Dual-Core Cortex-A9 OMAP4660 Ubuntu 12.04 Phoronix benchmarks of the OMAP4 BandaBoard ES with 16GB SDHC card running Ubuntu 11.10 desktop for ARM and then a daily snapshot of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin from a daily pre-installed OMAP4 image from 24 January 2012. The Ubuntu 12.04 image is using the hard floating point ARM build for OMAP4. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Added in now is the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 packages, which have a new kernel that properly (finally) supports cpufreq on the OMAP4660 hardware so now she can run up to 1200MHz (what it's supposed to) and offer more compelling performance. Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 914MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-1205-omap4 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 912MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1404-omap4 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 912MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1405-omap4 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel D915GUX, Chipset: Intel 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL + ICH6/ICH6R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WD800BD-22LR + 500GB Hitachi HDT72505 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2001FASS-0, Graphics: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL IGP 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC880, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Marvell 88E8050 PCI-E ASF Gigabit OS: Debian 6.0.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-3-686 (i686), Desktop: Xfce 4.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: intel 2.13.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 785.91 |========= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1131.45 |============= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 1362.55 |=============== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 3574.41 |======================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 2028510.47 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1996330.00 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 3331152.20 |===================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1009.49 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1015.30 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 1746.17 |======================================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 858.55 |==================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 2048.10 |============================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1443.61 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 2342.55 |================================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 2824.82 |======================================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1485.32 |===== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1480.92 |===== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 2449.28 |========= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 10895.02 |======================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1929.43 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1961.29 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 1141.85 |======================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 1150.64 |======================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 2.04 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 2.03 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 2.09 |=========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 550 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 542 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 871 |======================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 1596 |=========================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 123.04 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 123.76 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 74.20 |========================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 40.14 |============= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 183.91 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 183.20 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 107.28 |======================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 45.57 |========== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 290.52 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 288.55 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 199.70 |============================ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 36.83 |===== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 16 |===================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 16 |===================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 27 |=================================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 35 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 7 |================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 9 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 13 |============================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 20 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 3 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 3 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 5 |================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 13 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 10 |================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 11 |================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 18 |============================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 27 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 5 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 5 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 8 |======================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 15 |============================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 253.71 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 248.76 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 149.28 |======================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 87.18 |============== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1371.44 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1420.96 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 825.54 |======================= Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 453.86 |============= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 256.22 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 258.01 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 411.02 |================ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 1032.46 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 35.01 |============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 44.71 |================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 45.74 |=================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 101.31 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 5.81 |================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 5.45 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 9.37 |========================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 15.09 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 2.70 |========= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 2.70 |========= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 4.60 |================ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 12.08 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 61.10 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 65.90 |========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 101.22 |================ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 258.78 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 15.51 |============= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 15.15 |============= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 17.50 |=============== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 50.63 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 112.88 |=========== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 121.86 |============ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 201.17 |==================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 402.61 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 34.61 |=================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 45.05 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 76.98 |========================================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 64.61 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 67.82 |======= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 70.84 |======= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 100.70 |========== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 399.19 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 74.66 |======== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 76.61 |======== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 109.74 |============ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 381.15 |========================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 4155 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 4444 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 2714 |========================== Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 1524 |=============== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 43805 |======= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 42620 |======= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 73175 |============ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 247653 |========================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1.00 |================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 1.00 |================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 1.01 |================ Pentium4_Debian_Squeeze ..... 2.77 |=========================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ................ 1.87 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-24 . 2.60 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-01-26 . 4.04 |===========================================