Zynq Ethernet Performance 2016.1

XAPP1082 v4.0 2016.1

This wiki page summarizes the performance of PS-EMIO (MACB diver) and PL Ethernet with CSO support for 1000BaseX and SGMII.

Build:

Vivado 2016.1
Kernel version 4.0 (2016.1)
These measurements are obtained against u-buntu high performance peer machine. The NIC on motherboard has been used with default offload options
(GSO, TSO) enabled. Performance is expected to differ when a different peer OS is used and peer NIC offload options are disabled.

Socket size in netperf (-s) is configured to 65536 for inbound tests.
PS EMIO Ethernet for 1000BaseX
Outbound: 923.72 Mbps
Inbound: 778.7 Mbps

PS EMIO Ethernet for SGMII
Outbound: 915.96 Mbps
Inbound: 776.97 Mbps

PL Ethernet for 1000BaseX with CSO offload
Outbound: 924.87 Mbps
Inbound: 746.60 Mbps

PL Ethernet for SGMII with CSO offload
Outbound: 924.87 Mbps
Inbound: 746.60 Mbps