HP EliteBook Linux Testing Ubuntu 11.04 vs. Fedora 15 on notebooks. HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 256MB, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 HP EliteBook: Fedora 15: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Device 0126 256MB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5 OS: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock), Kernel: 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 14307.00 |======================================== HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 9913.85 |============================ ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 9990.34 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 2660.66 |========================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 2418.23 |===================================== ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 109.99 |== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 4166 |============================================ HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 3437 |==================================== ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 2340 |========================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 7110 |======================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 7995 |============================================ ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 4120 |======================= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 44.77 |========================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 46.69 |=========================================== ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 23.98 |====================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 21.62 |============================= ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 32.32 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 122.68 |============================ HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 121.31 |============================ ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 182.01 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 772 |============================================ HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 791 |============================================= ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 706 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 50.18 |=========================================== ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 30.80 |========================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 16.82 |=========================================== ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.04 . 7.42 |===================