GNU Hurd Benchmarks vs. Linux
Debian GNU Hurd benchmarking by Phoronix.com.


Debian GNU Hurd: 

	Processor: Unknown (1 Core), Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 14GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: GNU-Mach 1.3.99/Hurd-0.3 0.3, Kernel: 0.3 (i686), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext2

Debian GNU Linux: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 1.60GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 13GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 2.6.39-2-486 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.3, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 2262 |====================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 2349 |======================================================


CacheBench
Test: Read
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 1917.34 |===================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 1913.17 |===================================================


CacheBench
Test: Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 9289.16 |===================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 9241.94 |===================================================


CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 13415.90 |==================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 13417.76 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 769.56 |====================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 742.51 |==================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 50.87 |=====================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 41.88 |============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian GNU Hurd .. 192.71 |====================================================
Debian GNU Linux . 190.63 |===================================================