Lenovo X1 Carbon Broadwell vs. Sandy Bridge Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of the third-generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook with Core i7 Broadwell processor. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com going back to Intel Sandy Bridge. Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HP EliteBook 161C: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 36.86 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.46 |================================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 20.96 |======================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 124.55 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 98.56 |================================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 62.37 |===================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 159.99 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 127.89 |================================= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 78.99 |==================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 132.97 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 116.32 |==================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 64.87 |==================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 5319 |=========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 4335 |=================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 4054 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 54.40 |================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 49.37 |================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 123.40 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 18.4 MAX: 38.0 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 20.1 MAX: 42.0 HP EliteBook 161C ........... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 15.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 51.32 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 47.10 |======================================= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 29.72 |======================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 41.93 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 37.91 |====================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 26.86 |=========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 35.64 |===================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 70.82 |========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 22.11 |============= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 74.70 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 65.21 |===================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 46.88 |========================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 74.70 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 65.41 |===================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 46.87 |========================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 55.84 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 43.14 |================================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 32.02 |======================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 55.93 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 42.95 |================================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 32.01 |======================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 39.05 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.26 |============================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 21.00 |======================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 39.06 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.07 |============================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 21.00 |======================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 5531.48 |======================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 5042.78 |==================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 5065.70 |===================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 4192.86 |======================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 3934.20 |====================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 3536.48 |================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 2399 |=========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 2212 |======================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 2032 |==================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 73.48 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 63.22 |==================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 61.18 |=================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 1808.52 |======================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 1274.25 |============================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 1284.99 |============================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 283.71 |===================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 310.81 |========================================= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 310.44 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 63.27 |==================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 73.86 |========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 70.61 |======================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 3872 |==================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 4529 |=========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 4565 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 12.83 |================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 15.96 |========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 15.72 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 241.97 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 208.70 |=================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 210.63 |====================================