Dual-Core ARM Tegra 2 Ubuntu ARM Linux CompuLab Trim-Slice desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 Linux 2.6.38 kernel compared to Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 development testing under ARMv7 with soft float. 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 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 Ubuntu 12.04 Development: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: trimslice, Memory: 875MB, Disk: 250GB HM251HI, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 2.6.38.3-trimslice-1.01-01637-gc2b2d3e (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: tegra, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x960 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 231.59 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 238.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 242.87 |============================================ BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 50777 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 52336 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 51726 |============================================ BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 168 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 166 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 161 |============================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 438.34 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 447.43 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 442.41 |============================================ Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1204.51 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1387.53 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1396.59 |=========================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 663.36 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 624.13 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 564.70 |===================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 2648351.63 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 2771077.73 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 2728295.27 |======================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1308.71 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1357.18 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1372.52 |=========================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1425.23 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1433.46 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1423.92 |=========================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 2840.96 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 2895.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 2078.44 |=============================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 2050.88 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 2102.44 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 2118.65 |=========================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 0.79 |=================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1.89 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1.92 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 11.24 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 10.21 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 10.36 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 12.23 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 10.75 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 11.27 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 2.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1.39 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1.80 |================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 746 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 746 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 747 |=============================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 165.04 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 163.78 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 160.19 |=========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 835.36 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 838.48 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 839.16 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 207.17 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 198.47 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 207.75 |============================================ dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 199.74 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 194.63 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 196.24 |=========================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 117.62 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 120.60 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 129.02 |============================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 70.66 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 59.97 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 57.63 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 131.01 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 129.05 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 130.14 |============================================ Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 83.67 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 83.97 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 83.38 |============================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 89.58 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 88.01 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 85.19 |=========================================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 296.42 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 293.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 287.71 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 4.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 3.37 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 3.57 |===================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 15.58 |========================================= 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 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 7.60 |=========================================== 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 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 3.77 |====================================== 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 88.29 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 20 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 21 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 21 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 11 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 9 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 11 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 6 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 4 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 4 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 14 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 13 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 15 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 9 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 7 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 7 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 99.58 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 107.93 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 107.71 |============================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 309.76 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 300.40 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 292.20 |========================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 18.01 |=========================================== 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 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 7.45 |======================================= 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 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 17.20 |========================================== 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 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 5.19 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 187.75 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 181.05 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 181.59 |=========================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 452.15 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 547.12 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 532.41 |=========================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 996.66 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1013.02 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1044.50 |=========================================== Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 506.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 490.97 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 535.87 |============================================ 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 332.57 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 344.44 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 60.60 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 53.20 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 57.16 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 8.45 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 8.19 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 8.00 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 209.38 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 197.36 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 190.79 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 222.96 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 215.51 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 202.10 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 166.00 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 156.15 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 150.78 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1.32 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1.38 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1.33 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 3.73 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 3.85 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 3.83 |============================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 8770 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 8497 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 9051 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 43 |================================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 35 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 39 |============================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 6865 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 6839 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 6706 |============================================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 18793 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 19406 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 20055 |============================================= Sample Pi Program Phoronix Test Suite v3.8.0m0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 35.75 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 36.06 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 40.93 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 78.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 78.58 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 77.96 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 19.27 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 17.00 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 16.44 |====================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 157.53 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 160.02 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 164.13 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 48.50 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 48.38 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 49.30 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 82.99 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 82.32 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 80.45 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 84.16 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 85.17 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 79.46 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 2889 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 3070 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 3002 |============================================= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 908.17 |========================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1523.36 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1181.10 |================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 991.72 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 975.88 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 928.60 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1052.38 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1029.04 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 977.23 |======================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 979.78 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 954.12 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 919.44 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 979.03 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 916.65 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 882.05 |======================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 216.19 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 229.21 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 223.45 |=========================================== 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 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 13.21 |=========================================== 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 504.61 |========================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 63187 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 62622 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 62538 |============================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 125.92 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 128.44 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 128.78 |============================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 1 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 Development . 1 |=================================================