Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox 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 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer OpenGL Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.1 Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC 6144MB 32GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Ensoniq ES1370 Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 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 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 1.99GHz (8 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC 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 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox c-ray: Total Time povray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test 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 mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment clomp: Static OMP Speedup apache: Static Web Page Serving postmark: Disk Transaction Performance sqlite: Default Test Directory Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 107.65 1328 188 2397333 7628 491 46.73 9771 7034.05 1671.94 116.59 3777.30 97.68 6254.72 3843.84 3405.65 21.22 36.43 4.24 11231.48 2409 608.92 80.52 905 146 3383000 11063 710 67.15 11757 9134.72 2130.41 154.36 4716.12 87.87 8525.19 4980.32 4190.15 28.63 25.59 4.70 11247.06 3393 416.75 86.15 962 157 3257667 10562 683 63.93 11295 8050.00 1944.04 145.03 4308.07 78.24 7893.53 4575.89 4093.85 27.71 26.95 4.01 4315.63 3090 147.70 OpenBenchmarking.org
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 107.65 80.52 86.15
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 300 600 900 1200 1500 1328 905 962
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 188 146 157
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 700K 1400K 2100K 2800K 3500K SE +/- 6641.62, N = 3 SE +/- 29365.51, N = 3 SE +/- 7264.83, N = 3 2397333 3383000 3257667
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.85, N = 3 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 25.54, N = 3 7628 11063 10562
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 491 710 683
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 SE +/- 0.21, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 46.73 67.15 63.93
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 81.83, N = 3 SE +/- 70.24, N = 3 SE +/- 48.81, N = 3 9771 11757 11295
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 11.02, N = 3 SE +/- 30.12, N = 3 SE +/- 38.28, N = 3 7034.05 9134.72 8050.00
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 16.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 1671.94 2130.41 1944.04
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 116.59 154.36 145.03
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 SE +/- 30.36, N = 3 SE +/- 39.72, N = 3 3777.30 4716.12 4308.07
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 6 SE +/- 2.55, N = 6 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 Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 7.03, N = 3 SE +/- 118.14, N = 6 SE +/- 76.11, N = 3 6254.72 8525.19 7893.53
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 222.22, N = 6 SE +/- 18.27, N = 3 SE +/- 28.77, N = 3 3843.84 4980.32 4575.89
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 41.04, N = 3 SE +/- 72.35, N = 6 SE +/- 16.78, N = 3 3405.65 4190.15 4093.85
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.67, N = 6 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 21.22 28.63 27.71
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 36.43 25.59 26.95
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 1.0575 2.115 3.1725 4.23 5.2875 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 10 SE +/- 0.13, N = 10 4.24 4.70 4.01
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 44.78, N = 3 SE +/- 167.10, N = 3 SE +/- 22.06, N = 3 11231.48 11247.06 4315.63
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 37.23, N = 10 SE +/- 72.83, N = 10 SE +/- 34.80, N = 10 2409 3393 3090
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU VirtualBox 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 2.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 608.92 416.75 147.70
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