Intel Ivy Bridge - Latest Linux - Aug 2012 A comparison of Intel Core i5 2400S, Intel Core i5 2500K, Intel Core i5 3470, and Intel Core i7 3770K processors from the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge Intel families under Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. All four Intel CPUs were running at their stock settings on Ubuntu 12.10 with the Linux 3.5 kernel. Intel Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 128.70 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 167.61 |============================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 181.60 |================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 275.94 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 8160.51 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 10203.61 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 10368.53 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 13957.08 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 5799.46 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K . 6139.41 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 6319.39 |================================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 6076.36 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 5199.80 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 5343.59 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 5305.79 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 6176.03 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 30.25 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 35.79 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 37.24 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 49.46 |================================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 46.62 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 42.01 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 39.64 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 36.47 |======================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 4789.11 |======================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 5385.66 |============================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .. 5393.44 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 5859.61 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 8.94 |=================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 7.24 |========================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 7.20 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 6.10 |=================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 18.26 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 14.30 |======================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 13.19 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 12.51 |================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 2467 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 3225 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 3695 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 6077 |=================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 82.63 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 104.57 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 110.20 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 150.85 |================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 21.30 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 27.48 |============================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 29.62 |================================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 26.97 |============================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 79.83 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 100.27 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 107.36 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 149.15 |================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 1356.54 |======================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 1526.67 |============================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .. 1528.72 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 1660.90 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 10046 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 12609 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 13788 |================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 20637 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 146.73 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 114.93 |====================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 113.00 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 85.64 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 48.49 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 36.98 |====================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 35.90 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 32.82 |================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 13.82 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 10.84 |======================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 10.77 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 8.55 |=============================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 50 |===================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 38 |======================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 37 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 24 |========================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 16.33 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 14.56 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 14.42 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K . 13.78 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 77.00 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 85.90 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 92.65 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K . 100.65 |================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 2700.38 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 2722.02 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 2744.81 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 3142.97 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 24443.74 |=================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 31393.26 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .. 32483.67 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 32023.51 |==============================================