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,
"7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1710,1681,1705
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2188,2180,2207
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1699,1696,1724
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2167,2183,2177
"Intel Core i5-2500K",15367,15278,15283
"Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",3804.06,3806.74,3832.95
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",4923.33,4937.56,4935.3
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4103.67,3907.28,4033.04
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",5259.58,5276.78,5278.66
"Intel Core i5-2500K",27822.57,27746.65,27540.07
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",566.121,566.764,566.451
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",441.759,442.572,442.131
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",390.798,390.174,390.381
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",304.064,303.524,303.471
"Intel Core i5-2500K",42.344,42.365,42.364
"CacheBench - Test: Read",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1552.667964,1597.248504,1553.849612
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2033.237924,2033.179594,1990.418756
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1617.033566,1666.880598,1613.840625
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2096.110085,2121.564929,2083.189355
"Intel Core i5-2500K",3543.387218,3548.803002,3541.380505
"CacheBench - Test: Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",2277.077645,2281.005905,2229.79597
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2902.745521,2902.31449,2856.704151
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4128.767739,4128.695749,3990.679399
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",5255.078173,5254.976357,5171.654493
"Intel Core i5-2500K",12511.912784,12511.926506,12487.272493
"CacheBench - Test: Read / Modify / Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",2343.608434,2343.580675,2283.327698
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",2983.270413,2983.196497,2920.451077
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",3233.428323,3233.359402,3130.084533
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",4115.419507,4115.379504,4043.370591
"Intel Core i5-2500K",20729.198687,20106.773564,20979.125466
"CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",5.42,4.06,4.86,4.16,5.22,4.45,4.32,4.47,5.15,4.71
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",2.23,2.05,2.01,2.06,1.97,1.97,2.04,2.06,2.01,2.07
"FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",416.20384214445,429.25197127088,429.2433881836
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",546.32377601611,546.32220663011,546.32397971359
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",491.13722040847,506.97211574879,506.96583145956
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",638.54923522168,645.88319223953,645.87235957934
"Intel Core i5-2500K",5913.8387705911,5907.6150101452,5917.645534425
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",19,19,19
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",15,16,15,16,16,16
"Intel Core i5-2500K",112,112,112
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",14,14,13,14,14
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",10,10,9,9,10,10
"Intel Core i5-2500K",58,58,58
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",25,25,24
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",20,20,19
"Intel Core i5-2500K",148,148,148
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",32,32,30,31
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",26,26,25
"Intel Core i5-2500K",189,189,189
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",8,8,8
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",5,5,5
"Intel Core i5-2500K",61,61,61
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",131.142476,136.061383,129.747705
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",142.269189,142.362135,137.132547
"Intel Core i5-2500K",1773.74725,1777.165238,1774.967409
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",483.574,484.866,459.955
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",362.098,375.985,362.389
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",457.216,492.606,456.313,456.404,457.568
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",369.077,360.179,368.28
"N-Queens 1.0 - Elapsed Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",918.103,894.582
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",702.479,702.537
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",830.683,801.198
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",640.513,629.193
"Intel Core i5-2500K",195.361,195.391
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",726.28,767.94,726.53
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",964.29,959.87,965.37
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",746.06,788.46,744.55
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",997.62,1005.74,1006.83
"Intel Core i5-2500K",13265.56,12591.6,13674.25,13470.38,13234.01
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",644.07,686.89,640.62,644.21
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",822.35,810.38,814.75
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",653.51,686.02,651.23
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",875.08,876.34,873.71
"Intel Core i5-2500K",10531.44,11352.21,11224.8,11347.56,11263.9
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",418.18,416.19,417.81
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",526.17,500.03,496.38
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",429.34,415.38,419.8
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",542.72,543.1,541.57
"Intel Core i5-2500K",6292.27,6242.66,6268.91
"NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4494.53,4569.33,4464.87
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4195.39,4175.14,4184.57
"Intel Core i5-2500K",31409.18,30553.53,31385.17
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4.2,4.3,4.1,4.3
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",5.4,5.4,5.4,5.3
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",4.1,4.2,4.1,4.2
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",5.3,5.4,5.4,5.3
"Intel Core i5-2500K",99.3,99.3,98.1,99.3
"PHPBench 0.8.1 - PHP Benchmark Suite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",10290,10048,10118
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",13040,13031,12964
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",12700,12713,12320
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",16095,16155,16158
"PyBench 2008-08-14 - Total For Average Test Times",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",17691,17679,17679
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",13909,13905,13905
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",16873,16844,16861
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",13256,13230,13229
"Intel Core i5-2500K",1781,1780,1772
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1353,1352,1351
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",1055,1053,1055
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1328,1324,1325
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",1035,1032,1033
"Intel Core i5-2500K",116,116,116
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Copy",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1506.0338,1489.4711,1482.299,1501.3001,1504.6156,1501.4344,1499.807,1493.1496,1493.0334,1509.9306
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1100.3347,1099.0103,1053.0845,1061.0097,1104.7818,1099.9199,1060.0963,1097.6172,1101.102,1102.4587
"Intel Core i5-2500K",14815.9541,14781.6881,14786.5735,14815.9541,14814.3188,14814.3188,14814.3188,14781.6881,14780.0603,14842.1683
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Add",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1619.1098,1629.3305,1623.0518,1613.9439,1637.2275,1607.1157,1618.2249,1613.8792,1626.5135,1618.7193
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1186.4446,1172.5896,1133.0406,1122.2281,1186.2418,1181.0159,1144.5709,1186.4446,1184.7201,1196.2649
"Intel Core i5-2500K",15707.7781,15661.3452,15711.4556,15706.5527,15701.6528,15717.5886,15857.482,15675.9785,15701.6528,15711.4556
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",52.780610084534,52.755872964859,52.193510055542
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",47.67185997963,47.545747041702,47.557616949081
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",57.951205968857,58.062805175781,57.911120176315
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",39.963058233261,48.978990077972,39.851054191589,39.803192138672,43.539452075958,43.235567092896
"Intel Core i5-2500K",6.2575399875641,6.2363569736481,6.2590789794922
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1.03,1.03,1.03
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",1.09,1.09,1.08
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",1.05,1.05,1.05
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",1.13,1.13,1.14
"Intel Core i5-2500K",33.32,33.79,34.27
"x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",8.75,8.73,8.71
"Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",11.33,11.25,11.32
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node",9.07,9.07,9.08
"Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node",11.82,11.85,11.78
"Intel Core i5-2500K",116.23,117.68,116.29