Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison

Comparing 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank ECX-1000 Energy Card single quad-core nodes against an OMAP4460 PandaBoard ES and an x86 Intel Atom D525 CPU. Benchmarking from Ubuntu 12.10 on the Calxeda, PandaBoard ES, and Intel Atom systems. The ARM x86 tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsChipsetAudioNetworkOSKernelDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores)OMAP4 Panda board1024MB16GB SD16GTexas Instruments OMAPUbuntu 12.103.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l)X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4)fbdev 0.4.32.1 Mesa 8.0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores)FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx2048MB500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGPRealtek ALC888Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.4.0X Server 1.13.0intel 2.20.61.4 Mesa 8.1-devel1366x768ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores)Highbank4096MB256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC2563.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- PandaBoard ES: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - Intel Atom D525: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v Processor Details- PandaBoard ES: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system.- Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system.Disk Details- Intel Atom D525: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

PandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%156%213%269%325%NAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel Benchmarksx264NAS Parallel Benchmarks7-Zip CompressionSmallptNAS Parallel BenchmarksFFTELU.AMG.BH.2.V.ESP.AC.S.TG.I.R.1.SUA.AN.6.1.C.F.R

Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparisonnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bx264: H.264 Video Encodingnpb: SP.Acompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesnpb: UA.Affte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routineapache: Static Web Page Servingc-ray: Total Timelammps: Rhodopsin ProteinPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node269.00265.314.70216.8088624192.04548.78780.69710.1811.35506.33208910074.81942.933073.42371.20459.73875.04637.6611.82542.46217610334.53643.435271.67303.69365.85663.59472.829.07421.51170613263.57501.694014.66390.45464.02OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES2004006008001000SE +/- 11.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3663.59875.04780.69269.001. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES150300450600750SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3472.82637.66710.18265.311. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video Encoding1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES3691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 39.0711.8211.354.70

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.A1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES120240360480600SE +/- 4.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3421.51542.46506.33216.801. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES5001000150020002500SE +/- 8.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.21, N = 3SE +/- 10.48, N = 31706217620898861. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES5001000150020002500SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 313261033100724191. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES1.08232.16463.24694.32925.4115SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 33.574.534.812.041. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525PandaBoard ES2004006008001000SE +/- 5.28, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3501.69643.43942.93548.781. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page Serving1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D52511002200330044005500SE +/- 57.43, N = 3SE +/- 6.07, N = 3SE +/- 7.71, N = 34014.665271.673073.421. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D52580160240320400SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3390.45303.69371.201. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin Protein1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeIntel Atom D525100200300400500SE +/- 7.15, N = 5SE +/- 2.84, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3464.02365.85459.731. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich