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 Toshiba Arrandale: Processor: Intel Pentium P6100 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HTS54503, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 4.0.4-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |===================================== 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 |======================================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 34.17 |========== 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 |================================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 271 |== 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 |========================================= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 8383 |========= 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 |=========================================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 39 |====== 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 |============= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 5383 |================== 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 |====== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 991 |=============== 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 |================= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 27.19 |============== 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 |====================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 60 |==================== 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 |===================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 72 |==================== 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 |=== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 780.78 |=================== 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 |====== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 103.93 |======= 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 |========================================== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 559 |======== 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 |============= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 7351 |====== 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 |========= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 17.79 |=== 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 |=========== Toshiba Arrandale ............ 29.79 |========= 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 |========= Toshiba Arrandale ............ 86.23 |==============