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 HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX: Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU with Radeon HD @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB (400/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink Device 5390 OS: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock), Kernel: 2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.6.5, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.89.4 Catalyst 11.9, OpenGL: 4.1.11079, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |========== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 194.79 |========================== 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 |=========== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 399 |============================= 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 |============= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 1964 |============================ 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 |======================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 152345 |========= 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 |============================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 69 |=============== 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 |============================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 45 |============== 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 |============================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 24 |============ 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 |============================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 59 |=============== 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 |============================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 26 |============= 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 |====================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 1364667 |========= 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 |======================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 8309 |================== 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 |========================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 521 |=================== 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 |======================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 34.18 |============ 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 |=========================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 5133 |=========== 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 |============= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 51.86 |=========================== 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 |============== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 15.06 |=========================== 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 |================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 44.28 |=========================== 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 |=========================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 28.68 |========== 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 |============== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 47.10 |=========================== 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 4250.66 |=========== 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 809.90 |========= 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 |========================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 47.37 |======== 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 2201.71 |=========== 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 |======================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 57.86 |========== 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 3348.15 |========= 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 2277.50 |=========== 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 |========================= HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 2220.57 |============ 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 |=========================== HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 11.78 |========== 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 |============================ HP Pavilion DV6-6110sg AMD Llano A6-3410MX . 2.44 |==============