Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux Comparison Comparing different ARM and x86 systems, in particular looking at the ARM Cortex-A15 quad-core + Cortex-A7 quad-core big.LITTLE configuration from a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa SoC on the Hardkernel ODROID-XUs. The ARM x86 tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux Comparison Processor Motherboard Memory Disk Graphics Chipset Audio Network OS Kernel Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 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 ARMv7 rev 3 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) ODROIDXU 8GB SD08G Ubuntu 13.10 3.4.5 (armv7l) GCC 4.8 1280x720 8GB SU08G Debian testing 3.4.67 (armv7l) ARMv7 rev 0 (2 Cores) Xilinx Zynq 485MB 8GB SD08G Ubuntu 12.04 3.3.0-xillinux-1.1+ (armv7l) GCC 4.6 1024x768 Exynos ARMv7 rev 3 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree) 2048MB 32GB SU32G Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0+ (armv7l) GCC 4.8 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler 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 - Calxeda Highbank: --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 - Samsung Chromebook ARM: --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 - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-arch=armv7-a --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-mode=thumb -v - XU Debian Jessie: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-arch=armv7-a --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-mode=thumb -v - Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,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 - ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-arch=armv7-a --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-mode=thumb -v Processor Details - PandaBoard ES: Scaling Governor: ondemand - Samsung Chromebook ARM: Scaling Governor: ondemand - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance - XU Debian Jessie: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance - ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance System 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
Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux Comparison npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test x264: H.264 Video Encoding smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples lammps: Rhodopsin Protein c-ray: Total Time apache: Static Web Page Serving PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 269.00 265.31 216.80 2.04 548.78 886 4.70 2419 780.69 710.18 506.33 4.81 942.93 2089 11.35 1007 459.73 371.20 3073.42 663.59 472.82 421.51 3.57 501.69 1706 9.07 1326 464.02 390.45 4014.66 1046.43 756.09 652.36 4.01 1465.68 1698 10.84 1291 192.31 332.54 1823.63 1429.38 1106.40 925.08 5.30 1425.06 3195 692 131.49 1691.69 1520.45 1121.41 954.31 5.39 1391.93 3130 664 185.85 125.53 1631.95 201.01 143.26 1.39 543 4460 1871.56 1498.31 1471.41 1043.52 952.13 5.19 1432.40 3452 1183 186.84 140.25 4048.57 OpenBenchmarking.org
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 10.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 21.73, N = 3 269.00 780.69 663.59 1046.43 1429.38 1520.45 201.01 1471.41 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.43, N = 3 SE +/- 2.67, N = 3 265.31 710.18 472.82 756.09 1106.40 1121.41 1043.52 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 11.79, N = 3 SE +/- 7.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 3.96, N = 3 216.80 506.33 421.51 652.36 925.08 954.31 143.26 952.13 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 1.2128 2.4256 3.6384 4.8512 6.064 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 2.04 4.81 3.57 4.01 5.30 5.39 1.39 5.19 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 5.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 5.45, N = 3 548.78 942.93 501.69 1465.68 1425.06 1391.93 1432.40 -lcr -lcr -lcr -lcr -lcr -lcr 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lpthread
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 6.36, N = 3 SE +/- 21.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 3.18, N = 3 886 2089 1706 1698 3195 3130 543 3452 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 4.70 11.35 9.07 10.84
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 4.93, N = 3 2419 1007 1326 1291 692 664 4460 1183 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM XU Debian Jessie ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 459.73 464.02 192.31 185.85 186.84 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 1.90, N = 3 371.20 390.45 332.54 131.49 125.53 1871.56 140.25 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie Parallella 1.0 ARM cores only ODROID-XU Linaro 14.02 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 SE +/- 15.13, N = 3 SE +/- 2.51, N = 3 SE +/- 61.80, N = 3 3073.42 4014.66 1823.63 1691.69 1631.95 1498.31 4048.57 -lexpat -lexpat -lexpat 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
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