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 x264: H.264 Video Encoding ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A lammps: Rhodopsin Protein smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Arndale 4.70 548.78 886 269.00 265.31 216.80 2.04 2419 11.35 942.93 2089 3073.42 780.69 710.18 506.33 4.81 459.73 1007 371.20 9.07 501.69 1706 4014.66 663.59 472.82 421.51 3.57 464.02 1326 390.45 11.82 643.43 2176 5271.67 875.04 637.66 542.46 4.53 365.85 1033 303.69 10.84 1465.68 1698 1823.63 1046.43 756.09 652.36 4.01 192.31 1291 332.54 8.86 1699 2711.44 451144571 524.77 OpenBenchmarking.org
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Arndale PandaBoard ES 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 11.82 11.35 10.84 9.07 8.86 4.70
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node PandaBoard ES 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 1465.68 942.93 643.43 548.78 501.69
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Arndale ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu PandaBoard ES 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 2176 2089 1706 1699 1698 886
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 Arndale ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 6.07, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 26.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 5271.67 4014.66 3073.42 2711.44 1823.63
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node PandaBoard ES 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 1046.43 875.04 780.69 663.59 269.00
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node PandaBoard ES 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 756.09 710.18 637.66 472.82 265.31
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node PandaBoard ES 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 652.36 542.46 506.33 421.51 216.80
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 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 4.81 4.53 4.01 3.57 2.04
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 2.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 192.31 365.85 459.73 464.02
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Atom D525 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node PandaBoard ES Arndale 100M 200M 300M 400M 500M SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 451143115.83, N = 3 1007 1033 1291 1326 2419 451144571
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu Intel Atom D525 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node Arndale 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 303.69 332.54 371.20 390.45 524.77
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