Intel Sandy Bridge Power Use Ubuntu Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 161C and Intel HD 3000 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok: 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 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Haswell - Acer C720: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 3409 |=========================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 2027 |========================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 120.41 |====================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 222.35 |========================================= PostMark 1.51 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . MIN: 12808 AVG: 28312 MAX: 29783 Haswell - Acer C720 ......... MIN: 6065 AVG: 9116 MAX: 10334 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 74.33 |======================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 127.18 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 0.48 |=========================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 0.08 |======= C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . MIN: 11602 AVG: 36033 MAX: 37058 Haswell - Acer C720 ......... MIN: 6124 AVG: 10151 MAX: 11362 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 75.11 |========================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 66.10 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . 1.91 |===================== Haswell - Acer C720 ......... 3.90 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . MIN: 11542 AVG: 39229 MAX: 45372 Haswell - Acer C720 ......... MIN: 5615 AVG: 16959 MAX: 20058 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBOok . MIN: 11542 AVG: 34767 MAX: 45372 Haswell - Acer C720 ......... MIN: 5615 AVG: 12369 MAX: 20058