9-Way Linux Laptop Comparison Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Lenovo ThinkPad W510: 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 (550/790MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: Lenovo Limited, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.125, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 MacBook Pro F22586C8: 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: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 HP EliteBook 161C: 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: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ASUS K56CA: 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: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apple MacBook Pro Retina: Processor: Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 1024MB (1200MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Apple MacBook Air Haswell: 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 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA: 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 Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Lenovo Thinkpad T430s: Processor: Intel Core i7-3520M @ 3.60GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 2352CTO (G7ETB2WW 2.72 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile 2GB (1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: openSUSE 15.2, Kernel: 5.3.18-lp152.57-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.6, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 19.3.4, Compiler: GCC 7.5.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 15.99 |================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 20.96 |======================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.46 |================================ Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 23.43 |=========================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 33.55 |====================================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 33.40 |====================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 36.86 |========================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 14.41 |================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 1.100 | MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 55.140 |================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 62.370 |==================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 98.560 |=============================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 75.840 |======================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 121.620 |======================================= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 125.390 |======================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 124.550 |======================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 82.799 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 24.29 |====== MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 20.15 |===== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 78.99 |=================== ASUS K56CA .................. 50.41 |============ ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 127.89 |=============================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 125.74 |=============================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 153.66 |===================================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 168.80 |========================================= Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 159.99 |======================================= Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 14.75 |==== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 24.27 |====== MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 55.24 |============== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 64.87 |================= ASUS K56CA .................. 44.26 |=========== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 116.32 |============================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 107.74 |============================ Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 140.79 |===================================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 157.85 |========================================= Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 132.97 |=================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 80.87 |===================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 3290 |========================= MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 1546 |============ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 4054 |=============================== ASUS K56CA .................. 2632 |==================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 4335 |================================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 4717 |===================================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 3466 |=========================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 5555 |=========================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 5319 |========================================= Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 3659 |============================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 59.19 |========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 29.72 |===================== ASUS K56CA .................. 45.13 |================================ ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 47.10 |================================= Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 23.58 |================= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 55.96 |======================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 51.32 |==================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 51.10 |========================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 26.86 |====================== ASUS K56CA .................. 43.90 |==================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 37.91 |=============================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 19.98 |================ ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 47.12 |======================================= Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 41.93 |================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 112.95 |========================================= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 46.88 |================= ASUS K56CA .................. 64.83 |======================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 65.21 |======================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 12.91 |===== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 42.69 |=============== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 74.70 |=========================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 104.16 |====================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 113.18 |========================================= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 46.87 |================= ASUS K56CA .................. 63.54 |======================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 65.41 |======================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 12.90 |===== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 42.50 |=============== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 74.70 |=========================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 102.77 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 49.13 |===================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 32.02 |======================== ASUS K56CA .................. 51.35 |======================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 43.14 |================================ Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 10.85 |======== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 36.86 |============================ Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 55.84 |========================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 54.51 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 49.18 |===================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 32.01 |======================== ASUS K56CA .................. 50.89 |====================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 42.95 |================================ Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 10.84 |======== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 37.00 |============================ Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 55.93 |========================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 53.81 |======================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 29.5600000 |============================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 21.0000000 |==================== ASUS K56CA .................. 35.7600000 |================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.2600000 |=========================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 8.6200000 |======== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 29.6900000 |============================ Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 39.0500000 |===================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 32.7728274 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 29.5700000 |============================ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 21.0000000 |==================== ASUS K56CA .................. 36.6200000 |=================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 28.0700000 |=========================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 8.6200000 |======== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 29.5400000 |============================ Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 39.0600000 |===================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 32.7388782 |=============================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 3738.34 |========================= MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 1645.34 |=========== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 5065.70 |================================== ASUS K56CA .................. 3025.90 |==================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 5042.78 |================================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 5449.16 |==================================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 3265.84 |====================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 5656.20 |====================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 5531.48 |===================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 5996.10 |======================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 2717.32 |======================= MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 1317.76 |=========== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 3536.48 |============================== ASUS K56CA .................. 2433.10 |===================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 3934.20 |================================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 3380.38 |============================= Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 2496.49 |===================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 4182.76 |==================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 4192.86 |==================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 4669.70 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 2132 |================================ MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 804 |============ HP EliteBook 161C ........... 2032 |=============================== ASUS K56CA .................. 1416 |====================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 2212 |================================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 2668 |========================================= Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 872 |============= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 2827 |=========================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 2399 |==================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 2692 |========================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 62.33 |=================== MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 23.55 |======= HP EliteBook 161C ........... 61.18 |=================== ASUS K56CA .................. 41.06 |============= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 63.22 |=================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 133.98 |========================================= Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 41.81 |============= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 85.08 |========================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 73.48 |====================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 79.57 |======================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 1150.22 |========================= MacBook Pro F22586C8 ........ 502.19 |=========== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 1284.99 |============================ ASUS K56CA .................. 778.54 |================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 1274.25 |============================ Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 1377.50 |============================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 1176.52 |========================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 1695.96 |====================================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 1808.52 |======================================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 1528.10 |================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 275.68 |======================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 310.44 |=========================== ASUS K56CA .................. 478.66 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 310.81 |=========================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 401.98 |================================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 227.38 |=================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 283.71 |======================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 61.31 |====================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 70.61 |========================= ASUS K56CA .................. 114.96 |========================================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 73.86 |========================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 44.22 |================ Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 88.51 |================================ ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 52.77 |=================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 63.27 |======================= Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 65.78 |======================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 5034 |============================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 4565 |=========================== ASUS K56CA .................. 7283 |=========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 4529 |=========================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 5725 |================================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 6686 |======================================= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 3860 |======================= Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 3872 |======================= Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 3888 |======================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 21.25 |================================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 15.72 |========================= ASUS K56CA .................. 26.51 |========================================== ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 15.96 |========================= Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 15.46 |======================== Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 18.53 |============================= ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 13.04 |===================== Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 12.83 |==================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 11.55 |================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Lenovo ThinkPad W510 ........ 150.17 |=================== HP EliteBook 161C ........... 210.63 |========================== ASUS K56CA .................. 134.23 |================= ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ........ 208.70 |========================== Apple MacBook Pro Retina .... 326.02 |========================================= Apple MacBook Air Haswell ... 147.63 |=================== ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ....... 263.50 |================================= Lenovo X1 Carbon 20BSCTO1WW . 241.97 |============================== Lenovo Thinkpad T430s ....... 253.50 |================================