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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1303262-FO-AUTOCOMPA69.

Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsChipsetAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04ubuntu_main_testjohnson_testNewhjkjujh1AMD A10-5800K APUARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores)OMAP4 Panda board1024MB16GB SD16GTexas Instruments OMAPUbuntu 12.103.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l)X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4)fbdev 0.4.32.1 Mesa 8.0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores)FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx2048MB500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGPRealtek ALC888Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.4.0X Server 1.13.0intel 2.20.61.4 Mesa 8.1-devel1366x768ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores)Highbank4096MB256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC2563.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l)ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores)SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree)2048MB16GB SEM16G + 64GBUbuntu 13.043.4.0 (armv7l)LXDE 0.5.11X Server 1.13.02.1 Mesa 9.01366x768AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores)ASRock 990FX Extreme3AMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB20GB INTEL SSDSA2VP02 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-00L + 300GB Maxtor 6V300F0 + 1500GB 003-9YH148NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (835/2050MHz)C-Media CM8738Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit PCIeUbuntu 12.043.2.0-39-generic (x86_64)Openbox 3.5.0X Server 1.11.3NVIDIA 310.144.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14GCC 4.61920x1080Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)PEGATRON 2AD2Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM4096MB500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-6Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1)Realtek ALC662 rev3E2060Realtek RTL8111/8168BUnity 5.18.0intel 2.17.01600x900AMD A6-3500 APU @ 2.10GHz (3 Cores)BIOSTAR TA75M+AMD Family 12h Root Complex8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2AMD Radeon HD 6530D 512MB (444/667MHz)ATI R6xx HDMICMC 22 Wfglrx 9.1.111680x10502 x Intel Xeon L5420 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores)Supermicro X7DCA-LIntel 5100 MCH + ICH9R500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAJS-0NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 1024MB (520/500MHz)NVIDIA GPU 0b HDMI/DPIntel 82573L GigabitXfce 4.8NVIDIA 295.403.3.0 NVIDIA 295.401920x1200Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ASUS P8Z77-MIntel Ivy DRAM16384MB2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB (705/3004MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168BUnity 5.18.0NVIDIA 310.144.3.0 NVIDIA 310.141280x1024Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores)Acer PoyangIntel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M2048MB2 x 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB (475/400MHz)Realtek ALC268Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/WirelessKDE 4.8.5NVIDIA 295.403.3.0 NVIDIA 295.401920x1200AMD A10-5800K APU @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores)ASRock FM2A75M-ITXAMD Family 15h3584MB750GB Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M7AMD Radeon HD 7660D 512MBRealtek ALC8922267WRealtek RTL8111/8168BUnity 5.18.0fglrx 8.96.44.2.116271920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- PandaBoard ES: --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- Intel Atom D525: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v- 1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: --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- 1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: --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- ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu: --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- ubuntu_main_test: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v- New: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v- 1: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Details- PandaBoard ES, ARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntu, AMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04, ubuntu_main_test, 1, AMD A10-5800K APU: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system.- Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system.- ubuntu_main_test: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- johnson_test: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- New: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- hjkjujh: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.Disk Details- Intel Atom D525: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- ubuntu_main_test: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- New: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparisonnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Affte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleslammps: Rhodopsin Proteinc-ray: Total TimePandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04ubuntu_main_testjohnson_testNewhjkjujh1AMD A10-5800K APU269.00265.31216.802.04548.788864.702419780.69710.18506.334.81942.93208911.351007459.73371.20663.59472.82421.513.57501.6917069.071326464.02390.45875.04637.66542.464.53643.43217611.821033365.85303.691046.43756.09652.364.011465.68169810.841291192.31332.549616.393934.755311.0628.973222.3214583109.7112970.0055.76116.38159.8176.5546.135927.202717.362730.5616.743751.4278.5420661.6399.95OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 11.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.76, N = 3SE +/- 259.23, N = 6SE +/- 31.63, N = 3269.00780.69663.59875.041046.439616.395927.201. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU8001600240032004000SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 325.18, N = 6SE +/- 9.39, N = 3265.31710.18472.82637.66756.093934.752717.361. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU11002200330044005500SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 4.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 159.07, N = 6SE +/- 7.55, N = 3216.80506.33421.51542.46652.365311.062730.561. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.APandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 32.044.813.574.534.0128.9716.741. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutinePandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU8001600240032004000SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 5.28, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 16.47, N = 3SE +/- 41.80, N = 3SE +/- 60.42, N = 3548.78942.93501.69643.431465.683222.323751.421. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.043K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 10.48, N = 3SE +/- 5.21, N = 3SE +/- 8.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 17.17, N = 3SE +/- 203.43, N = 38862089170621761698145831. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 34.7011.359.0711.8210.84109.7178.54

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesPandaBoard ESIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU5001000150020002500SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.83, N = 5SE +/- 3.32, N = 6241910071326103312911292061. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

Test: Rhodopsin Protein

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04AMD A10-5800K APU100200300400500SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 7.15, N = 5SE +/- 2.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3459.73464.02365.85192.3170.0061.631. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeIntel Atom D5251.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank NodeARM Chromebook - Ubuntu 13.04 - lubuntuAMD FX-8120 - Ubuntu 12.04ubuntu_main_testjohnson_testNewhjkjujhAMD A10-5800K APU80160240320400SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 11.67, N = 6SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 2.63, N = 6371.20390.45303.69332.5455.76116.38159.8176.5546.1399.951. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

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