Raspberry Pi 3 Linux Benchmark Comparison
Raspberry Pi 3 Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.


Raspberry Pi 3: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: LLVMpipe

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.1.18-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

Raspberry Pi 2: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 0.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 8GB SD

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.1.13-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

Raspberry Pi Zero: 

	Processor: ARMv6-compatible rev 7 @ 1.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: BCM2708 Raspberry Pi ? Rev 1.2, Memory: 434MB, Disk: 8GB SL08G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.1.13+ (armv6l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1776x952

Banana Pi M2: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 3 @ 1.01GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Allwinner sun6i (A31) Family Banana Pi BPI-M2, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 8GB SD

	OS: Debian 8.1, Kernel: 4.2.0-BPI-kernel+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ODROID C1 Plus: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 1 @ 1.54GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ODROIDC, Memory: 836MB, Disk: 8GB SD

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.10.80-135 (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Orange Pi PC: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SL16G

	OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 7, Kernel: 3.4.39 (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720

Orange Pi Plus: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 5 @ 1.20GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: sun8i, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SL16G

	OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 7, Kernel: 3.4.39 (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720

Jetson TK1: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 3 @ 2.32GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: jetson-tk1, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB SEM16G, Graphics: GK20A/NullRM/AXI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.10.40-gdacac96 (armv7l), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 21.4, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + CUDA 6.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Jetson TX1: 

	Processor: Cortex A57 rev 1 @ 1.91GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: jetson_tx1, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 16GB 016G32, Graphics: NVIDIA Tegra X1 (nvgpu)/, Monitor: Acer G237HL

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.10.67-g3a5c467 (aarch64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 23.1.1, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 + Clang 3.4-1ubuntu3 + CUDA 7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

RPI3: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SL16G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 656x416

test1_flac: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 8GB 00000

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Desktop: LXDE, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 656x416

autotest2: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 8GB 00000

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

obcRaspbian001: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 8GB 00000

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1824x984

Security Performance: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 2000GB My Passport 0830 + 16GB SD16G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.33-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 656x416

+strongStack: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709, Memory: 861MB, Disk: 2000GB My Passport 0830 + 16GB SD16G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 656x416

No Security Performance: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709, Memory: 862MB, Disk: 2000GB My Passport 0830 + 16GB SD16G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.32-v7+ (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 656x416

A2_CPU: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BCM2709, Memory: 925MB, Disk: 16GB SL16G

	OS: Raspbian 8.0, Kernel: 4.4.34-v7+ (armv7l), Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 247.37  |====
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 505.44  |========
Raspberry Pi Zero . 3037.57 |==================================================
Banana Pi M2 ...... 436.18  |=======
ODROID C1 Plus .... 323.08  |=====
Orange Pi PC ...... 951.10  |================
Orange Pi Plus .... 1424.86 |=======================
Jetson TK1 ........ 95.01   |==
Jetson TX1 ........ 85.30   |=
RPI3 .............. 337.82  |======
A2_CPU ............ 296.57  |=====


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 228.37 |===================
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 314.58 |==========================
Raspberry Pi Zero . 606.76 |===================================================
Banana Pi M2 ...... 269.63 |=======================
ODROID C1 Plus .... 200.50 |=================
Orange Pi PC ...... 261.83 |======================
Orange Pi Plus .... 257.87 |======================
Jetson TK1 ........ 50.29  |====
Jetson TX1 ........ 47.64  |====
RPI3 .............. 228.30 |===================
test1_flac ........ 267.93 |=======================
autotest2 ......... 228.45 |===================
obcRaspbian001 .... 228.25 |===================
A2_CPU ............ 228.94 |===================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 62.54  |=======================
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 33.29  |============
Raspberry Pi Zero . 10.00  |====
Banana Pi M2 ...... 60.08  |======================
ODROID C1 Plus .... 81.97  |==============================
Orange Pi PC ...... 59.24  |=====================
Orange Pi Plus .... 64.38  |=======================
Jetson TK1 ........ 141.30 |===================================================
Jetson TX1 ........ 83.40  |==============================
RPI3 .............. 60.69  |======================
A2_CPU ............ 59.65  |======================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 629.00  |====================
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 387.00  |============
Raspberry Pi Zero . 88.73   |===
Banana Pi M2 ...... 427.00  |==============
ODROID C1 Plus .... 494.00  |================
Orange Pi PC ...... 315.00  |==========
Orange Pi Plus .... 322.00  |==========
Jetson TK1 ........ 422.00  |=============
Jetson TX1 ........ 1563.00 |==================================================
RPI3 .............. 517.00  |=================
A2_CPU ............ 619.00  |====================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 20.25 |===================
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 11.93 |===========
Raspberry Pi Zero . 2.60  |==
Banana Pi M2 ...... 13.40 |=============
ODROID C1 Plus .... 18.80 |==================
Orange Pi PC ...... 11.93 |===========
Orange Pi Plus .... 7.83  |=======
Jetson TK1 ........ 54.40 |====================================================
Jetson TX1 ........ 24.67 |========================
RPI3 .............. 16.55 |================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 117.64 |=============================================
+strongStack ............ 115.28 |============================================
No Security Performance . 116.54 |=============================================
A2_CPU .................. 112.42 |===========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 68.49 |==============================================
+strongStack ............ 68.21 |==============================================
No Security Performance . 68.37 |==============================================
A2_CPU .................. 56.34 |======================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 20.84 |==============================================
+strongStack ............ 18.99 |==========================================
No Security Performance . 19.06 |==========================================
A2_CPU .................. 18.63 |=========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 88.97 |==============================================
+strongStack ............ 87.37 |=============================================
No Security Performance . 88.44 |==============================================
A2_CPU .................. 83.22 |===========================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 168.60 |=============================================
+strongStack ............ 165.61 |============================================
No Security Performance . 168.10 |=============================================
A2_CPU .................. 165.42 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Security Performance .... 241.28 |=============================================
+strongStack ............ 236.20 |============================================
No Security Performance . 238.71 |=============================================
A2_CPU .................. 238.51 |============================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 1388  |======
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 2175  |=========
Raspberry Pi Zero . 12029 |====================================================
Banana Pi M2 ...... 1984  |=========
ODROID C1 Plus .... 1590  |=======
Orange Pi PC ...... 1982  |=========
Orange Pi Plus .... 3042  |=============
Jetson TK1 ........ 2888  |============
Jetson TX1 ........ 613   |===
RPI3 .............. 1924  |========
A2_CPU ............ 1646  |=======


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Raspberry Pi 3 .... 53.62  |=====
Raspberry Pi 2 .... 75.46  |========
Raspberry Pi Zero . 501.11 |===================================================
Banana Pi M2 ...... 71.58  |=======
ODROID C1 Plus .... 51.54  |=====
Orange Pi PC ...... 77.16  |========
Orange Pi Plus .... 103.05 |==========
Jetson TK1 ........ 15.10  |==
Jetson TX1 ........ 16.56  |==
RPI3 .............. 74.55  |========
A2_CPU ............ 60.55  |======