Intel vs Power @ VirtualBox Oracle VirtualBox testing on openSUSE Leap 42.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-3230M: Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.59GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 21GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: openSUSE Leap 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.13-5-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 10275.23 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11350.15 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11190.34 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 10724.77 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 10821.12 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11460.84 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 9810.54 |================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 9936.10 |================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11379.02 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 10602.36 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11071.42 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11109.39 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11704.82 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 11644.41 |=============================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 25.61 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 946.88 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 434.88 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 198.37 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 1583.63 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 930.91 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 848 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 1947000 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 14110 |================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 31.49 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 1234.49 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 3273 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 149.95 |================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 58.62 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3230M . 99.00 |==================================================