Fedora 16 Performance
Fedora vs. Ubuntu benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.


HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10: 

	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, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16: 

	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 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Fedora release 16 (Verne), Kernel: 3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 17935.95 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 2592.00 |=========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 112.98  |==


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 4249 |============================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 1854 |===================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 108.22 |==========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 65.28  |=========================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 254.91 |==========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 69.19  |===========


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 43.60 |===========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 42.57 |==========================================


Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 22.23 |===========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 121.66 |===========================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 186.36 |==========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 241 |=========================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 437 |=============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 22.48 |===========================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 35.34 |===========================================


x264 2010-11-22
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 44.69 |===========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 23.15 |======================


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 7257 |============================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 4096 |=========================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 22.56 |=================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 29.07 |===========================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 3876333 |=========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 2059667 |======================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 12258 |===========================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 10948 |======================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 789 |=============================================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 712 |=========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.10 . 23.68 |=============================
ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16 .... 34.90 |===========================================