6 Linux Laptop Performance Benchmarks Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarking six different Intel laptops over different generations for some new reference performance numbers. All laptops had clean installs of Ubuntu 13.10 Linux. ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400: Processor: Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2613EJU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1981, Network: Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 1.31 | ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 2.02 | ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 2.02 | MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 175.09 |===================================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 2.65 |= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 90.70 |=================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 22.12 |=== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 39.38 |====== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 42.24 |====== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 254.13 |===================================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 60.42 |========= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 107.72 |================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 19.54 |====== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 44.39 |=============== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 59.70 |==================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 88.80 |============================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 76.00 |========================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 112.34 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 14.96 |==== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 37.18 |========= ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 51.75 |============= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 138.92 |=================================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 105.29 |========================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 148.50 |===================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 70 |== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 691 |================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 703 |================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 1074 |=========================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 721 |================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 1537 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 15.57 |========= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 20.13 |=========== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 66.83 |====================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 53.80 |=============================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 59.40 |================================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 48.20 |=========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 64.3 MAX: 89.0 ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . MIN: 19.0 AVG: 49.6 MAX: 89.0 ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 35.0 MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 18.5 MAX: 34.0 ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 16.5 MAX: 40.0 EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 41.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 18.28 |======= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 27.99 |=========== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 98.24 |====================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 51.18 |==================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 71.10 |============================ EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 72.35 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 12.59 |========= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 14.16 |========== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 48.22 |================================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 33.07 |======================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 54.75 |====================================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 50.71 |=================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Points > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 74 |======= ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 443 |======================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 180 |================ ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 406 |===================================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 208 |=================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 10.49070 |====================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 16.47390 |================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 6.45871 |============= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 11.16660 |======================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 16.80297 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 0.97367 |================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 1.97418 |==================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 1.02314 |=================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 1.43666 |========================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 1.41069 |========================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 6.80617 |==================================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 2.31470 |============ MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 1.72322 |========= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 2.98475 |================ EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 4.57002 |======================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 0.63220 |===================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 1.07329 |==================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 0.30889 |========== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 0.42234 |============== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 0.37017 |============ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 1.87729 |=============================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 1.22596 |===================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 1.96008 |================================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 2.14680 |==================================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 1.81811 |============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 0.00925 |================ ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 0.02122 |==================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 0.00825 |============== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 0.01553 |========================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 0.02047 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 0.47946 |=========== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 1.39572 |=============================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 1.63680 |==================================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 0.92887 |==================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 0.56979 |============= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 0.86401 |=================================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 0.55613 |====================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 0.79610 |================================ ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 0.89771 |==================================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 0.76420 |=============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 6106.11 |==================================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 4538.49 |=========================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 3005.89 |================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 4796.14 |============================ EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 4624.06 |=========================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 4.34 |========== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 10.02 |======================= ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 10.10 |======================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 5.88 |============= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 10.51 |======================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 16.66 |====================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 13.60 |======== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 31.91 |==================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 61.21 |====================================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 23.35 |============== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 40.96 |========================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 61.34 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 538.67 |=============== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 917.45 |========================= ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 1140.15 |=============================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 501.19 |============== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 779.80 |===================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 1313.66 |==================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 219.75 |===================================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 94.22 |================ ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 61.49 |========== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 164.38 |============================ ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 114.51 |=================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 74.43 |============= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 46.04 |================================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 25.11 |================== ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 22.90 |================ MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 53.24 |====================================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 28.97 |===================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 17.04 |============ Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ... 44.91 |====================================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 . 18.32 |================ ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ... 14.87 |============= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ...... 34.13 |============================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ....... 19.53 |================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M .. 11.52 |==========