Calxeda ECX-1000: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 Comparison of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10 on a single node Calxeda ECX-1000 EnergyCore server node. Benchmarking with 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz nodes by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.
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Processor Motherboard Memory Disk OS Kernel Compiler File-System Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores) Highbank 4096MB 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) GCC 4.6 ext4 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) GCC 4.7 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v System Details - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node, Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: Python 2.7.3.
npb: BT.A npb: LU.A npb: SP.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment cachebench: Read cachebench: Write cachebench: Read / Modify / Write compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test n-queens: Elapsed Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance vpxenc: vpxenc x264: H.264 Video Encoding smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples lammps: Rhodopsin Protein c-ray: Total Time pybench: Total For Average Test Times apache: Static Web Page Serving phpbench: PHP Benchmark Suite stream: Copy stream: Add clomp: Static OMP Speedup graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver nginx: Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 740.25 653.95 417.39 424.90 52.58 1567.92 2262.63 2323.51 1699 906.34 4.23 1.03 8.73 1352 476.13 566.45 17683 3814.58 10152 1498.11 1620.71 4.68 19 14 25 31 8 132.32 4509.58 963.18 815.83 507.53 546.32 47.59 2018.95 2887.25 2962.31 2192 702.51 5.38 1.09 11.30 1054 366.82 442.15 13906 4932.06 13012 759.69 663.59 421.51 501.69 57.98 1632.58 4082.71 3198.96 1706 815.94 4.15 1.05 9.07 1326 464.02 390.45 16859 4014.66 12578 1087.94 1169.36 2.05 16 10 20 26 5 140.59 4185.03 1003.40 875.04 542.46 643.43 42.56 2100.29 5227.24 4091.39 2176 634.85 5.35 1.13 11.82 1033 365.85 303.69 13238 5271.67 16136 OpenBenchmarking.org
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 13.85, N = 3 SE +/- 1.68, N = 3 SE +/- 14.39, N = 3 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 740.25 963.18 759.69 1003.40 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 11.01, N = 4 SE +/- 3.50, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 653.95 815.83 663.59 875.04 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 9.38, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 417.39 507.53 421.51 542.46 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 4.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 424.90 546.32 501.69 643.43 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.46, N = 6 52.58 47.59 57.98 42.56 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
CacheBench Test: Read Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Read 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 14.67, N = 3 SE +/- 14.26, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 11.27, N = 3 1567.92 2018.95 1632.58 2100.29 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
CacheBench Test: Write Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Write 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 16.45, N = 3 SE +/- 15.28, N = 3 SE +/- 46.02, N = 3 SE +/- 27.79, N = 3 2262.63 2887.25 4082.71 5227.24 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 20.09, N = 3 SE +/- 20.93, N = 3 SE +/- 34.44, N = 3 SE +/- 24.01, N = 3 2323.51 2962.31 3198.96 4091.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 8.95, N = 3 SE +/- 8.01, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 1699 2192 1706 2176 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
N-Queens Elapsed Time Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 11.76, N = 2 SE +/- 0.03, N = 2 SE +/- 14.74, N = 2 SE +/- 5.66, N = 2 906.34 702.51 815.94 634.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.2105 2.421 3.6315 4.842 6.0525 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 4.23 5.38 4.15 5.35 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 0.2543 0.5086 0.7629 1.0172 1.2715 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 1.03 1.09 1.05 1.13 1. (CC) gcc options: -lvpx -lm -lpthread
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 8.73 11.30 9.07 11.82
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 1352 1054 1326 1033 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 8.10, N = 3 SE +/- 4.58, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 2.84, N = 3 476.13 366.82 464.02 365.85 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
C-Ray Total Time Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 566.45 442.15 390.45 303.69 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
PyBench Total For Average Test Times Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 SE +/- 8.84, N = 3 17683 13906 16859 13238
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 9.22, N = 3 SE +/- 4.42, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 6.07, N = 3 3814.58 4932.06 4014.66 5271.67 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
PHPBench PHP Benchmark Suite Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Score, More Is Better PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 71.90, N = 3 SE +/- 23.97, N = 3 SE +/- 128.89, N = 3 SE +/- 20.52, N = 3 10152 13012 12578 16136
Stream Type: Copy Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.67, N = 10 SE +/- 6.58, N = 10 1498.11 1087.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Add Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.74, N = 10 SE +/- 8.25, N = 10 1620.71 1169.36 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.053 2.106 3.159 4.212 5.265 SE +/- 0.15, N = 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 10 4.68 2.05 1. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 19 16 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.20, N = 5 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 14 10 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 25 20 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.48, N = 4 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 31 26 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 8 5 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 132.32 140.59 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 31.08, N = 3 SE +/- 5.85, N = 3 4509.58 4185.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz
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