Samsung ARM Cortex A15 Dual vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3
Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.


ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual: 

	Processor: Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.16.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: cardhu, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G + 32GB SD32G, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1366x1536

NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: cardhu, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G + 32GB SD32G, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1366x1536

Hiisku1: 

	Processor: Intel Pentium M @ 1.70GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 2672CB3, Chipset: Intel 82855PM to I/O + ICH4-M, Memory: 1536MB, Disk: 40GB FUJITSU MHV2040A, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon 7000, Audio: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM, Network: Intel 82540EP Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-34-generic (i686), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 6251.24 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1523.82 |=========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1387.16 |========
Hiisku1 ....................... 875.46  |=====


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 6114.15 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1519.35 |=========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1339.67 |========
Hiisku1 ....................... 871.23  |=====


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 5189.58 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1273.09 |=========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1268.61 |=========
Hiisku1 ....................... 1021.82 |=======


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 5656.60 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1286.18 |=========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1285.26 |=========
Hiisku1 ....................... 1019.81 |=======


CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1.64 |=========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 0.74 |===================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 0.74 |===================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 159.98 |=============
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 477.22 |=======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 462.43 |======================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 140.25 |===========


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1484.87 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 544.44  |==============
Hiisku1 ....................... 1080.68 |============================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 115.11 |============
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 366.29 |=======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 367.38 |=======================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 207.04 |======================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 37.35 |==================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 59.45 |=============================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 51.20 |=========================
Hiisku1 ....................... 81.82 |========================================


CacheBench
Test: Read
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 2572.44 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1933.82 |=============================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1939.55 |=============================
Hiisku1 ....................... 894.12  |=============


CacheBench
Test: Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 3723.55 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 2827.60 |=============================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 2848.20 |=============================
Hiisku1 ....................... 3042.13 |===============================


CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 7115.32 |======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 2878.20 |===============
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 2862.32 |===============
Hiisku1 ....................... 5284.26 |============================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 270.01 |==========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 179.03 |============================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 160.86 |==========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 115.33 |==============================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 36.35 |===========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 23.23 |===========================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 339.64 |==========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 193.34 |========================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 455.45 |==========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 185.22 |=================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 357.75 |========================================
Hiisku1 .................... 378.07 |==========================================


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 146265 |=======================================
Hiisku1 .................... 158381 |==========================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1.43 |==================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 0.40 |==========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 0.40 |==========
Hiisku1 ....................... 1.71 |=========================================


x264 2012-10-03
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 10.14 |========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 8.32  |=================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 8.18  |================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 6.94  |===========================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1685 |=========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 1499 |====================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 1513 |=====================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 1261 |===============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 312.00  |=========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 559.11  |=================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 539.61  |================
Hiisku1 ....................... 1261.15 |======================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 84.57  |===================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 113.99 |=========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 109.38 |========================
Hiisku1 ....................... 176.41 |=======================================


Primesieve 4.0
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 832.95  |======================
Hiisku1 .................... 1583.16 |=========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1177 |===========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 4276 |=========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 4264 |=========================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 2033 |===================


Crafty 23.4
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 0.06 |============================================
Hiisku1 .................... 0.06 |============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 142.27 |=======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 91.72  |=========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 91.47  |=========================
Hiisku1 ....................... 55.18  |===============


Ogg Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual . 31.53 |===========================================


FFmpeg 1.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 159.16 |===============
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 422.99 |=======================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 424.07 |=======================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 122.30 |===========


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 1937 |=================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 4731 |=========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 4704 |=========================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 2304 |====================


OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 9.90 |=========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 5.90 |========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 5.90 |========================
Hiisku1 ....................... 7.20 |==============================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 8421  |========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 13964 |========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 13346 |======================================
Hiisku1 ....................... 7327  |=====================


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 3273.57 |============================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 2146.61 |==================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 2131.78 |==================
Hiisku1 ....................... 4434.13 |======================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual .... 22050 |========================================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04 . 13224 |========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10 . 13486 |========================
Hiisku1 ....................... 6196  |===========