CPU Speed Benchmark, BogusMips in Perl

By Xah Lee. Date: 2002-05-30. Last updated: 2023-11-11.

This is a silly test to see how fast is your computer in comparison to others.

Copy the code below, save it as bench2004.pl . To run it, type perl bench2004.pl in terminal.

# This is a lousy speed-testing perl script.
# It prints the time it take to run the script, in seconds.
# this file's name is bench2004.pl

# 2004, 2020-05-11
# Xah Lee
# CPU Speed Benchmark: BogusMips in Perl
# http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/sultra_skami.html

use strict;
# convert to/from binary
sub dec2bin {
my $str = unpack ("B32", pack("N", shift ));
$str =~ s@^0+(?=\d)@@; # otherwise you'll get leading zeros
return $str;
}
my $start = time();
for (my $i=0; $i < 4469134; $i++) {dec2bin(3);}
my $end = time();
my $diff = $end - $start;
print "$diff\n";
__END__

For best results, do a reboot before test and stop all other programs or applications: cpu gauge, chat programs, browsers etc.

Results

2021-09-11

The following results, many using amazon cloud, is from Scott Preston, 2021-09-11.

machine	Timing	cpu
Opti 9020	4	i7-4790
i7-7700hq	6	i7-7700hq
i7-2720	6	i7-2720
AWS t2.nano ()	4	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2676 v3 @ 2.40GHz
AWS t3.nano (2 vCPU)	6	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8175M CPU @ 2.50GHz
AWS t3.nano (2 vCPU) 2021	3	Xeon 8259CL 2.5GHz
AWS t3a.nano (2 vCPU)	6	AMD EPYC 7000 series, 7571
AWS t4g.nano (2 vCPU)	6	AWS Gravitron 2 ARM processor
Google F1-micro (0.2 Vcpu)	4	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.30GHz
Samsung S21+ Qualcomm 888	10	Qualcomm 888 ARM Cortex X1
Pi 3 B	42	BCM2709 ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
Pi 3 B+	36	BCM2835 ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
Pi Zero W	214	ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
i5-6500T	5	i5-6500T
i7-8665U	4	i7-8665U
4600H	4	Ryzen 5 4600H

CPU	Timing	Machine
UltraSPARC-IIIi 1.28GHz	25	V250
Ultra SparcIIi 400Mhz	104	Ultra 5

other results:

Timing: 1
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-13600K, 20 threads, P-core frequency (base/boost): 3.50/5.3GHz, E-core frequency (base/boost): 2.60/3.90GHz
OS: Linux 6.1.55
Perl: Perl v5.38.0
From: Oliver Winspear
date: 2023-11-10

Timing: 3
CPU: AMD threadripper 3990x (64 cores), 2.9Ghz, 128 Gb RAM
OS: FreeBSD 12.1 p3
Perl: 5.30.2
From: Emily ☱☷
date: 2020-05

Timing: 4
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
OS: linux
Perl:
From: DionBridger
date: 2021-09-11

Timing: 3
CPU: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2,3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 32 GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X
OS: macOS 11.5.2
Perl: 5.30.2
From: ctietze
date: 2021-09-11

Timing: 4
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor 6C/12T 3.6-4.2 GHz 32MB Cache, 16GB RAM
OS: Windows 10 Home
Perl: 5.32.1 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread. Strawberry Perl
From: Xah Lee
date: 2021

Timing: 4
CPU: MacMini (late 2014) Duel-Core Intel Core i5, 2.6GHz. 8 GB RAM
OS: macOS 10.15.4
Perl: 5.18.4
From: Xah Lee
date: 2017

Timing: 6
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 Processor, 3.10GHz. 6 GB RAM
Perl: 5.14.2 Strawberry Perl
OS: Windows 7 home
From: Xah Lee. 2011 Desktop PC
date: 2012

Timing: 10
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.66GHz. 512 RAM. Fujitsu Lifebook N3010
Perl: 5.8.0 built for cygwin-multi-64int
OS: Windows XP home
From: Xah Lee
date: 2003

Timing: 11
CPU: PowerMac G5 dual dual-core CPU at 2.5Ghz (year 2005)
OS: Mac OS X 10.4
Perl: 5.8.6
From: J
date: 2005-11

Timing: 13
CPU: Athlon xp 2400+ thoroughbred core
Perl: 5.8.3
OS: linux-2.4.26
From: Diego Viola on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 13
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU
OS: Linux 2.6.5. Linux Gigabyte GA-7VRXP MoBo, Slackware current
Perl: 5.8.0
From: Marten Klencke on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 14
CPU: Atlhon XP 2000+
OS: Slackware Linux Kernel: 2.4.25
Perl: 5.8.0
From: Everson -NoBIOS- Araujo on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 14
CPU: Intel Pentium M. 1.6 G
OS: Linux 3.0.0-24
Perl: 5.12.4
date: 2011

Timing: 15
CPU: Mobile AMD Semprone Processor 3300+, 800 MHz
OS: Linux 3.2.0-31
Perl: 5.14.2
From: Xah Lee
date: 2012-10-08

Timing: 15
CPU: Athlon XP 1600+
OS: Linux Slackware 9.1, kernel 2.4.22

Timing: 15
CPU: PowerMac G5, Dual 2.3 Ghz
OS: Mac OS X Server 1.4
Perl: 5.8.6
From: Xah Lee
date: 2005-08

Timing: 16
CPU: AMD Phenom 9650 quad-core, 2.3 GHz
Perl: 5.10.0 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium, 64 bits
From: Xah Lee
date: 2009-06-09

Timing: 16
CPU: mobile AMD Athlon 4 (XP) 2400+
OS: Linux Debian (unstable), Kernel: 2.6.5-rc2
Perl: 5.8.4
From: Espen Brill on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 17
CPU: Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton), 1900MHz (running lots of other apps)
OS: Linux Red Hat 8; 2.4.20-28.8 kernel
Perl: 5.8.0
From: Pablo on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 17
CPU: PowerMac G5, dual 2 GHz
OS: OS X 10.3.3
From: Mark Wilkins on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: ?18
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 1.80GHz
OS: Debian Linux version 2.4.22, gcc version 2.95.4
From: Enrique Chaparro on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: ?18
CPU: P4 2.4 GHz (lots of apps running.)
OS: Linux 2.4.22
From: Sayantam Dey on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 18
CPU: Dual Athlon MP (1526MHz)
OS: Linux Debian/sid and 2.6.5
From: Dave Gilbert on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 19
CPU: Quad XEON P4 2.4GHz w/ 512k cache, 1.5 GB ram
OS: Linux 2.4.18-5smp kernel
Perl: v5.6.1
From: Loc Phu on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 20
CPU: year 2005 October Apple iMac, 1.9 GHz PowerPC G5
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.3
Perl: 5.8.6
From: Xah Lee
date: 2005-11

Timing: 20
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.26 ghz
OS: Linux Gentoo 1.4, kernel 2.6.4
Perl: 5.8.2
From: Cheston on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 20
CPU: Athlon XP 2100+
OS: Windows XP
Perl: 5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Professional running native (not Cygwin) vanilla (not ActiveState)
From: Peter Cooper on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 22
CPU: P-4 2.3 GHz
OS: Windows 2000 Pro. (ActivePerl)
From: Krishna G on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: ?23
CPU: Athlon 2500+ (512k 1L)
OS: Linux, Gentoo 2004.0
Perl: 5.8
From: Masaud Alinaqian on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 24
CPU: Athlon XP 1800+ (@ 1533MHz)
OS: Linux. kernel 2.6.4-rc1-love3, 1490 bogomips
Perl: 5.8.3 (Debian sid)
From: Humberto Massa on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: ?26
CPU: Athlon XP 1800+ (with lots other running)
OS: Linux, Gentoo 2004.1
From: Julio Biason on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: ?26
CPU: Athlon XP 1700+ (Throughbread), 1467MHz. (lots of other apps running)
OS: Linux. 2.4.20-28.8 kernel
Perl: 5.8.0
From: Pablo on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 24
CPU: Packard Bell P4, 1.4 Ghz
OS: Linux, Red Hat 7.3
From: Agnus Fox
date: 2002-05

Timing: 29
CPU: PowerMac G4, Dual 1.25 Ghz
OS: Mac OS X Server 1.2.8
Perl: 5.6
From: Xah Lee
date: 2005-08

Timing: 30
CPU: AMD Duron, 866Mhz, Production DB server
OS: Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.9)
Perl: using "normal" Perl
From: j. f
date: 2002-05

Timing: 34
CPU: Apple iBook G4 1GHz
OS: Mac OS 10.3.3 with 256MB of DDR RAM
Perl: v5.8.1-RC3
From: Peter Cooper on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 36
CPU: Apple eMac G4 1 GHz
OS: OSX 10.3.3
Perl: 5.8.1?
From: Chris Zumbrunn

Timing: 36
CPU: Pentium-3, 866Mhz
OS: Windows 2000
Perl: ActivePerl
From: j. f
date: 2002-05

Timing: 37
CPU: 2003 PowerBook G4, 1 GHz CPU
OS: Mac OS X 10.3.3
Perl: 5.8.1 RC3
From: Bahi Para
date: 2005-05

Timing: 40
CPU: Apple ibook, 800Mhz G3
OS: Mac OS X 10.2
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: ?42
CPU: Athlon 1.1 Ghz (lots of other apps running)
OS: Conectiva Linux 10 RC1, kernel 2.6.5
Perl: 5.8.3
From: Rodrigo on orkut.com
date: 2002-05

Timing: 42
CPU: PowerMac dual G4 800Mhz. “Quicksilver”. Cpu: (PPC 7450 x 2)
OS: Mac OS X
( 82 seconds. with Red Hat 7.2 on Virtual PC 5.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.1.4)
From: Eric levenez http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/ 2002-05

Timing: 44
CPU: 2001. PowerMac dual G4 800Mhz. “Quicksilver”
From: r.p
date: 2002-05

Timing: 45
CPU: Apple ibook, 800Mhz G4
OS: Mac OS X 10.3.3
Perl: v5.8.1-RC3
From: Xah Lee
date: 2004-05

Timing: 47
CPU: AMD Duron(tm) processor (1200.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
OS: FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE i386
Perl: v5.8.2
From: Jared Earle
date: 2004-05

Timing: 48
CPU: Apple (QuickSilver) PowerMac G4, 867 Mhz. 867 MHz PowerPC 7450
From: Chris Murphy
date: 2002-05

Timing: 56
CPU: HP 9000 series, model A500 (year 2000 machine) 1 PA-8600 chip, 440 Mhz. Over $20k new in 2000; $2k on ebay in 2002
OS: HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800. Model: 9000/800/A500-44
Perl: 5.6.0 built for 9000/777-hpux
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 75
CPU: 500Mhz PII laptop (as user nobody with plenty of other processes running)
OS: Debian testing , Kernel: 2.4.21jd1
Perl: 5.8.3 (as packaged by Debian)
From: Jim Dennis on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 76
CPU: PowerBook G4 500 Mhz
From: btn
date: 2002-05

Timing: 78
CPU: UltraSPARC-II. Sun Enterprise 220R at 450 MHz. (~2000 machine). Over $20k in 2000; $5k new in 2002. ❮http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/220r/❯
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 82
CPU: PowerMac G4 400MHz (PCI graphics)
OS: Mac OS X 10.1.4
Perl: 5.6.0 built for darwin
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 84
CPU: PowerPC 7410 (G4). 2001 PowerBook G4 500 Mhz
OS: Mac OS X 10.1.x
From: Adam Bridge
date: 2002-05

Timing: 86
CPU: 2000 PC, with Pentium III 500MHz
OS: Windows NT
Perl: 5.6.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 104
CPU: 2001 Sun Ultra 5 at 400 MHz. ~$2k new in 2001. ~$650 ebay in 2002
CPU: cpu: Ultra SparcIIi 400Mhz
OS: SunOS, 5.8
Perl: 5.6.0 built for sun4-solaris
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 106
CPU: UltraSPARC IIe. 2001 Sun Blade 100 at 502 MHz. $1k new in 2002. http://www.sun.com/desktop/sunblade100/
OS: SunOS 5.8
Perl: 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 110
CPU: Pentium III, 500 MHz
Perl: 5.004_04
NeXTSTEP 3.3
From: Eric levenez http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/
date: 2002-05

Timing: 120
CPU: Powerbook G3 266MHZ
CPU: cpu: 266 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3)
From: Jeff, JHSJ
date: 2002-05

Timing: 128
CPU: Powerbook G3 250 Mhz. CPU: PowerPC 750 (G3)
OS: Mac OS X
From: Chris Murphy

Timing: 142
CPU: Pentium III 450 server
From: Marten Klencke on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 190
CPU: Win2K Pentium III 450 Mhz.
From: gpan
date: 2002-05

Timing: 204
CPU: Intel P-II 266MHz
OS: Debian (testing), Kernel: 2.4.20
Perl: 5.8.3
From: Espen Brill on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

Timing: 210
CPU: 1997 PC, Pentium 233MHz MMX (Gateway E-1000)
OS: Debian Linux 2.2.18
Perl: 5.005_03
From: Xah Lee
date: 2002-05

Timing: 224
CPU: Blue and White PowerMac G3 400mhz. PowerPC 750 (G3)
OS: OSX 10.1.4
From: Agnus Fox
date: 2002-05

Timing: 249
CPU: Dual Pentium Pro 200. 384MB Ram
OS: Debian unstable, 2.4.20-1-686-smp
From: Charles Baker on orkut.com
date: 2004-05

2002-05-30

Conclusion

rough conclusion.

for general purpose computing, dual processors don't mean shit if you mostly do one thing at a time.
for general purpose computing, Apple's “altivec” don't mean shit.
for general purpose computing, Apple's G series chips ain't no faster than Intel's Pentium of the same speed.
Those exorbitant expensive specialized servers and slabs made by Sun Microsystems or HP don't mean shit.

Other speed tests ballpark figure sites

BogoMips is a rough estimate of your CPU speed. On linux, you can see its value by cat /proc/cpuinfo

There are also several cpu load testing programs. Do a apt-cache search stress.