Calxeda ECX-1000 vs. Ampere eMAG
Archived tests from a Calxeda ECX-1000 node tested at Calxeda HQ in late 2012 by Michael Larabel. Compared to current performance of Ampere eMAG. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Calxeda ECX-1000: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4

Ampere eMAG OSPREY: 

	Processor: Ampere eMAG ARMv8 @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: AmpereComputing OSPREY (4.8.19 BIOS), Chipset: Applied Micro Circuits X-Gene, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2400MHz Samsung M393A2K43CB2-CTD, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection

	OS: CentOS 7.5.1804, Kernel: 4.14.0-49.el7.centos.180925+amp.ilp32.aarch64 (aarch64) 20180926, Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20150826, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 740   |=
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 37412 |===================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 654   |=
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 26390 |===================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 417   |=
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 16756 |===================================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 52.58 |===================================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 3.91  |====


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 566.45 |==================================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 9.00   |=


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 17683 |===================================================
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 4765  |==============


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 10152 |===========
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 48612 |===================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 1498  |=
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 70635 |===================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 1621  |=
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 71747 |===================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Calxeda ECX-1000 ... 132 |=========
Ampere eMAG OSPREY . 772 |=====================================================