Intel Compute Stick Linux Performance Comparison
Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Intel NUC - N2820: 

	Processor: Intel Celeron N2820 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DN2820FYK, Chipset: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (757MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC283, Monitor: MX279, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150529, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F: 

	Processor: Intel Atom Z3735F @ 1.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel STCK1A32WFCR, Chipset: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 31GB S10032, Graphics: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (645MHz), Monitor: VE228

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150527, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Intel NUC - i3-5010U: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150529, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Compulab CM-FX6, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB SanDisk SSD U100, Graphics: GC2000 Engine, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.0.35-cm-fx6-5.1 (armv7l), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1: 

	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), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4-1ubuntu3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x2400


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 54.10  |========
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 65.20  |==========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 255.23 |========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 191.30 |==============================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 16.67  |===
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 54.60  |=========


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 38.07  |============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 55.99  |==================
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 14.71  |=====
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 20.53  |======
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 127.62 |========================================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 36.15  |===========


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 26.00  |====
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 36.66  |======
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 7.37   |=
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 10.65  |==
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 237.55 |========================================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 50.72  |=========


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11363 |=========
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 16000 |=============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 4100  |===
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 5832  |=====
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 51525 |=========================================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 15780 |=============


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 751  |===========
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 627  |=========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 182  |===
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 262  |====
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 1410 |====================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 2891 |==========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 205.93 |=============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 171.95 |===========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 54.55  |====
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 79.67  |=====
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 621.92 |========================================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 85.69  |======


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 605.60  |===============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 464.49  |============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 1563.49 |=======================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 1202.62 |==============================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 110.84  |===
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 125.74  |===


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 60  |=================
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 48  |==============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 152 |===========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 114 |================================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 28  |========
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 73  |=====================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 47  |================
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 40  |=============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 130 |===========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 90  |==============================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 22  |=======
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 66  |======================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 17.55 |=========
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 19.69 |==========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 81.95 |=========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 59.20 |==============================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 9.65  |=====
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 34.94 |=================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 1032 |================
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 908  |==============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 2764 |==========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 1979 |==============================
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 477  |=======
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 421  |======


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 4523  |===============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 6030  |====================
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 2423  |========
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 3460  |===========
Utilite - i.MX6 Quad-Core A9 . 12420 |=========================================
Jetson TK1 - Tegra K1 ........ 3905  |=============


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 35  |=====
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 29  |====
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 267 |=========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 278 |===========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11796 |============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 8826  |=========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 23917 |=========================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 38712 |=========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 2031 |=================
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 1742 |==============
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 5151 |==========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 4143 |==================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 48.47  |==============
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 31.20  |=========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 97.87  |=============================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 133.77 |========================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11.62 |===========
Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 11.18 |==========
Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 43.67 |=========================================
Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 38.94 |=====================================