Intel Pentium 4 Linux Power Consumption Linux kernel power regression testing from an old Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 box with an ATI R200 AGP graphics card, etc. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix. Linux 2.6.32: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 497MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO 128MB, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-020632-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.33: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.33-020633-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.34: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 497MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.34-020634-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.35: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.35-020635-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.36: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.36-020636-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.37: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.37-020637-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.38: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 495MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 2.6.39: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.39-020639-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 3.0: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: abit .tw SG72(SIS 661FX-964L), Chipset: SiS, Memory: 496MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JB-00ET, Graphics: AMD Radeon 9200 PRO, Monitor: AL1732 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-999-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 1.3 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Battery Power Usage Idle, DPMS Off, Video Playback Milliwatts Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 104 AVG: 105 MAX: 108 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 101 AVG: 103 MAX: 106 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 51 AVG: 57 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 51 AVG: 59 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 52 AVG: 58 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 51 AVG: 60 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 51 AVG: 66 MAX: 102 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 51 AVG: 66 MAX: 102 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 51 AVG: 71 MAX: 103 Battery Power Usage SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 103 AVG: 105 MAX: 108 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 101 AVG: 103 MAX: 106 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 51 AVG: 61 MAX: 89 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 51 AVG: 60 MAX: 102 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 52 AVG: 61 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 51 AVG: 61 MAX: 103 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 51 AVG: 64 MAX: 100 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 51 AVG: 60 MAX: 102 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 52 AVG: 72 MAX: 103 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . 727 |=============================== Linux 2.6.33 . 720 |=============================== Linux 2.6.34 . 1278 |======================================================= Linux 2.6.35 . 1333 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.36 . 1339 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.37 . 1334 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.38 . 1299 |======================================================== Linux 2.6.39 . 1312 |========================================================= Linux 3.0 .... 1316 |========================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 107 AVG: 110 MAX: 113 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 104 AVG: 108 MAX: 111 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 71 AVG: 107 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 88 AVG: 107 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 104 AVG: 109 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 77 AVG: 107 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 53 AVG: 107 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 67 AVG: 106 MAX: 113 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 103 AVG: 108 MAX: 114 x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . 2.24 |==================== Linux 2.6.33 . 2.27 |==================== Linux 2.6.34 . 6.53 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.35 . 6.52 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.36 . 6.49 |========================================================== Linux 2.6.37 . 6.42 |========================================================= Linux 2.6.38 . 6.47 |========================================================= Linux 2.6.39 . 6.41 |========================================================= Linux 3.0 .... 6.42 |========================================================= x264 2010-11-22 SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 107 AVG: 107 MAX: 108 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 106 AVG: 106 MAX: 107 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 53 AVG: 104 MAX: 108 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 105 AVG: 106 MAX: 107 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 53 AVG: 105 MAX: 108 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 105 AVG: 106 MAX: 107 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 63 AVG: 105 MAX: 107 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 53 AVG: 104 MAX: 106 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 55 AVG: 104 MAX: 106 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . 1157.82 |============================== Linux 2.6.33 . 1120.21 |============================= Linux 2.6.34 . 2148.79 |======================================================= Linux 2.6.35 . 2132.62 |======================================================= Linux 2.6.36 . 2116.34 |====================================================== Linux 2.6.37 . 2021.90 |==================================================== Linux 2.6.38 . 2043.41 |==================================================== Linux 2.6.39 . 2032.99 |==================================================== Linux 3.0 .... 2049.11 |==================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 98 AVG: 98 MAX: 112 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 97 AVG: 97 MAX: 112 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 53 AVG: 94 MAX: 104 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 53 AVG: 93 MAX: 94 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 53 AVG: 94 MAX: 107 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 94 AVG: 94 MAX: 106 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 53 AVG: 95 MAX: 106 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 95 AVG: 95 MAX: 106 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 80 AVG: 95 MAX: 106 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . 15.80 |========================================================= Linux 2.6.33 . 9.63 |=================================== Linux 2.6.34 . 9.47 |================================== Linux 2.6.35 . 9.57 |=================================== Linux 2.6.36 . 9.63 |=================================== Linux 2.6.37 . 9.55 |================================== Linux 2.6.38 . 10.50 |====================================== Linux 2.6.39 . 10.32 |===================================== Linux 3.0 .... 10.10 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.32 . MIN: 107 AVG: 112 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 106 AVG: 112 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 58 AVG: 71 MAX: 91 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 54 AVG: 71 MAX: 95 Linux 2.6.36 . MIN: 58 AVG: 72 MAX: 97 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 53 AVG: 71 MAX: 91 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 67 AVG: 72 MAX: 96 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 66 AVG: 72 MAX: 97 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 58 AVG: 72 MAX: 100 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.33 . 9.40 |==================================================== Linux 2.6.34 . 9.73 |====================================================== Linux 2.6.35 . 9.10 |================================================== Linux 2.6.37 . 9.15 |=================================================== Linux 2.6.38 . 10.03 |======================================================== Linux 2.6.39 . 10.17 |======================================================== Linux 3.0 .... 10.30 |========================================================= World of Padman 1.2 SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 101 AVG: 113 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 57 AVG: 75 MAX: 101 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 56 AVG: 74 MAX: 101 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 56 AVG: 73 MAX: 102 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 57 AVG: 75 MAX: 100 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 56 AVG: 75 MAX: 100 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 57 AVG: 75 MAX: 100 SYS Power Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Linux 2.6.33 . MIN: 97 AVG: 108 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.34 . MIN: 51 AVG: 81 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.35 . MIN: 51 AVG: 78 MAX: 115 Linux 2.6.37 . MIN: 51 AVG: 77 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.38 . MIN: 51 AVG: 82 MAX: 114 Linux 2.6.39 . MIN: 51 AVG: 81 MAX: 113 Linux 3.0 .... MIN: 52 AVG: 82 MAX: 114