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 ComparisonProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsChipsetAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu2013-02-15 09:28ARMv7 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)ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores)SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree)2048MB16GB SEM16G + 64GBUbuntu 13.043.4.0 (armv7l)LXDE 0.5.11X Server 1.13.02.1 Mesa 9.01366x768Intel Core i5 560M @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores)Acer BAP50-CPIntel Core DRAM4096MB500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2Intel Core IGPConexant CX20585SyncMasterBroadcom NetXtreme BCM57760 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/nUbuntu 12.043.2.0-38-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.4.1X Server 1.11.3intel 2.17.02.1 Mesa 8.0.4GCC 4.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem 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 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 NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu2013-02-15 09:28269.00265.31216.802.04548.788864.702419780.69710.18506.334.81942.93208911.351007459.73371.203073.42663.59472.82421.513.57501.6917069.071326464.02390.454014.66875.04637.66542.464.53643.43217611.821033365.85303.695271.671046.43756.09652.364.011465.68169810.841291192.31332.541823.632973.511660.401794.3611.483991.74476344.80368163.7412162.95OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A2013-02-15 09:28ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES6001200180024003000SE +/- 64.52, N = 6SE +/- 2.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 11.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 32973.511046.43875.04780.69663.59269.00

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B2013-02-15 09:28ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuIntel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES400800120016002000SE +/- 32.04, N = 3SE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 31660.40756.09710.18637.66472.82265.31

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.A2013-02-15 09:28ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES400800120016002000SE +/- 52.69, N = 6SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 4.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 31794.36652.36542.46506.33421.51216.80

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A2013-02-15 09:28Intel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES3691215SE +/- 0.34, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 311.484.814.534.013.572.04

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine2013-02-15 09:28ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuIntel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node9001800270036004500SE +/- 58.44, N = 3SE +/- 16.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 5.28, N = 33991.741465.68942.93643.43548.78501.69

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test2013-02-15 09:281.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuPandaBoard ES10002000300040005000SE +/- 93.24, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.21, N = 3SE +/- 8.88, N = 3SE +/- 17.17, N = 3SE +/- 10.48, N = 347632176208917061698886

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video Encoding2013-02-15 09:281.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES1020304050SE +/- 0.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 344.8011.8211.3510.849.074.70

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples2013-02-15 09:28Intel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodePandaBoard ES5001000150020002500SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 336810071033129113262419

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

Test: Rhodopsin Protein

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node100200300400500SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 2.84, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 7.15, N = 5192.31365.85459.73464.02

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2013-02-15 09:281.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node80160240320400SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 11.67, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3163.74303.69332.54371.20390.45

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page Serving2013-02-15 09:281.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 73.80, N = 3SE +/- 6.07, N = 3SE +/- 57.43, N = 3SE +/- 7.71, N = 3SE +/- 3.82, N = 312162.955271.674014.663073.421823.63


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