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 Comparison Processor Motherboard Memory Disk Graphics Chipset Audio Network OS Kernel Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores) OMAP4 Panda board 1024MB 16GB SD16G Texas Instruments OMAP Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l) X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4) fbdev 0.4.3 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535 Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx 2048MB 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2 Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGP Realtek ALC888 Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.4.0 X Server 1.13.0 intel 2.20.6 1.4 Mesa 8.1-devel 1366x768 ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores) Highbank 4096MB 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l) ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores) SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree) 2048MB 16GB SEM16G + 64GB Ubuntu 13.04 3.4.0 (armv7l) LXDE 0.5.11 X Server 1.13.0 2.1 Mesa 9.0 1366x768 ARMv7 rev 4 (2 Cores) 4GB M4G1FA Linaro 12.10 3.6.0-10608-g01e579b (armv7l) GCC 4.6 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system. - Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system.
Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine lammps: Rhodopsin Protein npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples x264: H.264 Video Encoding PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale 886 548.78 269.00 265.31 216.80 2.04 2419 4.70 2089 3073.42 371.20 942.93 459.73 780.69 710.18 506.33 4.81 1007 11.35 1706 4014.66 390.45 501.69 464.02 663.59 472.82 421.51 3.57 1326 9.07 2176 5271.67 303.69 643.43 365.85 875.04 637.66 542.46 4.53 1033 11.82 1698 1823.63 332.54 1465.68 192.31 1046.43 756.09 652.36 4.01 1291 10.84 1699 2711.44 524.77 451144571 8.86 OpenBenchmarking.org
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 1706 2176 1698 1699 2089 886
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale Intel Atom D525 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 6.07, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 SE +/- 26.71, N = 3 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 4014.66 5271.67 1823.63 2711.44 3073.42
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale Intel Atom D525 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 390.45 303.69 332.54 524.77 371.20
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 501.69 643.43 1465.68 942.93 548.78
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 2.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 464.02 365.85 192.31 459.73
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 663.59 875.04 1046.43 780.69 269.00
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 472.82 637.66 756.09 710.18 265.31
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 421.51 542.46 652.36 506.33 216.80
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 1.0823 2.1646 3.2469 4.3292 5.4115 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 3.57 4.53 4.01 4.81 2.04
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 100M 200M 300M 400M 500M SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 451143115.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 1326 1033 1291 451144571 1007 2419
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 9.07 11.82 10.84 8.86 11.35 4.70
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