OMAP4460 PandaBoard ES Arch Linux Linaro 12.12 ARM Linaro 12.12 benchmarking from an OMAP 4460 PandaBoard ES. Linaro 12.12 compared to a few other ARM Linux distributions from the same TI OMAP4 device. Benchmarking for future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.10: 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: 3.5.0-213-omap4 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linaro 12.10: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Linaro 12.10, Kernel: 3.4.0-2-linaro-lt-omap (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.16.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linaro 12.12: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 943MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Linaro 12.12, Kernel: 3.4.0-2-linaro-llt-omap (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 17: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.4.2-3.fc17.armv7hl.omap (armv7l), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Arch Linux: Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.01GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP OS: Arch Linux 2011.11-omap-smp, Kernel: 3.4.4-1-ARCH (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 1181.67 |================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 1294.40 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 1288.73 |======================================================= Fedora 17 .... 1073.09 |============================================== Arch Linux ... 1170.24 |================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 1117.01 |================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 1256.56 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 1261.13 |======================================================= Fedora 17 .... 950.44 |========================================= Arch Linux ... 1082.55 |=============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 1101.75 |==================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 1175.74 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 1167.36 |======================================================= Fedora 17 .... 1033.02 |================================================ Arch Linux ... 1146.71 |====================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 1114.05 |==================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 1180.77 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 1181.24 |======================================================= Fedora 17 .... 1073.44 |================================================== Arch Linux ... 1143.25 |===================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 210.74 |================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 226.95 |=================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 215.36 |================================================= Arch Linux ... 247.84 |======================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 91.97 |=============================== Linaro 12.10 . 94.75 |================================ Linaro 12.12 . 91.42 |=============================== Arch Linux ... 164.61 |======================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 0.65 |========================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 0.60 |===================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 0.66 |========================================================== Fedora 17 .... 0.38 |================================= x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 4.97 |========================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 4.76 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 5.03 |========================================================== Fedora 17 .... 3.12 |==================================== Arch Linux ... 4.08 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 16 |============================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 15 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 15 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 9 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 12 |============================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 10 |================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 12 |============================================================ Fedora 17 .... 6 |============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 21 |============================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 19 |====================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 21 |============================================================ Fedora 17 .... 12 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 28 |============================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 28 |============================================================ Linaro 12.12 . 28 |============================================================ Fedora 17 .... 16 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 11 |============================================================ Linaro 12.10 . 11 |============================================================ Linaro 12.12 . 11 |============================================================ Fedora 17 .... 7 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 144.65 |===================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 153.64 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 143.19 |==================================================== Fedora 17 .... 88.77 |================================ Arch Linux ... 114.65 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 929 |========================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 940 |=========================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 938 |=========================================================== Fedora 17 .... 583 |===================================== Arch Linux ... 823 |==================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 539.36 |===================================== Linaro 12.10 . 507.35 |=================================== Linaro 12.12 . 531.84 |===================================== Fedora 17 .... 806.72 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 245.32 |================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 712.67 |================================ Linaro 12.10 . 1035.89 |============================================== Linaro 12.12 . 709.34 |=============================== Fedora 17 .... 1243.36 |======================================================= Arch Linux ... 864.80 |====================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 163.17 |======================================= Linaro 12.10 . 170.85 |======================================== Linaro 12.12 . 162.53 |====================================== Fedora 17 .... 236.77 |======================================================== Arch Linux ... 181.80 |=========================================== Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 1686.02 |=============================== Linaro 12.10 . 1873.11 |================================== Linaro 12.12 . 1831.44 |================================= Fedora 17 .... 3027.25 |======================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 2422 |=================================== Linaro 12.10 . 2471 |=================================== Linaro 12.12 . 2409 |=================================== Fedora 17 .... 4041 |========================================================== Arch Linux ... 2919 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 45.67 |======================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 46.64 |========================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 45.77 |======================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 108.31 |================================= Linaro 12.10 . 105.88 |================================= Linaro 12.12 . 107.70 |================================= Fedora 17 .... 181.66 |======================================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 103.01 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 102.47 |======================================================== FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 376.83 |========================================== Linaro 12.10 . 329.20 |==================================== Linaro 12.12 . 334.41 |===================================== Fedora 17 .... 507.48 |======================================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 742.76 |================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 823.66 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 739.82 |================================================== Arch Linux ... 834.36 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 5.00 |========================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 4.97 |========================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 5.00 |========================================================== Fedora 17 .... 2.90 |================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 15572 |========================= Linaro 12.10 . 16211 |========================== Linaro 12.12 . 15530 |========================= Fedora 17 .... 34890 |========================================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 3198.37 |======================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 2722.80 |=============================================== Linaro 12.12 . 2517.28 |=========================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 13544 |========================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 11041 |============================================== Linaro 12.12 . 13599 |========================================================= Fedora 17 .... 8014 |================================== Arch Linux ... 11511 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 445.70 |======================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 427.69 |====================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 446.98 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 277.40 |=================================== Arch Linux ... 389.72 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 72.32 |=================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 32.20 |======================= Linaro 12.12 . 77.24 |====================================================== Fedora 17 .... 70.25 |================================================= Arch Linux ... 80.99 |========================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 10.13 |========================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 9.87 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 10.20 |========================================================= Fedora 17 .... 6.36 |==================================== Arch Linux ... 9.15 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 274.86 |====================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 273.02 |===================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 287.33 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 224.04 |============================================ Arch Linux ... 272.64 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 278.35 |======================================================= Linaro 12.10 . 278.40 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 284.47 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 188.40 |===================================== Arch Linux ... 254.25 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 221.38 |==================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 226.57 |===================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 238.94 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 175.01 |========================================= Arch Linux ... 220.18 |==================================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 2.05 |========================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 2.03 |========================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 2.03 |========================================================= Fedora 17 .... 2.05 |========================================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 459.10 |======================================= Linaro 12.10 . 404.25 |================================== Linaro 12.12 . 392.72 |================================= Fedora 17 .... 663.81 |======================================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 456.28 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 453.91 |======================================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 550.79 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 552.22 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 283.95 |============================= Arch Linux ... 409.64 |========================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 3220634.87 |==================================================== Fedora 17 .... 1943094.90 |=============================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 45.08 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 15.43 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 20.78 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 34.74 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 18.54 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 11.28 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 75.62 |======================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 77.09 |========================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 75.94 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 54.95 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 16.90 |=============================================== Linaro 12.10 . 17.88 |================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 20.53 |========================================================= Fedora 17 .... 17.23 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 74.53 |======================================== Linaro 12.10 . 103.54 |======================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 101.29 |======================================================= Fedora 17 .... 58.38 |================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 76.85 |=================================== Linaro 12.10 . 115.24 |===================================================== Linaro 12.12 . 121.65 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 59.01 |=========================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 167.90 |============================================= Linaro 12.10 . 205.63 |======================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 210.57 |======================================================== Fedora 17 .... 126.80 |================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 74218 |======================================================== Linaro 12.10 . 75319 |========================================================= Linaro 12.12 . 74593 |========================================================