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 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.
PandaBoard ES:
Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Intel Atom D525:
Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535, Chipset: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank 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
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank 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
AMD Athlon II X4 620:
Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A780GM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB, Audio: SigmaTel 92HD206X, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.16.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + ICC + CUDA 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480
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H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 4.70 |===
Intel Atom D525 .............. 11.35 |========
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 11.82 |=========
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 9.07 |=======
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 55.61 |=========================================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 548.78 |=======
Intel Atom D525 .............. 942.93 |============
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 643.43 |========
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 501.69 |======
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 3184.72 |=======================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 886 |=====
Intel Atom D525 .............. 2089 |============
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 2176 |=============
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1706 |==========
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 7277 |==========================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 3073.42 |========
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 5271.67 |==============
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 4014.66 |===========
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 14126.59 |======================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 269.00 |=====
Intel Atom D525 .............. 780.69 |===============
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 875.04 |=================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 663.59 |=============
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 2026.01 |=======================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 265.31 |====
Intel Atom D525 .............. 710.18 |===========
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 637.66 |==========
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 472.82 |=======
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 2567.04 |=======================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 216.80 |=====
Intel Atom D525 .............. 506.33 |============
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 542.46 |=============
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 421.51 |==========
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 1644.77 |=======================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 2.04 |======
Intel Atom D525 .............. 4.81 |==============
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 4.53 |=============
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 3.57 |==========
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 14.27 |=========================================
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 459.73 |========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 365.85 |================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 464.02 |========================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 2419 |==========================================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 1007 |=================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1033 |==================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1326 |=======================
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 219 |====
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 371.20 |======================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 303.69 |===============================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 390.45 |========================================
AMD Athlon II X4 620 ......... 107.60 |===========