Calxeda ECX-1000: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 Comparison of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10 on a single node Calxeda ECX-1000 EnergyCore server node. Benchmarking with 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz nodes by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.
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Processor Motherboard Memory Disk OS Kernel Compiler File-System Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores) Highbank 4096MB 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) GCC 4.6 ext4 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) GCC 4.7 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v System Details - Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node, Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: Python 2.7.3.
vpxenc: vpxenc x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding cachebench: Read cachebench: Write cachebench: Read / Modify / Write stream: Copy stream: Add ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving nginx: Static Web Page Serving phpbench: PHP Benchmark Suite openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance clomp: Static OMP Speedup npb: BT.A npb: LU.A npb: SP.A lammps: Rhodopsin Protein pybench: Total For Average Test Times mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment n-queens: Elapsed Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.03 8.73 19 14 25 31 8 1567.92 2262.63 2323.51 1498.11 1620.71 424.90 132.32 1699 3814.58 4509.58 10152 4.23 4.68 740.25 653.95 417.39 476.13 17683 52.58 906.34 1352 566.45 1.09 11.30 2018.95 2887.25 2962.31 546.32 2192 4932.06 13012 5.38 963.18 815.83 507.53 366.82 13906 47.59 702.51 1054 442.15 1.05 9.07 16 10 20 26 5 1632.58 4082.71 3198.96 1087.94 1169.36 501.69 140.59 1706 4014.66 4185.03 12578 4.15 2.05 759.69 663.59 421.51 464.02 16859 57.98 815.94 1326 390.45 1.13 11.82 2100.29 5227.24 4091.39 643.43 2176 5271.67 16136 5.35 1003.40 875.04 542.46 365.85 13238 42.56 634.85 1033 303.69 OpenBenchmarking.org
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 0.2543 0.5086 0.7629 1.0172 1.2715 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 1.13 1.05 1.09 1.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -lvpx -lm -lpthread
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 11.82 9.07 11.30 8.73
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 19 16 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.20, N = 5 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 14 10 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 25 20 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.48, N = 4 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 31 26 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 8 5 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
CacheBench Test: Read Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Read 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 11.27, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 14.26, N = 3 SE +/- 14.67, N = 3 2100.29 1632.58 2018.95 1567.92 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
CacheBench Test: Write Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Write 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 27.79, N = 3 SE +/- 46.02, N = 3 SE +/- 15.28, N = 3 SE +/- 16.45, N = 3 5227.24 4082.71 2887.25 2262.63 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 24.01, N = 3 SE +/- 34.44, N = 3 SE +/- 20.93, N = 3 SE +/- 20.09, N = 3 4091.39 3198.96 2962.31 2323.51 1. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
Stream Type: Copy Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.67, N = 10 SE +/- 6.58, N = 10 1498.11 1087.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Add Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.74, N = 10 SE +/- 8.25, N = 10 1620.71 1169.36 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 4.35, N = 3 643.43 501.69 546.32 424.90 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 1.91, N = 3 140.59 132.32 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 8.01, N = 3 SE +/- 8.95, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 2192 1699 2176 1706 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 6.07, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 4.42, N = 3 SE +/- 9.22, N = 3 5271.67 4014.66 4932.06 3814.58 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 31.08, N = 3 SE +/- 5.85, N = 3 4509.58 4185.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz
PHPBench PHP Benchmark Suite Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Score, More Is Better PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 20.52, N = 3 SE +/- 128.89, N = 3 SE +/- 23.97, N = 3 SE +/- 71.90, N = 3 16136 12578 13012 10152
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.2105 2.421 3.6315 4.842 6.0525 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 5.38 4.23 5.35 4.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 1.053 2.106 3.159 4.212 5.265 SE +/- 0.15, N = 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 10 4.68 2.05 1. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 14.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.68, N = 3 SE +/- 13.85, N = 3 1003.40 759.69 963.18 740.25 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 3.50, N = 3 SE +/- 11.01, N = 4 875.04 663.59 815.83 653.95 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 9.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 542.46 421.51 507.53 417.39 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 2.84, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 4.58, N = 3 SE +/- 8.10, N = 3 365.85 464.02 366.82 476.13 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
PyBench Total For Average Test Times Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 8.84, N = 3 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 13238 16859 13906 17683
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 1.46, N = 6 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 42.56 57.98 47.59 52.58 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
N-Queens Elapsed Time Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 5.66, N = 2 SE +/- 14.74, N = 2 SE +/- 0.03, N = 2 SE +/- 11.76, N = 2 634.85 815.94 702.51 906.34 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 1033 1326 1054 1352 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
C-Ray Total Time Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 1.4GHz Calxeda Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Node 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 303.69 390.45 442.15 566.45 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
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