Linux Big Laptop Comparison Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Lenovo i7-720QM: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Apple i5-520M: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 HP i5-2520M: 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: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ASUS i3-3217U: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS i7-3517U: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 1024MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apple i5-4250U: Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS i7-4558U: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 ASUS i3-5010U: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X555LAB v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS545050A7, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Toshiba i5-5200U: Processor: Intel Core i5-5200U @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FF50 06F2, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E + Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 526.01 |================================= Apple i5-520M .... 7.89 | HP i5-2520M ...... 8.28 |= ASUS i3-3217U .... 79.99 |===== ASUS i7-3517U .... 47.72 |=== Apple i5-4250U ... 28.48 |== ASUS i7-4558U .... 27.26 |== ASUS i3-5010U .... 489.53 |=============================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 834.07 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 44.97 |===================================== Apple i5-520M .... 44.07 |==================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 36.17 |============================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 34.50 |============================= ASUS i7-3517U .... 60.57 |================================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 35.20 |============================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 64.12 |===================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 39.73 |================================= Toshiba i5-5200U . 62.07 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. MIN: 12.0 AVG: 22.2 MAX: 34.0 Apple i5-520M .... MIN: 12.0 AVG: 22.6 MAX: 38.0 HP i5-2520M ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 62.0 ASUS i3-3217U .... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 28.9 MAX: 63.0 ASUS i7-3517U .... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 16.4 MAX: 40.0 Apple i5-4250U ... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 31.1 MAX: 76.0 ASUS i7-4558U .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 16.4 MAX: 53.0 ASUS i3-5010U .... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 25.0 MAX: 54.0 Toshiba i5-5200U . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 16.0 MAX: 37.0 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 14.93 |=========================== HP i5-2520M ...... 20.26 |===================================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 19.33 |=================================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 26.68 |================================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 18.73 |================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 27.19 |================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 20.69 |====================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 28.91 |===================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 29.46 |======================= Apple i5-520M .... 7.94 |====== HP i5-2520M ...... 32.61 |========================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 43.58 |================================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 50.48 |======================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 60.40 |================================================ ASUS i7-4558U .... 66.60 |==================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 43.36 |================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 67.35 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 47.59 |======================= Apple i5-520M .... 33.24 |================ HP i5-2520M ...... 46.97 |======================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 59.60 |============================= ASUS i7-3517U .... 65.05 |=============================== Apple i5-4250U ... 92.84 |============================================ ASUS i7-4558U .... 33.75 |================ ASUS i3-5010U .... 46.20 |====================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 108.50 |==================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 26.17 |=============== Apple i5-520M .... 17.61 |========== HP i5-2520M ...... 31.87 |================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 49.98 |============================ ASUS i7-3517U .... 43.19 |========================= Apple i5-4250U ... 70.43 |======================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 28.73 |================ ASUS i3-5010U .... 41.12 |======================= Toshiba i5-5200U . 93.27 |===================================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 3708.54 |====================================== Apple i5-520M .... 1613.90 |================= HP i5-2520M ...... 4525.01 |============================================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 2649.85 |=========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 4388.20 |============================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 3917.91 |======================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 4983.47 |=================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 3121.77 |================================ Toshiba i5-5200U . 4099.45 |========================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 6533.88 |============================= Apple i5-520M .... 3643.34 |================ HP i5-2520M ...... 8447.90 |===================================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 6499.60 |============================= ASUS i7-3517U .... 9255.22 |========================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 9028.44 |======================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 11308.00 |================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 7130.24 |================================ Toshiba i5-5200U . 9380.54 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 2133 |======================================== Apple i5-520M .... 809 |=============== HP i5-2520M ...... 2038 |======================================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 1435 |=========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 2235 |========================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 2056 |======================================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 2855 |====================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 1884 |==================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 2364 |============================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 78.12 |================================================== Apple i5-520M .... 29.20 |=================== HP i5-2520M ...... 69.58 |============================================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 46.27 |============================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 73.17 |=============================================== Apple i5-4250U ... 63.49 |========================================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 82.44 |===================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 59.25 |====================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 74.27 |================================================ x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 62.29 |========================================== Apple i5-520M .... 23.85 |================ HP i5-2520M ...... 63.25 |=========================================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 42.23 |============================ ASUS i7-3517U .... 64.99 |============================================ Apple i5-4250U ... 64.37 |=========================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 78.70 |===================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 55.45 |===================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 70.26 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 315.42 |=================== Apple i5-520M .... 849.54 |==================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 352.52 |====================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 548.60 |================================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 353.36 |====================== Apple i5-4250U ... 350.02 |===================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 274.24 |================= ASUS i3-5010U .... 398.70 |======================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 314.65 |=================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 61.29 |=================== Apple i5-520M .... 163.51 |==================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 71.58 |======================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 115.85 |===================================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 74.40 |======================== Apple i5-4250U ... 73.23 |======================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 56.07 |================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 83.62 |=========================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 66.92 |===================== Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 225.80 |==================== Apple i5-520M .... 583.71 |==================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 212.71 |=================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 335.92 |============================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 214.83 |=================== Apple i5-4250U ... 253.91 |======================= ASUS i7-4558U .... 212.52 |=================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 293.15 |========================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 233.25 |===================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 5343 |======================= Apple i5-520M .... 12112 |===================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 4692 |===================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 7569 |================================= ASUS i7-3517U .... 4683 |==================== Apple i5-4250U ... 4931 |====================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 3985 |================= ASUS i3-5010U .... 6397 |============================ Toshiba i5-5200U . 4766 |===================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 12.14 |======================= Apple i5-520M .... 28.37 |===================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 9.58 |================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 14.26 |=========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 8.58 |================ Apple i5-4250U ... 8.67 |================ ASUS i7-4558U .... 6.83 |============= ASUS i3-5010U .... 11.25 |===================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 8.41 |================ FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 24.52 |============================ Apple i5-520M .... 46.62 |===================================================== HP i5-2520M ...... 18.53 |===================== ASUS i3-3217U .... 27.94 |================================ ASUS i7-3517U .... 18.51 |===================== Apple i5-4250U ... 20.81 |======================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 15.67 |================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 23.40 |=========================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 18.72 |===================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo i7-720QM .. 150.10 |============================= Apple i5-520M .... 56.43 |=========== HP i5-2520M ...... 211.63 |========================================= ASUS i3-3217U .... 134.67 |========================== ASUS i7-3517U .... 209.43 |========================================= Apple i5-4250U ... 191.63 |===================================== ASUS i7-4558U .... 266.23 |==================================================== ASUS i3-5010U .... 182.60 |==================================== Toshiba i5-5200U . 229.00 |=============================================