Calxeda ECX-1000 Quad-Core ARM Comparison
Comparing 1.1Ghz Celeron based DualCore NUC with 4GB Ram


PandaBoard ES: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OMAP4 Panda board, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 16GB SD16G, Graphics: Texas Instruments OMAP

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-208-omap4 (armv7l), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Atom D525: 

	Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN NETBOX nT-435/535, Chipset: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-2, Graphics: Intel Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LAN

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.1-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: 

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

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4

1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node: 

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

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4

NUC-1.1DC-4GB: 

	Processor: Intel Celeron 847E @ 1.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DCP847SKE, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD PM87, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Intel Generic, Monitor: 19W_LCD_TV, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-54-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080i


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 269.00 |============
Intel Atom D525 .............. 780.69 |====================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 663.59 |==============================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 875.04 |========================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 265.31 |===============
Intel Atom D525 .............. 710.18 |========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 472.82 |===========================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 637.66 |====================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 216.80 |================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 506.33 |=====================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 421.51 |===============================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 542.46 |========================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 2.04 |==================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 4.81 |==========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 3.57 |===============================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 4.53 |========================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 548.78 |=======================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 942.93 |========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 501.69 |=====================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 643.43 |===========================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 886  |=================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 2089 |=======================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1706 |================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 2176 |=========================================
NUC-1.1DC-4GB ................ 2235 |==========================================


x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 4.70  |================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 11.35 |=======================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 9.07  |===============================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 11.82 |=========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PandaBoard ES ................ 2419 |==========================================
Intel Atom D525 .............. 1007 |=================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1326 |=======================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 1033 |==================
NUC-1.1DC-4GB ................ 797  |==============


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 459.73 |========================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 464.02 |========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 365.85 |================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 371.20 |======================================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 390.45 |========================================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 303.69 |===============================
NUC-1.1DC-4GB ................ 242.25 |=========================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Atom D525 .............. 3073.42 |=======================
1.1GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 4014.66 |==============================
1.4GHz Calxeda Highbank Node . 5271.67 |=======================================
NUC-1.1DC-4GB ................ 4793.19 |===================================