ARM Cortex A15 Exynos 5 Dual Comparison
Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix looking at ARM Cortex A15 performance via the Samsung Exynos 5 Dual on the Samsung Google Chromebook. Comparing various systems.


Exynos 5 Dual: 

	Processor: Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.16.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

NVIDIA Tegra 3: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: cardhu, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G + 32GB SD32G, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1366x1536

NVIDIA Jetson TK1: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 3 @ 2.32GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: laguna, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.10.24-g6a2d13a (armv7l), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x2400

Intel Atom N270: 

	Processor: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NC10, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GSE MCH + ICH7-M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB OCZ CORE_SSD, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GSE IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC272, Network: Atheros AR242x / AR542x

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x600

Intel Atom Z530: 

	Processor: Intel Atom Z530 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel SBC-FITPC2, Chipset: Intel Hub + SCH, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 160GB Hitachi HTS54501, Graphics: Intel Hub (SCH Poulsbo), Audio: Realtek ALC260, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.14.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Intel Atom D525: 

	Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535, Chipset: Intel N10 Family DMI Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel N10 Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Intel Core i3 330M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 158.91 |=================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 471.46 |==================================================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 109.46 |============
Intel Atom N270 .... 319.17 |==================================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 323.02 |==================================
Intel Atom D525 .... 240.77 |==========================
Intel Core i3 330M . 57.83  |======


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 37.65  |=================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 47.40  |=====================
Intel Atom N270 .... 20.13  |=========
Intel Atom Z530 .... 15.58  |=======
Intel Atom D525 .... 25.21  |===========
Intel Core i3 330M . 113.71 |==================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 435.03 |===========================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 619.48 |======================================
Intel Atom N270 .... 172.16 |===========
Intel Atom Z530 .... 157.05 |==========
Intel Atom D525 .... 181.16 |===========
Intel Core i3 330M . 814.66 |==================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 361.97 |==============================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 482.71 |=========================================
Intel Atom N270 .... 270.84 |=======================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 273.50 |=======================
Intel Atom D525 .... 320.03 |===========================
Intel Core i3 330M . 595.89 |==================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 1.21  |======
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 0.40  |==
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 1.01  |=====
Intel Atom N270 .... 1.62  |========
Intel Atom Z530 .... 1.64  |========
Intel Atom D525 .... 3.17  |===============
Intel Core i3 330M . 10.47 |===================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 1951 |====================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 1479 |===============
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 4439 |=============================================
Intel Atom N270 .... 921  |=========
Intel Atom Z530 .... 916  |=========
Intel Atom D525 .... 2092 |=====================
Intel Core i3 330M . 5101 |====================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 255.79 |==========================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 463.68 |===============================================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 139.81 |==============
Intel Atom N270 .... 488.26 |==================================================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 483.86 |==================================================
Intel Atom D525 .... 259.01 |===========================
Intel Core i3 330M . 88.43  |=========


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 88.41  |=====================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 117.98 |============================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 38.08  |=========
Intel Atom N270 .... 210.91 |=================================================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 213.86 |==================================================
Intel Atom D525 .... 95.60  |======================
Intel Core i3 330M . 33.44  |========


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 19.81 |==================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 40.74 |====================================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 14.20 |=============
Intel Atom N270 .... 57.05 |===================================================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 56.59 |===================================================
Intel Core i3 330M . 13.43 |============


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 52.30  |===================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 91.31  |==================================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 35.92  |=============
Intel Atom N270 .... 136.02 |==================================================
Intel Atom Z530 .... 135.11 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 330M . 29.57  |===========


FFmpeg 1.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 162.54 |===================
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 425.27 |==================================================
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 157.39 |===================
Intel Atom N270 .... 149.71 |==================
Intel Atom D525 .... 89.39  |===========
Intel Core i3 330M . 34.38  |====


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Exynos 5 Dual ...... 3535.77  |===========
NVIDIA Tegra 3 ..... 2197.31  |=======
NVIDIA Jetson TK1 .. 6630.53  |=====================
Intel Atom N270 .... 2811.27  |=========
Intel Atom Z530 .... 3004.90  |==========
Intel Atom D525 .... 4083.20  |=============
Intel Core i3 330M . 14934.81 |================================================