Re: cortex / arm-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi (was Re: armelfp: new architecture name for an armel variant)

[Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@genesi-usa.com>]

Ok, here are Arora Sunspider (javascript) benchmarks

for softfp:
http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?{%223d-cube%22:[649,737,722,721,720],%223d-morph%22:[1050,1070,1058,1058,1053],%223d-
raytrace%22:[630,674,659,668,667],%22access-binary-trees%22:[254,254,254,265,245],%22access-fannkuch%22:[404,449,404,402,403],%22access-nbody%22:
[650,745,742,742,741],%22access-nsieve%22:[161,165,158,161,170],%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:[125,125,125,125,125],%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:
[173,171,172,172,173],%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:[172,182,172,181,172],%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:[358,358,357,357,367],%22controlflow-recursive%22:
[104,103,103,103,103],%22crypto-aes%22:[234,233,233,232,233],%22crypto-md5%22:[269,277,281,268,272],%22crypto-sha1%22:[253,263,262,259,265],%22date-
format-tofte%22:[542,543,547,538,539],%22date-format-xparb%22:[967,953,958,951,958],%22math-cordic%22:[538,613,535,553,534],%22math-partial-sums%22:
[1021,1148,1024,1027,1013],%22math-spectral-norm%22:[296,331,297,299,298],%22regexp-dna%22:[1593,1749,1586,1568,1579],%22string-base64%22:
[433,447,443,437,442],%22string-fasta%22:[631,618,615,621,613],%22string-tagcloud%22:[978,979,979,984,979],%22string-unpack-code%22:
[1267,1273,1267,1271,1269],%22string-validate-input%22:[805,797,802,795,801]}

for hardfp:
http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?{%223d-cube%22:[637,709,712,717,716],%223d-morph%22:[977,1003,992,995,992],%223d-
raytrace%22:[618,655,660,654,660],%22access-binary-trees%22:[249,237,243,246,242],%22access-fannkuch%22:[397,396,400,396,396],%22access-nbody%22:
[641,737,753,747,739],%22access-nsieve%22:[156,155,154,155,154],%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:[122,123,122,123,122],%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:
[176,176,174,172,176],%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:[181,175,174,175,175],%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:[350,357,360,362,360],%22controlflow-recursive%22:
[100,99,100,98,100],%22crypto-aes%22:[227,227,229,228,229],%22crypto-md5%22:[254,253,268,259,265],%22crypto-sha1%22:[258,250,256,254,256],%22date-
format-tofte%22:[487,486,488,485,485],%22date-format-xparb%22:[940,907,914,912,911],%22math-cordic%22:[537,539,537,537,537],%22math-partial-sums%22:
[955,959,971,949,947],%22math-spectral-norm%22:[295,297,299,296,297],%22regexp-dna%22:[1630,1684,1628,1627,1627],%22string-base64%22:
[417,423,426,425,423],%22string-fasta%22:[589,611,587,609,594],%22string-tagcloud%22:[936,944,952,945,940],%22string-unpack-code%22:
[1174,1176,1173,1173,1178],%22string-validate-input%22:[748,740,761,762,753]}

I also ran the Peacekeeper [1] on the system, this is very simplistic, and produces only a score. Suffice to say, ARM/Arora is nowhere near the top browsing speeds.

for softfp: 259 points

for hardfp: 278 points

Konstantinos

[1] http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action