Linux 2015 Laptop Comparison Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. 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 lenovo 550s 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20E2000TUS, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25 + 256GB SB M2 SSD, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U, Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: LinuxMint 17.3, Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.9, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 W550s 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20E2000TUS, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25 + 256GB SB M2 SSD, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U, Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: LinuxMint 17.3, Kernel: 3.13.0-77-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 W550s nvidia: Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20E2000TUS, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25 + 256GB SB M2 SSD, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K620M 2048MB (1032/1001MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: LinuxMint 17.3, Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |==================================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 59.66 |==== W550s 2 .......... 60.32 |==== W550s nvidia ..... 57.05 |==== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |============================ lenovo 550s 1 .... 58.87 |========================== W550s nvidia ..... 115.63 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 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 lenovo 550s 1 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 37.0 W550s nvidia ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 25.0 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |===================================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 27.26 |================================================== W550s nvidia ..... 23.23 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |===================================================== W550s nvidia ..... 64.76 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |==================================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 62.69 |============================== W550s nvidia ..... 73.30 |=================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |===================================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 48.94 |============================ W550s nvidia ..... 58.91 |================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 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 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 |========================================= lenovo 550s 1 .... 10402.00 |============================================== W550s nvidia ..... 10535.00 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 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 |============================================= lenovo 550s 1 .... 2176 |========================================= W550s nvidia ..... 2492 |=============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 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 |================================================ lenovo 550s 1 .... 66.29 |=========================================== W550s nvidia ..... 71.08 |============================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |=============================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 66.01 |============================================ W550s nvidia ..... 69.13 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |============================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 351.38 |================================= W550s nvidia ..... 298.64 |============================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |============================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 72.17 |================================ W550s nvidia ..... 63.73 |============================= Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |==================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 260.41 |======================================== W550s nvidia ..... 240.19 |===================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better 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 |================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 4366 |=============================== W550s nvidia ..... 4295 |=============================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |=============================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 9.37 |=================================== W550s nvidia ..... 9.40 |=================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better 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 |==================================== lenovo 550s 1 .... 17.69 |================================== W550s nvidia ..... 18.02 |================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 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 |============================================= lenovo 550s 1 .... 233.87 |============================================== W550s nvidia ..... 234.03 |==============================================