Sandy Ivy Bridge Intel Linux CPUs Re-benchmarking various Intel Core i3 and Core i5 Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs from the same system using Ubuntu 13.10 with the Linux 3.13 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel to be used for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.906, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-ad3937f saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.906, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-ad3937f saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.906, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-ad3937f saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Intel HD 2500 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.906, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-ad3937f saucy-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 19.29 |======================== Core i5 2400S . 34.44 |=========================================== Core i5 2500K . 44.59 |======================================================= Core i5 3470 .. 45.11 |======================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 2.53514 |==================================== Core i5 2400S . 3.32050 |=============================================== Core i5 2500K . 3.56573 |================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 3.85587 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 5.03387 |====================== Core i5 2400S . 9.23705 |========================================= Core i5 2500K . 12.05747 |===================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 12.06833 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 0.54287 |============================= Core i5 2400S . 0.75293 |========================================= Core i5 2500K . 0.71592 |======================================= Core i5 3470 .. 0.99548 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 4.27705 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 4.23542 |=================================================== Core i5 2500K . 4.23994 |=================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 4.45573 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 0.02229 |================================ Core i5 2400S . 0.02871 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 0.03378 |================================================= Core i5 3470 .. 0.03713 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 0.52136 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 0.43548 |============================================= Core i5 2500K . 0.33296 |================================== Core i5 3470 .. 0.31739 |================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 1.75940 |============================================== Core i5 2400S . 1.98317 |==================================================== Core i5 2500K . 1.99719 |==================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 2.06929 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 7931.51 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 8327.69 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 10612.15 |===================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 10373.94 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 477.78 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 320.62 |===================================== Core i5 2500K . 249.57 |============================= Core i5 3470 .. 228.24 |========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 38.48 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 26.61 |======================================= Core i5 2500K . 20.71 |============================== Core i5 3470 .. 19.10 |============================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 52.95 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 45.73 |================================================ Core i5 2500K . 42.12 |============================================= Core i5 3470 .. 38.85 |========================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 87.21 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 71.60 |============================================== Core i5 2500K . 55.16 |=================================== Core i5 3470 .. 49.55 |================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 197.99 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 152.74 |========================================== Core i5 2500K . 122.84 |================================== Core i5 3470 .. 118.12 |================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 50.18 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 43.83 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 37.03 |========================================= Core i5 3470 .. 35.93 |======================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 30.35 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 28.67 |===================================================== Core i5 2500K . 25.57 |=============================================== Core i5 3470 .. 25.15 |============================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 48.56 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 45.91 |===================================================== Core i5 2500K . 41.10 |=============================================== Core i5 3470 .. 38.82 |============================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 4863.31 |================================================ Core i5 2400S . 4851.74 |================================================ Core i5 2500K . 5447.61 |====================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 5426.91 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 2280 |=================================== Core i5 2400S . 2455 |====================================== Core i5 2500K . 3213 |================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 3695 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 3815000 |======================= Core i5 2400S . 6012000 |==================================== Core i5 2500K . 7831333 |=============================================== Core i5 3470 .. 9046333 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 32560 |================================================= Core i5 2400S . 32268 |================================================ Core i5 2500K . 36384 |======================================================= Core i5 3470 .. 37348 |======================================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 67.47 |================================= Core i5 2400S . 85.20 |========================================= Core i5 2500K . 106.36 |=================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 113.81 |======================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 1402.76 |================================================ Core i5 2400S . 1407.79 |================================================ Core i5 2500K . 1570.93 |====================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 1538.97 |===================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 63.38 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 44.55 |======================================= Core i5 2500K . 34.09 |============================== Core i5 3470 .. 32.76 |============================= Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 74.47 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 65.47 |================================================= Core i5 2500K . 59.92 |============================================= Core i5 3470 .. 56.89 |=========================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 193.04 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 142.21 |========================================= Core i5 2500K . 108.78 |=============================== Core i5 3470 .. 98.82 |============================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 67 |=========================================================== Core i5 2400S . 57 |================================================== Core i5 2500K . 43 |====================================== Core i5 3470 .. 42 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 7.13 |========================================================= Core i5 2400S . 7.13 |========================================================= Core i5 2500K . 6.39 |=================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 6.20 |================================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 11.03 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 11.06 |======================================================== Core i5 2500K . 9.87 |================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 9.83 |================================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 356.76 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 280.72 |=========================================== Core i5 2500K . 214.62 |================================= Core i5 3470 .. 209.36 |================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i3 2120 .. 17594.47 |================================= Core i5 2400S . 21282.50 |======================================== Core i5 2500K . 27628.65 |=================================================== Core i5 3470 .. 28531.02 |=====================================================