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.
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Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison Processor Motherboard Memory Disk Graphics Chipset Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores) OMAP4 Panda board 1024MB 16GB SD16G Texas Instruments OMAP Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l) X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4) fbdev 0.4.3 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535 Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx 2048MB 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2 Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGP Realtek ALC888 Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.4.0 X Server 1.13.0 intel 2.20.6 1.4 Mesa 8.1-devel 1366x768 ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores) Highbank 4096MB 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores) SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree) 2048MB 16GB SEM16G + 64GB Ubuntu 13.04 3.4.0 (armv7l) LXDE 0.5.11 X Server 1.13.0 2.1 Mesa 9.0 1366x768 Intel Core i5 560M @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores) Acer BAP50-CP Intel Core DRAM 4096MB 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2 Intel Core IGP Conexant CX20585 SyncMaster Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57760 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/n Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.4.1 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 GCC 4.6 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system. - Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system.
Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison x264: H.264 Video Encoding npb: SP.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine apache: Static Web Page Serving smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples npb: MG.B npb: UA.A compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test lammps: Rhodopsin Protein npb: LU.A c-ray: Total Time PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 4.70 216.80 548.78 2419 265.31 2.04 886 269.00 11.35 506.33 942.93 3073.42 1007 710.18 4.81 2089 459.73 780.69 371.20 11.82 542.46 643.43 5271.67 1033 637.66 4.53 2176 365.85 875.04 303.69 9.07 421.51 501.69 4014.66 1326 472.82 3.57 1706 464.02 663.59 390.45 10.84 652.36 1465.68 1823.63 1291 756.09 4.01 1698 192.31 1046.43 332.54 44.80 1794.36 3991.74 12162.95 368 1660.40 11.48 4763 2973.51 163.74 OpenBenchmarking.org
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 6 4.70 11.35 11.82 9.07 10.84 44.80
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 52.69, N = 6 216.80 506.33 542.46 421.51 652.36 1794.36
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 58.44, N = 3 548.78 942.93 643.43 501.69 1465.68 3991.74
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 6.07, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 SE +/- 73.80, N = 3 3073.42 5271.67 4014.66 1823.63 12162.95
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 4.91, N = 3 2419 1007 1033 1326 1291 368
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 32.04, N = 3 265.31 710.18 637.66 472.82 756.09 1660.40
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 6 2.04 4.81 4.53 3.57 4.01 11.48
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 93.24, N = 3 886 2089 2176 1706 1698 4763
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 2.84, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 459.73 365.85 464.02 192.31
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 64.52, N = 6 269.00 780.69 875.04 663.59 1046.43 2973.51
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 2013-02-15 09:28 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 1.70, N = 3 371.20 303.69 390.45 332.54 163.74
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