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 Monitor 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 CurrentConfig 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 Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores) ASUS P8H61-I Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 8192MB 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101 Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) VIA VT1708S DELL 2209WA Realtek RTL8111/8168B debian 7.7 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64) X Server 1.12.4 intel 2.19.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5 GCC 4.7 1680x1050 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 - CurrentConfig: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --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=i586 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - PandaBoard ES: Scaling Governor: ondemand - Samsung Chromebook ARM: Scaling Governor: ondemand - ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15: 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 apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time lammps: Rhodopsin Protein smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples x264: H.264 Video Encoding compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine npb: UA.A npb: SP.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A PandaBoard ES Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 CurrentConfig 2419 4.70 886 548.78 2.04 216.80 265.31 269.00 3073.42 371.20 459.73 1007 11.35 2089 942.93 4.81 506.33 710.18 780.69 4014.66 390.45 464.02 1326 9.07 1706 501.69 3.57 421.51 472.82 663.59 1823.63 332.54 192.31 1291 10.84 1698 1465.68 4.01 652.36 756.09 1046.43 1691.69 131.49 692 3195 1425.06 5.30 925.08 1106.40 1429.38 14757.67 106.41 421 37.51 4824 3805.27 16.04 2964.75 3057.80 3947.94 OpenBenchmarking.org
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving CurrentConfig Calxeda Highbank Intel Atom D525 Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 108.35, N = 3 SE +/- 57.43, N = 3 SE +/- 7.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 3 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 14757.67 4014.66 3073.42 1823.63 1691.69 -lexpat 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 11.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 106.41 131.49 332.54 371.20 390.45 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Samsung Chromebook ARM Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 7.15, N = 5 192.31 459.73 464.02 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Intel Atom D525 Samsung Chromebook ARM Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 2.85, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 421 692 1007 1291 1326 2419 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding CurrentConfig Intel Atom D525 Samsung Chromebook ARM Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 37.51 11.35 10.84 9.07 4.70
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank Samsung Chromebook ARM PandaBoard ES 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 51.89, N = 3 SE +/- 6.36, N = 3 SE +/- 5.21, N = 3 SE +/- 8.88, N = 3 SE +/- 17.17, N = 3 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 4824 3195 2089 1706 1698 886 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine CurrentConfig Samsung Chromebook ARM ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Intel Atom D525 PandaBoard ES Calxeda Highbank 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 19.20, N = 3 SE +/- 16.47, N = 3 SE +/- 5.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 5.28, N = 3 3805.27 1465.68 1425.06 942.93 548.78 501.69 -pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -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 CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Intel Atom D525 Samsung Chromebook ARM Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 16.04 5.30 4.81 4.01 3.57 2.04 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 CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 29.07, N = 3 SE +/- 11.79, N = 3 SE +/- 2.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 2964.75 925.08 652.36 506.33 421.51 216.80 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 CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 102.98, N = 6 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 3057.80 1106.40 756.09 710.18 472.82 265.31 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A CurrentConfig ODROID-XU Quad-Core A15 Samsung Chromebook ARM Intel Atom D525 Calxeda Highbank PandaBoard ES 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 25.77, N = 3 SE +/- 10.28, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 3947.94 1429.38 1046.43 780.69 663.59 269.00 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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