info time 23122 nodes 123806793 nps 5354000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 24126 nodes 129489973 nps 5367000 tbhits 0 cpuload 973
info time 25135 nodes 134259294 nps 5341000 tbhits 0 cpuload 983
info time 26140 nodes 139973598 nps 5354000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
info time 27145 nodes 144632053 nps 5328000 tbhits 0 cpuload 981
info time 28148 nodes 149595347 nps 5314000 tbhits 0 cpuload 979
info time 29155 nodes 155449521 nps 5331000 tbhits 0 cpuload 972
Split_Depth 18, Position 4: 5360 kN/s

Summary:
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Split_Depth 10, Position 1: 5609 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 2: 5887 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 3: 5446 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 4: 5584 kN/s
Split_Depth 10 - Average speed: 5631 kN/s
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Split_Depth 12, Position 1: 5577 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 2: 5764 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 3: 5596 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 4: 5425 kN/s
Split_Depth 12 - Average speed: 5590 kN/s
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Split_Depth 14, Position 1: 5486 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 2: 5916 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 3: 5455 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 4: 5344 kN/s
Split_Depth 14 - Average speed: 5550 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 1: 5218 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 2: 5436 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 3: 5097 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 4: 5482 kN/s
Split_Depth 16 - Average speed: 5308 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 1: 5102 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 2: 5781 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 3: 4853 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 4: 5360 kN/s
Split_Depth 18 - Average speed: 5274 kN/s
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Average CPU time per thread: 585.425 s
CPU-corrected average speed: 5607 kN/s
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[AdminX]

After loading my new i7 laptop with a few chess engines. I am finding Rybka 4, Fritz 12, and Houdini are running faster using 8 logical cores. This is true with NPS and timed test positions. As this is my first i7 cpu, does Hyper-threading with the i7 help instead of hurt chess engines performance. This was not true in the past. In my testing I am clearly faster with Hyper-threading turned on running my chess engines.

Example Fritz 12

Fritz benchmark 4 cores. 5380 Nps 11.21

Fritz benchmark with HT 8 logical cores. 6995 Nps 14.57

Mark,

I've never experienced any useful improvement from hyper-threading for Houdini. Even if the nps is slightly higher, the overhead of the additional threads could very well reduce the actual playing strength.

Could you try the "autotune" feature of Houdini? This feature was intended for picking the best Split_Depth parameter, but it also functions as an accurate benchmark for multi-thread node speeds.

Double-click on the Houdini executable to open it in a console window.
Then enter the following commands to "autotune" for 4 threads.

Code: Select all

setoption name threads value 4
autotune

Houdini will run for about 10 minutes analyzing a number of positions for different values of split_depth. Make sure you're doing nothing else on your computer, just leave it running for 10 minutes. At the end you'll get a summary of the node speeds.

Then repeat the procedure for 8 threads.

Code: Select all

setoption name threads value 8
autotune

What results do you get?

Here are my results from a Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad Q6700 @2.66 GHz 2.67GHz with 8GB Ram running Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). What should Split_Depth be set to? 10, 14, or Other ....

Summary:
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Split_Depth 10, Position 1: 5859 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 2: 5866 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 3: 5881 kN/s
Split_Depth 10, Position 4: 5982 kN/s
Split_Depth 10 - Average speed: 5897 kN/s
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Split_Depth 12, Position 1: 5926 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 2: 5961 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 3: 5505 kN/s
Split_Depth 12, Position 4: 5897 kN/s
Split_Depth 12 - Average speed: 5822 kN/s
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Split_Depth 14, Position 1: 5752 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 2: 5897 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 3: 5784 kN/s
Split_Depth 14, Position 4: 5994 kN/s
Split_Depth 14 - Average speed: 5857 kN/s
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Split_Depth 16, Position 1: 5710 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 2: 5821 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 3: 5652 kN/s
Split_Depth 16, Position 4: 5554 kN/s
Split_Depth 16 - Average speed: 5684 kN/s
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Split_Depth 18, Position 1: 5546 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 2: 5585 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 3: 5377 kN/s
Split_Depth 18, Position 4: 5309 kN/s
Split_Depth 18 - Average speed: 5454 kN/s
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Average CPU time per thread: 588.436 s
CPU-corrected average speed: 5856 kN/s
=======================================================

[mwyoung]

After loading my new i7 laptop with a few chess engines. I am finding Rybka 4, Fritz 12, and Houdini are running faster using 8 logical cores. This is true with NPS and timed test positions. As this is my first i7 cpu, does Hyper-threading with the i7 help instead of hurt chess engines performance. This was not true in the past. In my testing I am clearly faster with Hyper-threading turned on running my chess engines.

Example Fritz 12

Fritz benchmark 4 cores. 5380 Nps 11.21

Fritz benchmark with HT 8 logical cores. 6995 Nps 14.57

Mark,

I've never experienced any useful improvement from hyper-threading for Houdini. Even if the nps is slightly higher, the overhead of the additional threads could very well reduce the actual playing strength.

Could you try the "autotune" feature of Houdini? This feature was intended for picking the best Split_Depth parameter, but it also functions as an accurate benchmark for multi-thread node speeds.

Double-click on the Houdini executable to open it in a console window.
Then enter the following commands to "autotune" for 4 threads.

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setoption name threads value 4
autotune

Houdini will run for about 10 minutes analyzing a number of positions for different values of split_depth. Make sure you're doing nothing else on your computer, just leave it running for 10 minutes. At the end you'll get a summary of the node speeds.

Then repeat the procedure for 8 threads.

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setoption name threads value 8
autotune

What results do you get?

Looks like houdini is not hurt by HT with the i7 and even helped a bit. I see no reason not to use HT with any of the chess program I have tried with the i7 Mobile CPU. It does help some chess programs more then others, but no chess program has been slowed down by using HT.

[Houdini]

Looks like houdini is not hurt by HT with the i7 and even helped a bit. I see no reason not to use HT with any of the chess program I have tried with the i7 Mobile CPU. It does help some chess programs more then others, but no chess program has been slowed down by using HT.

As the numbers in this topic show, and also in my experience, the HT will indeed increase the node speed by about 5% to 15%. But hardly any of this is going to translate into real strength, the general efficiency of the SMP alpha-beta algorithm is not very high - the problem is that we're squeezing a serial algorithm into a parallel scheme.

Given the choice between a 4-thread engine running at 8,000 kN/s, and a 8-thread engine running at 9,000 kN/s, I expect that the 4-thread will be stronger despite the lower node count. The only way to know for sure would be to run a test match between a Houdini 4T and Houdini 4T+4HT.

Then there are other considerations like the power consumption and the capacity for overclocking that are much more favorable without HT.

Robert

[Houdini]

Here are my results from a Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad Q6700 @2.66 GHz 2.67GHz with 8GB Ram running Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). What should Split_Depth be set to? 10, 14, or Other ....

Ted, for your configuration the default value of 10 appears to be best.
In my experience the best value for 4 cores is nearly always 10, but for 8 cores usually 12 will be better.