Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison

Comparing 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank ECX-1000 Energy Card single quad-core nodes against an OMAP4460 PandaBoard ES and an x86 Intel Atom D525 CPU. Benchmarking from Ubuntu 12.10 on the Calxeda, PandaBoard ES, and Intel Atom systems. The ARM x86 tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1211035-SU-1210247RA17.

Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsChipsetAudioNetworkOSKernelDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 620ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores)OMAP4 Panda board1024MB16GB SD16GTexas Instruments OMAPUbuntu 12.103.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l)X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4)fbdev 0.4.32.1 Mesa 8.0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores)FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx2048MB500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGPRealtek ALC888Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.4.0X Server 1.13.0intel 2.20.61.4 Mesa 8.1-devel1366x768ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores)Highbank4096MB256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC2563.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l)AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)ECS A780GM-A v1.0AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0750GB Seagate ST3750528ASNVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MBSigmaTel 92HD206XRealtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 12.043.2.0-32-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.16.0X Server 1.11.3NVIDIA 304.43GCC 4.6 + ICC + CUDA 3.2640x480OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- PandaBoard ES: --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 - Intel Atom D525: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank 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 - 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank 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 Processor Details- PandaBoard ES, AMD Athlon II X4 620: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system.- Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system.Disk Details- Intel Atom D525: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparisonnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Affte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleslammps: Rhodopsin Proteinc-ray: Total Timeapache: Static Web Page ServingPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 620269.00265.31216.802.04548.788864.702419780.69710.18506.334.81942.93208911.351007459.73371.203073.42663.59472.82421.513.57501.6917069.071326464.02390.454014.66875.04637.66542.464.53643.43217611.821033365.85303.695271.672026.012567.041644.7714.273184.72727755.61219107.6014126.59OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 620400800120016002000SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 11.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.87, N = 3269.00780.69663.59875.042026.011. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 6206001200180024003000SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3265.31710.18472.82637.662567.041. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 620400800120016002000SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 4.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 3216.80506.33421.51542.461644.771. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 62048121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 32.044.813.574.5314.271. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutinePandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 6207001400210028003500SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 5.28, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 17.92, N = 3548.78942.93501.69643.433184.72-lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread-lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread-lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread-lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread-pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 62016003200480064008000SE +/- 10.48, N = 3SE +/- 5.21, N = 3SE +/- 8.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 30.38, N = 388620891706217672771. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 6201224364860SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 34.7011.359.0711.8255.61

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 6205001000150020002500SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 324191007132610332191. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

Test: Rhodopsin Protein

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node100200300400500SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 7.15, N = 5SE +/- 2.84, N = 3459.73464.02365.851. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 62080160240320400SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3371.20390.45303.69107.601. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeAMD Athlon II X4 6203K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 7.71, N = 3SE +/- 57.43, N = 3SE +/- 6.07, N = 3SE +/- 369.10, N = 63073.424014.665271.6714126.591. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

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