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.


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 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Atom D525: 

	Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535, Chipset: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Calxeda Highbank: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4

Samsung Chromebook ARM: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G + 64GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.4.0 (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.11, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 3 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ODROIDXU, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB SD08G

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.4.5 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720

ODROID U3+: 

	Processor: Exynos ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ODROID-U2/U3, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SL16G

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.8.13.16 (armv7l), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

MacBook Air 2013: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4650U @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512, Graphics: Intel Haswell Mobile (1100MHz)

	OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 3.15.2-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900

Core i7 4770K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87M-PLUS, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB Corsair Force 3 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-5, Graphics: LLVMpipe

	OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 3.15.8-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i7 3770: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-I, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB OCZ VERTEX4, Graphics: Intel Haswell Mobile

	OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 3.12.20-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, OpenGL: 1.4 (3.0 Mesa 10.2.2), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.3 + CUDA 6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 269.00   |=
Intel Atom D525 ......... 780.69   |===
Calxeda Highbank ........ 663.59   |==
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 1046.43  |===
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 1429.38  |=====
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 3554.89  |===========
Core i7 4770K ........... 13313.14 |===========================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 12723.09 |=========================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 265.31  |==
Intel Atom D525 ......... 710.18  |=====
Calxeda Highbank ........ 472.82  |===
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 756.09  |=====
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 1106.40 |========
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 2633.68 |==================
Core i7 4770K ........... 5901.41 |=========================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 6293.62 |============================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 216.80  |==
Intel Atom D525 ......... 506.33  |====
Calxeda Highbank ........ 421.51  |===
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 652.36  |=====
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 925.08  |=======
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 2521.66 |==================
Core i7 4770K ........... 6162.01 |============================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 6021.20 |===========================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 2.04  |==
Intel Atom D525 ......... 4.81  |=====
Calxeda Highbank ........ 3.57  |====
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 4.01  |====
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 5.30  |=====
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 14.57 |==============
Core i7 4770K ........... 46.44 |==============================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 45.60 |=============================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 548.78  |====
Intel Atom D525 ......... 942.93  |========
Calxeda Highbank ........ 501.69  |====
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 1465.68 |============
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 1425.06 |============
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 2382.78 |===================
Core i7 4770K ........... 5402.36 |============================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 5120.78 |==========================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 886   |==
Intel Atom D525 ......... 2089  |=====
Calxeda Highbank ........ 1706  |====
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 1698  |====
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 3195  |=======
ODROID U3+ .............. 2384  |=====
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 5402  |============
Core i7 4770K ........... 20821 |==============================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 20393 |=============================================


x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES .......... 4.70  |===================
Intel Atom D525 ........ 11.35 |===============================================
Calxeda Highbank ....... 9.07  |======================================
Samsung Chromebook ARM . 10.84 |=============================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PandaBoard ES ........... 2419 |===============================================
Intel Atom D525 ......... 1007 |====================
Calxeda Highbank ........ 1326 |==========================
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 1291 |=========================
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 692  |=============
ODROID U3+ .............. 956  |===================
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 387  |========
Core i7 4770K ........... 87   |==
Core i7 3770 ............ 109  |==


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 ........ 459.73 |==============================================
Calxeda Highbank ....... 464.02 |==============================================
Samsung Chromebook ARM . 192.31 |===================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 ......... 371.20 |===========================================
Calxeda Highbank ........ 390.45 |=============================================
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 332.54 |======================================
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 131.49 |===============
ODROID U3+ .............. 227.44 |==========================
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 106.61 |============
Core i7 4770K ........... 24.42  |===
Core i7 3770 ............ 30.36  |===


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Atom D525 ......... 3073.42  |=====
Calxeda Highbank ........ 4014.66  |======
Samsung Chromebook ARM .. 1823.63  |===
ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 . 1691.69  |===
ODROID U3+ .............. 3579.04  |=====
MacBook Air 2013 ........ 11507.38 |==================
Core i7 4770K ........... 28024.42 |===========================================
Core i7 3770 ............ 23047.03 |===================================