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 12.04: 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 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 12.10: 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 12.10: 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 Intel Core i5-2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2MH12 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.16.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 740.25 |== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 963.18 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 759.69 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1003.40 |== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 13247.16 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 653.95 |== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 815.83 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 663.59 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 875.04 |=== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 11143.98 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 417.39 |== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 507.53 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 421.51 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 542.46 |=== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 6267.95 |================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 424.90 |== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 546.32 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 501.69 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 643.43 |==== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 5913.03 |================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 52.58 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 47.59 |============================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 57.98 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 42.56 |========================== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 6.25 |==== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1567.92 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2018.95 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1632.58 |================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2100.29 |==================== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 3544.52 |================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2262.63 |====== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2887.25 |======== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4082.71 |=========== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5227.24 |============== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 12503.70 |================================= CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2323.51 |==== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2962.31 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3198.96 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4091.39 |======= Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 20605.03 |================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1699 |==== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2192 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1706 |==== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2176 |===== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 15309 |==================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 906.34 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 702.51 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 815.94 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 634.85 |========================= Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 195.38 |======== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.23 |== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.38 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.15 |== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.35 |== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 99.00 |==================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.03 |= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.09 |= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.05 |= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.13 |= Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 33.79 |==================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8.73 |=== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.30 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 9.07 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.82 |==== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 116.73 |=================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1352 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1054 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1326 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1033 |============================ Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 116 |=== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 476.13 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 366.82 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 464.02 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 365.85 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 566.45 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 442.15 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 390.45 |======================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 303.69 |=================== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 42.36 |=== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 17683 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13906 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16859 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13238 |=========================== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 1778 |==== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3814.58 |===== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4932.06 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4014.66 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5271.67 |====== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 27703.10 |================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10152 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13012 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 12578 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 16136 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1498.11 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1087.94 |== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 14804.70 |================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1620.71 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1169.36 |== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 15715.29 |================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2.05 |================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 19 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16 |===== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 112 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 14 |========= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10 |======= Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 58 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 25 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 20 |===== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 148 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 31 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 26 |===== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 189 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 5 |=== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 61 |======================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 132.32 |=== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 140.59 |=== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 1775.29 |================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4509.58 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4185.03 |==== Intel Core i5-2500K ............... 31115.96 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