Dual-Core ARM Tegra 2 Arch Linux CompuLab Trim-Slice desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 Linux 2.6.38 kernel compared to the Arch Linux Trim-Slice build. The Trim-Slice is a NVIDIA TEGRA 2 ARM platform with a dual-core ARMv7 Cortex A9 clocked at 1.0GHz. With a SATA HDD and 1GB of RAM. Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: trimslice, Memory: 875MB, Disk: 250GB HM251HI, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38.3-trimslice-1.01-01637-gc2b2d3e (armv7l), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: tegra, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Arch Linux: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: trimslice, Memory: 874MB, Disk: 250GB HM251HI + 16GB SD16G, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Arch Linux 2011.11-trimslice, Kernel: 2.6.38.3-ARCH (armv7l), Display Driver: NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: ext2, Screen Resolution: 1280x960 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: trimslice, Memory: 875MB, Disk: 250GB HM251HI, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 2.6.38.3-trimslice-1.01-01637-gc2b2d3e (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: tegra, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 231.59 |============== Arch Linux ... 925.66 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 238.74 |============== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 50777 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 52336 |========================================================= BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 168 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 166 |========================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 438.34 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 447.43 |======================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1204.51 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 . 1387.53 |======================================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 663.36 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 624.13 |===================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 2648351.63 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 2771077.73 |==================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1 |============================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1 |============================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1308.71 |================================================= Arch Linux ... 1481.52 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1357.18 |================================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1425.23 |======================================================= Arch Linux ... 1326.44 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1433.46 |======================================================= CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 2840.96 |====================================================== Arch Linux ... 2637.33 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 2895.93 |======================================================= CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 2050.88 |====================================================== Arch Linux ... 1949.14 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 2102.44 |======================================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 0.79 |======================= Arch Linux ... 2.00 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1.89 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 11.24 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 10.21 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 12.23 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 10.75 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 2.53 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1.39 |================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 746 |=========================================================== Arch Linux ... 721 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 746 |=========================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 165.04 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 163.78 |======================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 835.36 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 838.48 |======================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 207.17 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 198.47 |====================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 199.74 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 191.98 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 194.63 |======================================================= Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 117.62 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 120.60 |======================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 70.66 |========================================================= Arch Linux ... 59.78 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 . 59.97 |================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 131.01 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 129.05 |======================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 83.67 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 83.97 |========================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 89.58 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 88.01 |======================================================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 296.42 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 238.19 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 293.00 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 4.47 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 3.37 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 17.10 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 16.10 |====================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 8.13 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 7.20 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 4.57 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 3.60 |============================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 12647 |========================================================= GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 95.02 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 98.03 |========================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 20 |========================================================= Arch Linux ... 21 |============================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 . 21 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 11 |============================================================ Arch Linux ... 9 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 9 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 6 |============================================================= Arch Linux ... 4 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 4 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 14 |============================================================ Arch Linux ... 13 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 13 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 9 |============================================================= Arch Linux ... 6 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 7 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 99.58 |==================================================== Arch Linux ... 92.33 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 . 107.93 |======================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 309.76 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 303.37 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 300.40 |====================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 18.75 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 17.51 |===================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 8.72 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 6.05 |======================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 18.36 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 16.45 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 6.68 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 5.20 |============================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 187.75 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 188.18 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 181.05 |====================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 452.15 |= Arch Linux ... 32460.38 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 547.12 |= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 996.66 |====================================================== Arch Linux ... 920.01 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1013.02 |======================================================= Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 506.40 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 490.97 |====================================================== NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1959.39 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 350.15 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 327.72 |==================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 332.57 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 60.60 |==================================================== Arch Linux ... 65.80 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 53.20 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 8.45 |========================================================== Arch Linux ... 8.28 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 8.19 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 209.38 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 201.98 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 197.36 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 222.96 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 202.88 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 215.51 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 166.00 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 160.89 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 156.15 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1.32 |======================================================= Arch Linux ... 1.40 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1.38 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 3.73 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 3.55 |===================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 3.85 |========================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 8770 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 8497 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 43 |============================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 . 35 |================================================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 6865 |==================================================== Arch Linux ... 7724 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 6839 |=================================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 18793 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 19406 |========================================================= Sample Pi Program Phoronix Test Suite v3.8.0m0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 35.75 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 36.06 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 78.49 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 78.58 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 19.27 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 17.00 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 157.53 |======================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 160.02 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 48.50 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 48.38 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 82.99 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 82.32 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 84.16 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 85.17 |========================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 2889 |==================================================== Arch Linux ... 3213 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 3070 |======================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 908.17 |================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1523.36 |======================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 991.72 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 958.66 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 975.88 |======================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1052.38 |======================================================= Arch Linux ... 1010.49 |===================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1029.04 |====================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 979.78 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 921.54 |===================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 954.12 |======================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 979.03 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 908.55 |==================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 916.65 |==================================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 216.19 |============================================= Arch Linux ... 267.96 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 229.21 |================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 13.92 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 12.57 |=================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 534.41 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 529.79 |======================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 63187 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 62622 |======================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 125.92 |===================================================== Arch Linux ... 133.80 |======================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 128.44 |====================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 . 1 |============================================================= Arch Linux ... 1 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 1 |=============================================================