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 PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7: 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: 3.2.0-1410-omap4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 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 |================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 1864.53 |===================================== 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 |============================= PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 2792925.33 |============================= 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 |=============================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 1491.77 |================================ 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 |===================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 3649.34 |===================================== 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 |=========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 2930.21 |===================================== 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 |========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 860.57 |================ 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 |======================================= PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 2.04 |======================================= 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 |=================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 770 |==================================== 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 |=========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 83.00 |========================= 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 |========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 131.96 |=========================== 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 |========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 191.74 |========================= 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 |================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 23 |==================================== 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 |======================================= PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 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 |================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 5 |=========================================== 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 |===================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 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 |=========================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 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 |=========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 183.87 |============================ 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 |=========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 922.05 |======================== 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 |============================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 326.09 |============================== 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 |================================ PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 41.04 |=================================== 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 |==================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 8.54 |==================================== 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 |================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 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 |========================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 2860 |========================== 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 |======================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 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 |==================================== PandaEA3PreciseHFver1410GCC4.7 . 3.74 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