Samsung ARM Cortex A15 Dual vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3

Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Samsung ARM Cortex A15 Dual vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3ProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkChipsetMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpenGLARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz DualNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.108192 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7x 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores)SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree)2048MB16GB SEM16GUbuntu 12.043.4.0 (armv7l)Unity 2D 5.16.0X Server 1.11.3GCC 4.7ext41366x768ARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores)cardhu1024MB16GB SEM16G + 32GB SD32GNVIDIA TEGRARealtek RTL8111/8168B3.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l)GCC 4.6ext31366x1536Ubuntu 12.10Intel Core i7 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 62 x 8192 DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS725050A9A362Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MBColor LCDOS X 10.8.2 (12C60)12.2.0 (x86_64)X Server 1.13.0GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2Journaled HFS+1680x1050x 0 DDR3-1333MHz2.1Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual: --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 - NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,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 - NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,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 - 8192 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~67/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - x 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~67/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib Processor Details- ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual, NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04, NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual: Python 2.7.3.- NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04: Python 2.7.3.- NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10: Python 2.7.3.- 8192 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7: Python 2.7.2.- x 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7: Python 2.7.2.

Samsung ARM Cortex A15 Dual vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3phpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitenginx: Static Web Page Servingpybench: Total For Average Test Timesopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepovray: Total Timeffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVencode-ogg: WAV To Oggencode-mp3: WAV To MP3crafty: Elapsed Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionc-ray: Total Timecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingvpxenc: vpxenctscp: AI Chess Performancescimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Compositecachebench: Read / Modify / Writecachebench: Writecachebench: Readmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmenthmmer: Pfam Database Searchffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinedolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsclomp: Static OMP Speedupstream: Addstream: Triadstream: Scalestream: CopyARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz DualNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.108192 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7x 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7220503273.5784219.901937159.1631.53142.270.061177832.9584.57312.00168510.141.43146265357.75455.45339.6436.35160.86270.017115.323723.552572.4437.35115.111484.87159.981.645656.605189.586114.156251.24132242146.61139645.904731422.9991.724276113.99559.1114998.320.402878.202827.601933.8259.45366.29544.44477.220.741286.181273.091519.351523.82134862131.78133465.904704424.0791.474264109.38539.6115138.180.402862.322848.201939.5551.20367.38462.430.741285.261268.611339.671387.1643464542243.58104.6174821036.491280.361335.68217.32375.331003.28OpenBenchmarking.org

PHPBench

PHP Benchmark Suite

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 19.92, N = 3SE +/- 36.10, N = 3SE +/- 158.19, N = 3134861322422050

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual7001400210028003500SE +/- 39.92, N = 3SE +/- 13.99, N = 3SE +/- 109.38, N = 62131.782146.613273.57-lcrypto1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz

PyBench

Total For Average Test Times

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Total For Average Test Timesx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual8192 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i73K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 76.55, N = 3SE +/- 6.24, N = 3SE +/- 4.06, N = 3SE +/- 11.05, N = 3SE +/- 4.73, N = 34542133461396484214346

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual3691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35.905.909.901. (CC) gcc options: -march=armv7-a -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual100020003000400050004704473119371. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -lz -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual90180270360450SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 2.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3424.07422.99159.16-lbz21. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt

Ogg Encoding

WAV To Ogg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOgg Encoding 1.3.0WAV To OggARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual714212835SE +/- 0.11, N = 531.531. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ffast-math -fsigned-char -mtune=cortex-a15 -marm -mfpu=neon -lm -logg

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual306090120150SE +/- 0.21, N = 5SE +/- 0.13, N = 5SE +/- 0.08, N = 591.4791.72142.27

Crafty

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed TimeARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual0.01350.0270.04050.0540.0675SE +/- 0.00, N = 30.061. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual9001800270036004500SE +/- 7.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.71, N = 3SE +/- 4.04, N = 3426442761177-mtune=cortex-a15 -marm -mfpu=neon1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.01e12 Prime Number Generationx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual2004006008001000SE +/- 10.41, N = 6SE +/- 13.74, N = 6243.58832.951. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual306090120150SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3109.38113.9984.571. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timex 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual120240360480600SE +/- 2.52, N = 6SE +/- 5.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3104.61539.61559.11312.001. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Testx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual16003200480064008000SE +/- 318.66, N = 6SE +/- 12.66, N = 3SE +/- 11.46, N = 3SE +/- 6.01, N = 374821513149916851. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video EncodingNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual3691215SE +/- 0.18, N = 6SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 38.188.3210.14

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual0.32180.64360.96541.28721.609SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 30.400.401.431. (CC) gcc options: -lvpx -lm -lpthread

TSCP

AI Chess Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 95.53, N = 5146265

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual2004006008001000SE +/- 47.66, N = 8SE +/- 0.42, N = 41036.49357.75

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual30060090012001500SE +/- 67.49, N = 8SE +/- 0.39, N = 41280.36455.45

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiplyx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual30060090012001500SE +/- 21.33, N = 4SE +/- 0.73, N = 41335.68339.64

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transformx 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual50100150200250SE +/- 0.43, N = 4SE +/- 0.67, N = 4217.3236.35

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlox 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual80160240320400SE +/- 4.68, N = 8SE +/- 0.12, N = 4375.33160.86

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Compositex 0 DDR3-1333MHz - Intel Core i7ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual2004006008001000SE +/- 13.34, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 41003.28270.01

CacheBench

Test: Read / Modify / Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: Read / Modify / WriteNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual15003000450060007500SE +/- 41.68, N = 3SE +/- 49.68, N = 3SE +/- 6.72, N = 32862.322878.207115.321. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

CacheBench

Test: Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: WriteNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual8001600240032004000SE +/- 25.25, N = 3SE +/- 27.74, N = 3SE +/- 15.25, N = 32848.202827.603723.551. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

CacheBench

Test: Read

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: ReadNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual6001200180024003000SE +/- 12.37, N = 3SE +/- 22.43, N = 3SE +/- 8.68, N = 31939.551933.822572.441. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual1326395265SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 2.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 351.2059.4537.351. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual80160240320400SE +/- 5.46, N = 3SE +/- 4.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3367.38366.29115.111. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual30060090012001500SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3544.441484.87-lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual100200300400500SE +/- 4.13, N = 3SE +/- 4.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3462.43477.22159.98

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual0.3690.7381.1071.4761.845SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.13, N = 100.740.741.641. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

Stream

Type: Add

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: AddNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual12002400360048006000SE +/- 2.65, N = 10SE +/- 0.68, N = 10SE +/- 41.07, N = 101285.261286.185656.601. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Triad

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: TriadNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual11002200330044005500SE +/- 4.48, N = 10SE +/- 0.51, N = 10SE +/- 32.03, N = 101268.611273.095189.581. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Scale

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: ScaleNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual13002600390052006500SE +/- 44.70, N = 20SE +/- 4.74, N = 10SE +/- 45.43, N = 101339.671519.356114.151. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

Stream

Type: Copy

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterStream 2009-04-11Type: CopyNVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.10NVIDIA Tegra 3 - Ubuntu 12.04ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz Dual13002600390052006500SE +/- 35.01, N = 20SE +/- 3.98, N = 10SE +/- 52.68, N = 101387.161523.826251.241. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp

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