Performance/Platforms

This page details the hardware profiles of all machines used for running performance tests in automation. All performance tests run on physical hardware. Every attempt to run these tests in a virtualised environment has resulted in the hypervisor getting in the way and creating too much noise in the tests, no matter how much we try and tweak it.

Support

All hardware listed below is maintained by Mozilla's operations team.

Desktop

HPE Moonshot

The HPE Moonshot System supports up to 45 servers in a single chassis. Each server resides on a cartridge.

• Platforms: linux64 (linux network machines have the same specifications, and use the same platform name), windows10-64.
• Location: MDC1 (Sacramento, CA)

HPE Moonshot 1500 System (45 cartridges per 4.3U)
1500W Hot Plug redundant (1+1) Power Supply
45 m710x ProLiant cartridges
  1 Intel E3-1585L v5 3.0GHz CPU (4 cores)
  8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM
  1 256GB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD
  1 64GB SATA M.2 2242 SSD
  1 Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580

Apple Mac Mini R8

• Platforms: macosx1015
• Location: MDC1 (Sacramento, CA)
• Note: All Mac Minis have EDID devices attached that set the resolution

Model Name: Mac Mini
Model Identifier: Macmini8,1
Processor Name: 6-Core Intel Core i7 (i7-8700B)
Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 6
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Disk: SSD 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)

Apple Silicon (M2)

• Platforms: macosx1400
• Location: macstadium-vegas
• Note: Third-party software analysis has determined that the Apple M2 SoC in this model has a 192k+128k L1 cache per performance core and a 128k+64k L1 cache per efficiency core. Each performance core reportedly also has a 16 MB L2 cache and each efficiency core reportedly has a 4 MB L2 cache. The system has an 8 MB level L3 cache that is shared by the GPU, as well.

Model Name: Mac Mini
Model Identifier: Mac14,3
Processor Name: Apple M2
Processor Speed: 3.49GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 8 (4 performance and 4 efficiency)
GPU: 10 Core
L2 Cache (per performance Core): 16MB
L2 Cache (per efficiency Core): 4MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB (shared by the gpu)
Memory: 16 GB
Disk: SSD 1TB

MacBook Pro

Warning: These will be removed via bug 1828660

• Platforms: macosx1014-64-power
• Location: Bitbar (San Jose, CA)
• Note: 2 laptops currently for power testing

Model Name: MacBook Pro laptop
Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7 (I7-9750H)
Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 6
GPU:
  Intel UHD Graphics 630
  Radeon Pro 555X
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Disk: SSD 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)

Windows 11 Reference

• Platforms: win11-64-2009-hw-ref
• Location: MDC1
• Note: 15 machines

Model Name: NUC12WSKi3
Model Identifier: ?
Processor Name: Intel Core i3-1220P
Processor Speed: 2.96 GHz
Number of Processors: 12
Total Number of Cores: 10
GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Memory: 8GB
Disk: 500GB SSD
Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 11

• Platforms: win11-64-2009-hw
• Location: MDC1
• Note: 160 machines

Model Name: NUC13ANHi5
Model Identifier: ?
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i5-1340P
Processor Speed: 1.9/4.6 GHz
Number of Processors: 16
Total Number of Cores: 12
GPU: Intel Iris Xe Adpater
Memory: 8GB
Disk: 500GB SSD
Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Mobile

For an up to date list of most popular devices used by users, see here.

Samsung A55

• Platforms: android-hw-a55
• Location: Bitbar (San Jose, CA)
• Note: 67 devices total

Model Name: Samsung A55
Model Identifier: SM_A556E
Processor Name: Exynos 1480
Processor Speed: (Octa-core) 4x 2.75GHz ARM Cortex-A78 & 4x 2GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 8 (4 each)
GPU: Samsung Xclipse 530
Memory: 8GB
Disk: 128 | 256 GB

Samsung Galaxy S21

• Platforms: android-hw-s21
• Location: Bitbar (San Jose, CA)
• Note: 1 device total

Model Name: Samsung Galaxy S21
Model Identifier: SM-G991B (International)
Processor Name: Exynos 2100 (International) / Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (USA/China)
Processor Speed: Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55)
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 8
GPU: Mali-G78 MP14 (International) / Adreno 660 (USA/China)
Memory: 8 GB
Disk: 128 | 256 GB
More Info: https://www.phonemore.com/specs/samsung/galaxy-s21/

Google Pixel 6

• Platforms: android-hw-p6
• Location: Bitbar (San Jose, CA)
• Note: 4 devices total

Model Name: Google Pixel 6
Model Identifier: Pixel 6
Processor Name: Google Tensor
Processor Speed: Octa-core (2x2.80 GHz Cortex-X1 & 2x2.25 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55)
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 8
GPU: Mali-G78 MP20
Memory: 8 GB
Disk: 128 | 256 GB
More Info: https://www.phonemore.com/specs/google/pixel-6/