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 XEON 1.80GHz: Processor: Intel XEON 1.80GHz @ 1.79GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 1600SC, Chipset: Broadcom GCNB-LE + SB5, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Logical Disk 00, Graphics: ATI Rage XL, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Debian 6.0.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-686 (i686), Display Driver: ati 6.13.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3 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 |================================== 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 |=================================== 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 |=================================== 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 |=================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 88.59 |==================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 489.13 |======== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 2990.35 |=================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 6926.55 |================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 1131 |=================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 788.76 |============================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 7.33 |===================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 1.81 |===================================== 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 |==================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 2024 |===================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 1707.92 |================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 14861 |============================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 1280.99 |======== 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 |==================================== Intel XEON 1.80GHz ................ 12471 |============================ 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 850.58 |=================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 953.65 |==================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 12 |========================= 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 14 |======================================= 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 19 |============================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 24 |============================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 10 |======================================= 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 177.43 |=================================== 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 XEON 1.80GHz ................ 3744.64 |============================