Intel Core i7 2630QM Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 2630QM under Ubuntu Linux from a ZaReason Sandy Bridge notebook compared to two other Intel Core notebooks. Testing by Phoronix.com. Intel Core i5 2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 128GB ity, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Intel Core i7 720Q: Processor: Intel Core i7 Q 720 @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Intel Core i7 2630QM: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 121.77 |================================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 117.20 |============================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 73.70 |============================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 245 |================================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 261 |=================================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 145 |============================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 818 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 966 |=================================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 902 |================================================ TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 457306 |================================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 260711 |=========================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 413439 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 128 |================================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 110 |========================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 136 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 80 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 74 |======================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 96 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 41 |===================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 40 |==================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 58 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 102 |============================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 89 |====================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 118 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 41 |==================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 41 |==================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 59 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 3819667 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 2823000 |=================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 3424667 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 12287 |================================================= Intel Core i7 720Q ... 12334 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 11126 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 790 |=================================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 757 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 716 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 74.78 |================================================= Intel Core i7 720Q ... 42.23 |============================ Intel Core i7 2630QM . 67.80 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 7285 |============================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 8430 |================================ Intel Core i7 2630QM . 12901 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 22.26 |==================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 30.34 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 24.53 |======================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 7.18 |================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 10.38 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 7.92 |===================================== FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 18.09 |============================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 29.08 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 28.03 |=============================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 44.95 |============================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 46.58 |============================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 78.29 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 23.67 |====================================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 30.88 |================================================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 24.98 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 5396.93 |========================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 5509.34 |=========================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 9588.43 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 1272.54 |=========================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 1471.34 |=============================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 2255.95 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 90.91 |============================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 88.75 |=========================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 158.10 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 2716.45 |========================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 2673.86 |========================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 4952.06 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 153.85 |================================================ Intel Core i7 720Q ... 86.33 |=========================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 141.93 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 3506.60 |================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 5119.88 |========================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 9321.26 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 2764.83 |========================= Intel Core i7 720Q ... 2487.88 |====================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 5259.17 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 2393.22 |======================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 2834.29 |============================= Intel Core i7 2630QM . 4597.90 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 16.82 |========================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 20.18 |=============================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 32.13 |================================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2520M .. 3.03 |=============================== Intel Core i7 720Q ... 3.38 |=================================== Intel Core i7 2630QM . 4.88 |==================================================