Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu Xen benchmarking from Ubuntu 11.10 on host and guest against KVM-QEMU on Ubuntu 11.10 and VirtualBox. Testing by Phoronix.com Michael Larabel for a future article.
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Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer Bare Metal VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Compal PBL21 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family 8192MB 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz) Realtek ALC259 Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 1.99GHz (8 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC 6144MB 42GB VBOX HDD InnoTek VirtualBox Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio VBOX monitor Intel 82540EM Gigabit vboxvideo 1.0.1 1920x1034 VirtualBox 4.1.2_Ubuntur38459 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.1 32GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Ensoniq ES1370 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 Xen HVM domU 4.1.1 QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device 2.1 Mesa 7.11 QEMU OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time clomp: Static OMP Speedup john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance postmark: Disk Transaction Performance povray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples sqlite: Default Test Directory mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU 13331 15642.74 73.25 4.90 3475000 11124 714 9483.24 2259.97 157.69 4936.29 141.82 8803.39 5262.67 4604.69 32.04 67.75 4166 900 144 319.92 25.01 11295 4315.63 86.15 4.01 3257667 10562 683 8050.00 1944.04 145.03 4308.07 78.24 7893.53 4575.89 4093.85 27.71 63.93 3090 962 157 147.70 26.95 9771 11231.48 107.65 4.24 2397333 7628 491 7034.05 1671.94 116.59 3777.30 97.68 6254.72 3843.84 3405.65 21.22 46.73 2409 1328 188 608.92 36.43 11757 11247.06 80.52 4.70 3383000 11063 710 9134.72 2130.41 154.36 4716.12 87.87 8525.19 4980.32 4190.15 28.63 67.15 3393 905 146 416.75 25.59 OpenBenchmarking.org
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 219.83, N = 3 SE +/- 70.24, N = 3 SE +/- 48.81, N = 3 SE +/- 81.83, N = 3 13331 11757 11295 9771
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Bare Metal KVM-QEMU Xen HVM DomU VirtualBox 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 123.21, N = 3 SE +/- 167.10, N = 3 SE +/- 44.78, N = 3 SE +/- 22.06, N = 3 15642.74 11247.06 11231.48 4315.63
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 73.25 80.52 86.15 107.65
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Bare Metal KVM-QEMU Xen HVM DomU VirtualBox 1.1025 2.205 3.3075 4.41 5.5125 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 10 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.13, N = 10 4.90 4.70 4.24 4.01
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 700K 1400K 2100K 2800K 3500K SE +/- 50302.42, N = 3 SE +/- 29365.51, N = 3 SE +/- 7264.83, N = 3 SE +/- 6641.62, N = 3 3475000 3383000 3257667 2397333
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 16.68, N = 3 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 25.54, N = 3 SE +/- 2.85, N = 3 11124 11063 10562 7628
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 714 710 683 491
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 32.43, N = 3 SE +/- 30.12, N = 3 SE +/- 38.28, N = 3 SE +/- 11.02, N = 3 9483.24 9134.72 8050.00 7034.05
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 16.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 2259.97 2130.41 1944.04 1671.94
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 157.69 154.36 145.03 116.59
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 27.27, N = 3 SE +/- 30.36, N = 3 SE +/- 39.72, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 4936.29 4716.12 4308.07 3777.30
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Bare Metal Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 6 SE +/- 2.55, N = 6 141.82 97.68 87.87 78.24
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 435.53, N = 6 SE +/- 118.14, N = 6 SE +/- 76.11, N = 3 SE +/- 7.03, N = 3 8803.39 8525.19 7893.53 6254.72
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 18.27, N = 3 SE +/- 28.77, N = 3 SE +/- 222.22, N = 6 5262.67 4980.32 4575.89 3843.84
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 11.34, N = 3 SE +/- 72.35, N = 6 SE +/- 16.78, N = 3 SE +/- 41.04, N = 3 4604.69 4190.15 4093.85 3405.65
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 6 32.04 28.63 27.71 21.22
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.21, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 67.75 67.15 63.93 46.73
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 72.83, N = 10 SE +/- 34.80, N = 10 SE +/- 37.23, N = 10 4166 3393 3090 2409
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 300 600 900 1200 1500 900 905 962 1328
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 144 146 157 188
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory VirtualBox Bare Metal KVM-QEMU Xen HVM DomU 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 2.30, N = 3 147.70 319.92 416.75 608.92
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 25.01 25.59 26.95 36.43
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