Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux Comparison Comparing different ARM and x86 systems, in particular looking at the ARM Cortex-A15 quad-core + Cortex-A7 quad-core big.LITTLE configuration from a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa SoC on the Hardkernel ODROID-XUs. The ARM x86 tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux 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 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 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 3 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) ODROIDXU 8GB SD08G Ubuntu 13.10 3.4.5 (armv7l) GCC 4.8 1280x720 8GB SU08G Debian testing 3.4.67 (armv7l) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler 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 - Calxeda Highbank: --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 - Samsung Chromebook ARM: --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 - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-arch=armv7-a --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-mode=thumb -v - XU Debian Jessie: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-sjlj-exceptions --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-arch=armv7-a --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-armhf --with-mode=thumb -v Processor Details - PandaBoard ES: Scaling Governor: ondemand - Samsung Chromebook ARM: Scaling Governor: ondemand - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance - XU Debian Jessie: Scaling Governor: exynos_cpufreq performance System Details - PandaBoard ES: Compiz was running on this system. - Intel Atom D525: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Compiz was running on this system. Disk Details - Intel Atom D525: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Quad-Core Cortex-A15 big.LITTLE ARM Linux Comparison lammps: Rhodopsin Protein npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test x264: H.264 Video Encoding c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples apache: Static Web Page Serving PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 269.00 265.31 216.80 2.04 548.78 886 4.70 2419 459.73 780.69 710.18 506.33 4.81 942.93 2089 11.35 371.20 1007 3073.42 464.02 663.59 472.82 421.51 3.57 501.69 1706 9.07 390.45 1326 4014.66 192.31 1046.43 756.09 652.36 4.01 1465.68 1698 10.84 332.54 1291 1823.63 1429.38 1106.40 925.08 5.30 1425.06 3195 131.49 692 1691.69 185.85 1520.45 1121.41 954.31 5.39 1391.93 3130 125.53 664 1631.95 OpenBenchmarking.org
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM XU Debian Jessie 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 459.73 464.02 192.31 185.85 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 10.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 269.00 780.69 663.59 1046.43 1429.38 1520.45 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.43, N = 3 265.31 710.18 472.82 756.09 1106.40 1121.41 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 11.79, N = 3 SE +/- 7.32, N = 3 216.80 506.33 421.51 652.36 925.08 954.31 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 1.2128 2.4256 3.6384 4.8512 6.064 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 2.04 4.81 3.57 4.01 5.30 5.39 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 5.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 548.78 942.93 501.69 1465.68 1425.06 1391.93 -lcr -lcr -lcr -lcr -lcr 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lpthread
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 6.36, N = 3 SE +/- 21.08, N = 3 886 2089 1706 1698 3195 3130 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 4.70 11.35 9.07 10.84
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 371.20 390.45 332.54 131.49 125.53 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 2419 1007 1326 1291 692 664 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 XU Debian Jessie 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 SE +/- 15.13, N = 3 3073.42 4014.66 1823.63 1691.69 1631.95 -lexpat -lexpat 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
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