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 ODROID U3+ MacBook Air 2013 Core i7 4770K Core i7 3770 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 Exynos ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores) ODROID-U2/U3 16GB SL16G 3.8.13.16 (armv7l) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.14.6 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-4650U @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 8192MB 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512 Intel Haswell Mobile (1100MHz) Gentoo Base 2.2 3.15.2-gentoo (x86_64) KDE 4.12.5 X Server 1.15.0 intel 2.99.911 3.3 Mesa 10.2.2 GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.3 1440x900 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Z87M-PLUS 16384MB 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB Corsair Force 3 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-5 LLVMpipe 3.15.8-gentoo (x86_64) X Server 1.16.0 3.3 Mesa 10.2.4 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.4.2 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores) ASUS P8H77-I 256GB OCZ VERTEX4 Intel Haswell Mobile 3.12.20-gentoo (x86_64) X Server 1.15.0 1.4 (3.0 Mesa 10.2.2) GCC 4.8.3 + LLVM 3.3 + CUDA 6.0 1440x900 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 - ODROID U3+: --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 - MacBook Air 2013: --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.3 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3 --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-libgomp --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/include --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/man --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/python --without-cloog - Core i7 4770K: --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.3 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3 --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-libgomp --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/include --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/man --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/python --without-cloog - Core i7 3770: --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.8.3 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3 --disable-altivec --disable-fixed-point --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-libgomp --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-obsolete --enable-secureplt --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/include --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/man --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 --with-python-dir=/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.3/python --without-cloog Processor Details - PandaBoard ES: Scaling Governor: ondemand - Samsung Chromebook ARM: Scaling Governor: ondemand - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance - ODROID U3+: Scaling Governor: exynos freq performance - MacBook Air 2013: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq userspace - Core i7 4770K: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq userspace - Core i7 3770: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq userspace 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 x264: H.264 Video Encoding ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A lammps: Rhodopsin Protein smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 ODROID U3+ MacBook Air 2013 Core i7 4770K Core i7 3770 4.70 548.78 886 269.00 265.31 216.80 2.04 2419 11.35 942.93 2089 3073.42 780.69 710.18 506.33 4.81 459.73 1007 371.20 9.07 501.69 1706 4014.66 663.59 472.82 421.51 3.57 464.02 1326 390.45 10.84 1465.68 1698 1823.63 1046.43 756.09 652.36 4.01 192.31 1291 332.54 1425.06 3195 1691.69 1429.38 1106.40 925.08 5.30 692 131.49 2384 3579.04 956 227.44 2382.78 5402 11507.38 3554.89 2633.68 2521.66 14.57 387 106.61 5402.36 20821 28024.42 13313.14 5901.41 6162.01 46.44 87 24.42 5120.78 20393 23047.03 12723.09 6293.62 6021.20 45.60 109 30.36 OpenBenchmarking.org
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Calxeda Highbank Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 9.07 11.35 4.70 10.84
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 10.34, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 102.24, N = 6 SE +/- 5.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 501.69 5120.78 5402.36 942.93 2382.78 1425.06 548.78 1465.68 -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID U3+ ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 224.01, N = 3 SE +/- 115.08, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 49.68, N = 3 SE +/- 4.91, N = 3 SE +/- 6.36, N = 3 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 1706 20393 20821 2089 5402 2384 3195 886 1698 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID U3+ ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 69.38, N = 3 SE +/- 195.31, N = 3 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 56.85, N = 3 SE +/- 10.54, N = 3 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 4014.66 23047.03 28024.42 3073.42 11507.38 3579.04 1691.69 1823.63 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 15.32, N = 3 SE +/- 136.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 252.99, N = 6 SE +/- 10.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 663.59 12723.09 13313.14 780.69 3554.89 1429.38 269.00 1046.43 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 Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 17.60, N = 3 SE +/- 47.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 6.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 472.82 6293.62 5901.41 710.18 2633.68 1106.40 265.31 756.09 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 Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 30.14, N = 3 SE +/- 8.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.15, N = 3 SE +/- 11.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 421.51 6021.20 6162.01 506.33 2521.66 925.08 216.80 652.36 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 Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 3.57 45.60 46.44 4.81 14.57 5.30 2.04 4.01 1. (F9X) gfortran 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 Calxeda Highbank Intel Atom D525 Samsung Chromebook ARM 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 464.02 459.73 192.31 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID U3+ ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 PandaBoard ES Samsung Chromebook ARM 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 2.98, N = 6 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 9.50, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 1326 109 87 1007 387 956 692 2419 1291 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Calxeda Highbank Core i7 3770 Core i7 4770K Intel Atom D525 MacBook Air 2013 ODROID U3+ ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 390.45 30.36 24.42 371.20 106.61 227.44 131.49 332.54 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
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