Intel Compute Stick vs. NUC vs. Mac Mini vs. Broadwell

Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Intel Compute Stick vs. NUC vs. Mac Mini vs. BroadwellProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735FApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel Celeron N2820 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores)Intel DN2820FYKIntel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (757MHz)Realtek ALC283MX279Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260Ubuntu 15.044.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150529Unity 7.3.2X Server 1.17.1intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 10.5.2GCC 4.9.2ext41920x1080Intel Atom Z3735F @ 1.83GHz (4 Cores)Intel STCK1A32WFCR2048MB31GB S10032Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (645MHz)VE2284.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150527Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAFIntel Haswell-ULT DRAM8192MB1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541Intel Device 0a2e (1100MHz)Intel Haswell-ULT HD AudioThunderboltBroadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64)2560x1440Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)Intel NUC5i3RYBIntel Broadwell-U-OPI256GB TS256GSSD370Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz)Intel Broadwell-U AudioVE228Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 72654.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201505291920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --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=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- SNA

Intel Compute Stick vs. NUC vs. Mac Mini vs. Broadwellgputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancex264: H.264 Video Encodinggputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplestesseract: 1920 x 1080c-ray: Total Timehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvergraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishgputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipherencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-flac: WAV To FLACstockfish: Total Timegraphics-magick: ResizingIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735FApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010U3554.1017.551179648.4775111.62205.93605.606010322031452338.0726.0011363472965.2019.69882631.2062711.18171.95464.49489081742603055.9936.661600040267255.2381.952391797.8718243.6754.551563.4915227645151242314.717.374100130278191.3059.2038712133.7726238.9479.671202.6211419794143346020.5310.65583290OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenIntel NUC - i3-5010UApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F60120180240300SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 42782673529

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel Compute Stick - Z3735FIntel NUC - N282060120180240300SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3255.23191.3065.2054.101. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video EncodingApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel Compute Stick - Z3735FIntel NUC - N282020406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 5SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.20, N = 5SE +/- 0.05, N = 581.9559.2019.6917.551. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenIntel NUC - i3-5010UApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F8K16K24K32K40KSE +/- 65.23, N = 3SE +/- 72.04, N = 3SE +/- 15.93, N = 3SE +/- 11.32, N = 33871223917117968826

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowIntel NUC - i3-5010UApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F306090120150SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3133.7797.8748.4731.20MIN: 70 / MAX: 202MIN: 56 / MAX: 145MIN: 29 / MAX: 70MIN: 19 / MAX: 60

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel Compute Stick - Z3735FIntel NUC - N2820160320480640800SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31822626277511. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F1020304050SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 343.6738.9411.6211.18

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel Compute Stick - Z3735FIntel NUC - N282050100150200250SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 354.5579.67171.95205.931. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F30060090012001500SE +/- 10.37, N = 3SE +/- 4.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 31563.491202.62605.60464.491. (CC) gcc options: -O3

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: HWB Color SpaceApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 615211460481. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32764197910329081. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F11002200330044005500SE +/- 22.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 35151414320311742

Gcrypt Library

CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterGcrypt Library 1.4.4CAMELLIA256-ECB CipherApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F13002600390052006500SE +/- 12.02, N = 3SE +/- 5.77, N = 3SE +/- 8.82, N = 3SE +/- 36.06, N = 324233460452360301. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F1326395265SE +/- 0.09, N = 5SE +/- 0.14, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 3.33, N = 1014.7120.5338.0755.991. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F816243240SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 1.14, N = 107.3710.6526.0036.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

Stockfish

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterStockfish 2014-11-26Total TimeApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 2.60, N = 3SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 12.12, N = 3SE +/- 945.57, N = 64100583211363160001. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -O3 -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -flto

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: ResizingApple Mac Mini - i5-4278UIntel NUC - i3-5010UIntel NUC - N2820Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F306090120150SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.74, N = 61309047401. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

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