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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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.
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node:
Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node:
Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node:
Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node:
Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4
CacheBench
Test: Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5227.24 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4082.71 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2887.25 |===================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2262.63 |===============
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 303.69 |===================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 390.45 |========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 442.15 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 566.45 |===================================
CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4091.39 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3198.96 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2962.31 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2323.51 |===================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 5 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8 |========================================
PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 16136 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 12578 |============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13012 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10152 |=======================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 643.43 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 501.69 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 546.32 |==============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 424.90 |=======================
N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 634.85 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 815.94 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 702.51 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 906.34 |===================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10 |============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 14 |=======================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1169.36 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1620.71 |==================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5271.67 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4014.66 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4932.06 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3814.58 |=========================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1087.94 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1498.11 |==================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1003.40 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 759.69 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 963.18 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 740.25 |=========================
x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.82 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 9.07 |============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.30 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8.73 |===========================
CacheBench
Test: Read
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2100.29 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1632.58 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2018.95 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1567.92 |=========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 875.04 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 663.59 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 815.83 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 653.95 |==========================
PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13238 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16859 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13906 |============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 17683 |====================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1033 |============================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1326 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1054 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1352 |=====================================
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 365.85 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 464.02 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 366.82 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 476.13 |===================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 542.46 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 421.51 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 507.53 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 417.39 |===========================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.35 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.15 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.38 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.23 |=============================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2176 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1706 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2192 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1699 |=============================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 20 |===============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 25 |=======================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 26 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 31 |=======================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 19 |=======================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.13 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.05 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.09 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.03 |==================================
NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4185.03 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4509.58 |==================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 140.59 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 132.32 |=================================
CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2.05 |================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.68 |=====================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 42.56 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 57.98 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 47.59 |==============================
Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 52.58 |=================================