Google Nexus 7 Ubuntu Tablet Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 5 Dual testing from a Google Nexus 10 running Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview from release day in February. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. The Exynos 5 Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A15 tablet performance is compared to OMAP4460 PandaBoard ES, Tegra 3 Cardhu, Exynos 5 Chromebook, AMD Phenom 9500, Intel Atom 330, Intel Core i3 330M, and Intel Core i5 2520M Sandy Bridge. All systems running modern Ubuntu Linux. Plus benchmarks of the Google Nexus 7 running Ubuntu Touch Linux for a future article. OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-218-omap4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Tegra 3 - Cardhu: 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 13.04, Kernel: 3.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1366x1536 Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook: Processor: Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.4.0 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10: Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Manta, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB MAG2GA OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.4.5-gf68518f (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Agena - Phenom 9500: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Diamondville - Atom 330: Processor: Intel Atom 330 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7467, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG HD253GJ, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4300 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Arrandale - Core i3 330M: Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Tegra 3 - Nexus 7: Processor: ARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: grouper, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB HAG2e, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.1.10-g756380d (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x2560 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 444.59 |=== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 670.35 |===== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 1603.97 |============ Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 1399.44 |========== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 4598.67 |================================= Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 816.49 |====== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 3809.87 |=========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 5433.36 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 75.65 |== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 83.72 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 241.77 |======= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 202.67 |====== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 844.45 |========================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 87.25 |=== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 856.70 |========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 1284.80 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 10.22 |==== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 18.64 |======== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 19.72 |======== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 16.74 |======= Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 62.18 |========================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 19.57 |======== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 63.95 |=========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 97.90 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 277.54 |=== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 305.09 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 1061.79 |=========== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 919.08 |========== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 3537.52 |====================================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 542.20 |====== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 3258.37 |=================================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 3636.84 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 275.57 |==== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 302.10 |==== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 758.83 |=========== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 642.64 |========= Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 2235.73 |================================ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 560.45 |======== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 1804.71 |========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 2758.36 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 226.86 |==== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 206.00 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 651.11 |========== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 579.01 |========= Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 2217.76 |=================================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 330.02 |===== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 2014.08 |================================ Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 2478.17 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 2.09 |===== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 2.57 |======= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 3.91 |========== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 3.73 |========== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 12.19 |================================ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 3.43 |========= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 12.82 |================================= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 15.74 |========================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 457.34 |=================================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 417.35 |================================ Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 189.79 |=============== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 188.16 |=============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 164.90 |============= Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 518.14 |======================================== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 99.72 |======== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 51.77 |==== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 472.12 |==================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 217.67 |======================= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 375.72 |======================================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 124.22 |============= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 130.02 |============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 34.53 |==== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 119.22 |============= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 40.28 |==== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 25.58 |=== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 157.85 |================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 92.84 |========================================= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 53.91 |======================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 37.22 |================ Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 43.20 |=================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 21.35 |========= Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 71.50 |================================ Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 21.10 |========= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 13.04 |====== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 88.35 |======================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 74.31 |========= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 89.63 |=========== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 160.62 |=================== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 160.98 |=================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 183.39 |====================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 57.11 |======= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 201.65 |======================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 339.79 |======================================== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 73.24 |========= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 18.69 |==== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 15.87 |==== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 34.45 |======== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 36.51 |======== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 13.35 |=== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 24.64 |====== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 116.74 |========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 176.57 |======================================== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 18.00 |==== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 74.53 |== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 73.73 |== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 340.49 |=========== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 334.10 |=========== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 350.09 |============ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 140.18 |===== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 758.54 |========================= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 1170.32 |======================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 64.77 |== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 76.78 |=== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 76.72 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 459.40 |================ Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 426.69 |=============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 359.65 |============ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 152.30 |===== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 806.25 |============================ Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 1137.19 |======================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 66.87 |== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 167.72 |======= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 174.20 |======= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 359.42 |=============== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 350.79 |=============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 460.69 |==================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 277.21 |============ Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 591.30 |========================= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 941.17 |======================================== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 168.08 |======= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 0.64 |== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 0.39 |= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 1.31 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 1.16 |=== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 10.93 |=========================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 2.68 |======= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 10.19 |========================= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 16.77 |========================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 0.61 |= x264 2013-01-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 4.84 |=== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 8.19 |====== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 10.71 |======= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 10.07 |======= Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 45.60 |=============================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 9.88 |======= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 38.17 |========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 60.45 |========================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 5.03 |=== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 145.55 |==== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 38.70 |= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 110.60 |=== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 114.91 |==== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 345.65 |=========== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 123.53 |==== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 782.74 |======================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 1277.76 |======================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 134.69 |==== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 898 |===== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 1489 |======== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 1635 |========= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 1628 |========= Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 3043 |================ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 1822 |========== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 5049 |=========================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 7775 |========================================== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 1300 |======= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 716.01 |======================================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 516.69 |============================= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 334.78 |=================== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 358.54 |==================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 92.42 |===== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 416.72 |======================= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 116.67 |======= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 86.78 |===== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 356.67 |==================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 162.49 |====================================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 116.11 |=========================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 83.64 |==================== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 91.98 |===================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 35.53 |======== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 112.22 |========================== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 38.38 |========= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 23.60 |====== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 171.36 |======================================== Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 1850.76 |======================================= Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 819.04 |================= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 1000.73 |===================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 154.04 |=== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 926.50 |==================== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 341.76 |======= Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 214.81 |===== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 2437 |======================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 4274 |========================================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 1266 |============ Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 1469 |============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 325 |=== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 1224 |============ Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 431 |==== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 273 |=== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 4031 |======================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 46.27 |======================================= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 41.06 |=================================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 19.06 |================ Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 18.98 |================ Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 11.65 |========== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 48.58 |========================================= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 13.25 |=========== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 6.96 |====== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 45.89 |======================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 108.49 |===================================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 91.27 |=============================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 53.97 |================== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 54.65 |=================== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 35.63 |============ Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 116.76 |======================================== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 29.92 |========== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 16.84 |====== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 108.32 |===================================== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 352.18 |======================================= Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 362.85 |======================================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 120.74 |============= Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 124.93 |============== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 50.75 |====== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 106.07 |============ Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 35.68 |==== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 24.39 |=== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 302.34 |================================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 411.91 |======================================== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 203.87 |==================== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 266.29 |========================== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 284.97 |============================ Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 93.78 |========= Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 257.59 |========================= Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 147.38 |============== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 99.23 |========== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 404.53 |======================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OMAP4460 - PandaBoard ES ..... 5.00 |== Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 5.90 |== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 9.90 |==== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 9.90 |==== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 63.53 |========================== Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 9.50 |==== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 46.07 |=================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 99.30 |========================================= Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 5.00 |== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Tegra 3 - Cardhu ............. 2159.02 |==== Exynos 5 Dual - Chromebook ... 3626.91 |====== Exynos 5 Dual - Nexus 10 ..... 2956.20 |===== Agena - Phenom 9500 .......... 13809.42 |======================= Diamondville - Atom 330 ...... 3066.13 |===== Arrandale - Core i3 330M ..... 11757.38 |==================== Sandy Bridge - Core i5 2520M . 22782.29 |====================================== Tegra 3 - Nexus 7 ............ 2718.28 |=====