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 PandaEA3PreciseHF: Processor: ARMv7 rev 2 @ 1.01GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 912MB, Disk: 4GB SD04G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1405-omap4 (armv7l), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 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 |================================ PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 1725.13 |======================================== 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 |===================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 2843345.87 |================================ 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 |======================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 1454.89 |================================= 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 |======================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 2086.56 |==================================== 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 |======================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 2135.30 |=================================== 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 |======================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 1360.01 |============================ 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 2.03 |========================================== 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 |============================================ PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 737 |===================================== 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 |========================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 89.42 |============================== 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 |======================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 126.91 |============================ 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 |============================ PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 197.44 |============================ 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 |============================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 22 |===================================== 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 |============================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 12 |========================================== 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 |============================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 4 |===================================== 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 |============================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 16 |======================================== 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 |============================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 8 |============================================== 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 |======================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 177.73 |============================= 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 |======================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 1033.79 |============================= 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 |========================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 320.77 |================================ 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 |========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 36.95 |================================== 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 8.49 |======================================= 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 3.90 |==================================== 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 |========================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 48.39 |==================== 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 |========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 12.81 |=============================== 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 |========================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 100.13 |==================== 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 |========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 64.45 |=================================== 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 |========================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 28.54 |============ 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 |========================================= PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 36.01 |============= 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 |========================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 2943 |============================ 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 |========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 61440 |=================================== 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 1.00 |=========================================== 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHF ........... 3.59 |======================================