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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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 llano: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: AMD Hudson Azalia, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.4.11 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11762, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 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 |======= llano ............................. 9236 |===================================== 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 |========= llano ............................. 14197.44 |================================= 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 |=================================== llano ............................. 54.02 |=== 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 |========================= llano ............................. 1814.43 |============================= 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 |======= llano ............................. 10149.28 |================================= 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 |===== llano ............................. 14642.55 |================================= 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 |===================================== llano ............................. 3.01 |======================== 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 |=== llano ............................. 4361.08 |================================== 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 |======================================= 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 |======================================= 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: 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 |======================================== 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 |======= llano ............................. 644.40 |=================================== 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 |=================================== 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 |=================================== llano ............................. 231.46 |========= 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 |=== llano ............................. 8799.28 |================================== 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 |=== llano ............................. 7362.54 |================================== 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 |=== llano ............................. 4410.12 |================================== 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 |===== llano ............................. 30307.26 |================================= 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 |=== llano ............................. 60.60 |==================================== 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 |===== llano ............................. 70178 |==================================== 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 |==================================== llano ............................. 3399 |======= 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 |===================================== llano ............................. 54 |= 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 |===== llano ............................. 10458.26 |================================= 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 |===== llano ............................. 11815.23 |================================= 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 |================================= llano ............................. 10.35 |====== 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 |== llano ............................. 16.55 |==================================== 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 |==== llano ............................. 74.05 |====================================