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 2012-02-06 17:26: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR N68S3+, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 80GB Western Digital WDC WD800JD-00LS + 80GB Seagate ST3808110AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: Acer S202HL OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.00, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: ati, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 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 |==== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 15174.72 |======================================= 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 |======= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 16131573.03 |==================================== 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 |======================================== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 1727.59 |======================================== 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 |======== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 10926.21 |======================================= 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 |===== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 21145.46 |======================================= 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 |======================= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 128.21 |=== 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 |=========================================== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 1.84 |====================================== 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 |===== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 7941 |=========================================== 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 |========================= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 14.27 |===== 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 |======================== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 23.53 |===== 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 |============================ 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 34.81 |===== 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 |=========== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 113 |============================================ 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 |========== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 59 |============================================= 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 |===== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 41 |============================================= 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 |========= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 92 |============================================= 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 |======== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 45 |============================================= 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 |======================== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 33.91 |===== 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 |======================= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 256.34 |======= 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 |=== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 6258.67 |======================================== 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 |==== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 501.47 |========================================= 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 |===== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 81.64 |========================================== 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 |=== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 57.38 |========================================== 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 |========= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 456.24 |========================================= 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 |=========== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 65.32 |========================================== 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 |============ 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 666.50 |========================================= 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 |========= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 341.74 |========================================= 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 |======= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 559.07 |========================================= 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 |======= 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 648.58 |========================================= 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 |========================== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 210 |== 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 |============ 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 254330 |========================================= 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 |=== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 12.91 |========================================== 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 |=== 2012-02-06 17:26 ............ 59.96 |==========================================