Raspberry Pi Linux 4.14 Kernel Benchmarks Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B: Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 0.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1, Memory: 926MB, Disk: 32GB GB2MW, Graphics: VC4 V3D 2.1 1024MB, Monitor: VE228 OS: Raspbian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.80-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+: Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3, Memory: 926MB, Disk: 32GB GB2MW, Graphics: VC4 V3D 2.1 1024MB, Monitor: VE228 OS: Raspbian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.80-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B: Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 0.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1, Memory: 926MB, Disk: 32GB GB2MW, Graphics: VC4 V3D 2.1 1024MB, Monitor: VE228 OS: Raspbian 9.4, Kernel: 4.14.30-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+: Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3, Memory: 926MB, Disk: 32GB GB2MW, Graphics: VC4 V3D 2.1 1024MB, Monitor: VE228 OS: Raspbian 9.4, Kernel: 4.14.30-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Send File - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 93.54 |============ Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 321.61 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 93.87 |============ Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 321.66 |========================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Stream - Client To Server - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 94.05 |================= Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 226.59 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 94.12 |================= Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 227.99 |========================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Stream - Server To Client - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 93.58 |============ Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 322.32 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 93.91 |============ Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 322.70 |========================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: UDP Stream - Server To Client - 10G - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 96.02 |=============== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 272.78 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 96.11 |=============== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 275.62 |========================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 1657.43 |================================ Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 2101.88 |========================================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 1665.16 |================================ Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 2099.75 |========================================= CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 2238.20 |========================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 3494.79 |========================================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 2248.72 |========================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 3515.48 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 25.66 |======================= Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 48.45 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 25.79 |======================= Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 48.82 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 13.99 |======================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 24.81 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 14.00 |======================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 24.96 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 9.26 |========================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 15.56 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 9.93 |=========================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 15.43 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 19.55 |==================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 41.02 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 19.54 |==================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 41.35 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 31.47 |====================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 62.10 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 31.48 |====================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 62.84 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 54.04 |======================= Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 98.79 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 53.96 |======================= Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 99.54 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 19 |========================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 33 |============================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 19 |========================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 30 |========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 4500 |======================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 8102 |============================================ Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 4406 |======================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 7841 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 490.45 |========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 222.75 |=================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 490.07 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 240.55 |===================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 68581 |=========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 31658 |==================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 65005 |========================================= Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 32112 |==================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 668.60 |========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 285.71 |================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 672.38 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 287.23 |================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 513.43 |========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 301.79 |========================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 516.61 |========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 302.24 |========================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 2.45780646 |===================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 1.16440876 |================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 2.53585477 |====================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 1.17022154 |================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 0.01265626 |===================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 0.00619301 |================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 0.01314560 |====================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 0.00694918 |==================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 25.77 |===================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 29.77 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 25.77 |===================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 29.57 |=========================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 112559.06 |================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 245707.42 |======================================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 111863.39 |================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 206113.53 |================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 66149.30 |================= Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 154508.12 |======================================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 66642.35 |================= Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 151869.49 |====================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 38200 |=========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 20841 |======================= Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 38108 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 20789 |======================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 20952 |====================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 40392 |=========================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 21007 |====================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 40256 |=========================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.9: RPi 2 Model B ... 106.88 |========================================== Linux 4.9: RPi 3 Model B+ .. 65.78 |========================== Linux 4.14: RPi 2 Model B .. 100.55 |======================================== Linux 4.14: RPi 3 Model B+ . 59.54 |=======================