Fedora 16 vs. Ubuntu 11.10 Performance

Fedora vs. Ubuntu benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com with several different systems.

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ThinkPad T61: Fedora 16
November 09 2011
 
ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.10
November 09 2011
 
Eee PC: Fedora 16
November 10 2011
 
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November 10 2011
 
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November 11 2011
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores)LENOVO 6459CTOIntel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E4096MB100GB Hitachi HTS72201NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz)Analog Devices AD1984Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/WirelessFedora release 16 (Verne)3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1X Server 1.11.1nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.2ext41680x1050NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (400/600MHz)Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4GCC 4.6.1Intel Atom 330 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores)ASUS 1201NNVIDIA MCP792048MB250GB Hitachi HTS54502NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256MB (450MHz)Realtek ALC269HSD121PHW1Atheros AR8132 Fast + Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless LANFedora release 16 (Verne)3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1X Server 1.11.1GCC 4.6.21366x768NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (450MHz)Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4GCC 4.6.1Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Fedora release 16 (Verne)3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1X Server 1.11.1GCC 4.6.21600x900NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz)Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4GCC 4.6.1OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- ThinkPad T61: Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- Eee PC: Fedora 16: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- Eee PC: Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- ThinkPad W510: Fedora 16: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- ThinkPad W510: Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.

apache: Static Web Page Servingpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondpostmark: Disk Transaction Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 64Kb - 8GB - Read Performanceopenarena: 1600 x 900lightsmark: 1600 x 900c-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-mp3: WAV To MP3x264: H.264 Video Encodingcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishmafft: Multiple Sequence AlignmentThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10 Fedora 16 Ubuntu 11.10112.98185465.2869.1942.57186.3643735.3423.15409629.0720596671094871234.9011234.45113.77227663.6464.7721.671.16183.3244433.8422.95415228.0921673331150474533.4831878.9675.7643.70600.131108162.247.251702114.687062012504599199175.822339.9317555.5548.9335.87574.751103158.887.951786102.027361786674669202173.652308.652951111.48250.94139.63118.0325531.9045.64841720.0427300001189473931.9212290.132707.013631107.02251.2078.3323.60117.2526130.5646.32856119.6828433331225077130.80OpenBenchmarking.org

Apache Benchmark

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 11.103K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 101.75, N = 3SE +/- 4.71, N = 3SE +/- 91.99, N = 311234.452339.9312290.13
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 11.102K4K6K8K10KMin: 11049.87 / Avg: 11234.45 / Max: 11400.94Min: 2330.93 / Avg: 2339.93 / Max: 2346.84Min: 12139.41 / Avg: 12290.13 / Max: 12456.87

PostgreSQL pgbench

ThinkPad T61ThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondFedora 16Ubuntu 11.106001200180024003000SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 13.83, N = 3SE +/- 19.28, N = 3112.98113.772308.652707.01
ThinkPad T61ThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondFedora 16Ubuntu 11.105001000150020002500Min: 110.77 / Avg: 112.98 / Max: 114.28Min: 113.23 / Avg: 113.77 / Max: 114.25Min: 2288.33 / Avg: 2308.65 / Max: 2335.06Min: 2672.51 / Avg: 2707.01 / Max: 2739.17

PostMark

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.108001600240032004000SE +/- 23.00, N = 10SE +/- 31.19, N = 10SE +/- 2.04, N = 5SE +/- 2.66, N = 5SE +/- 58.00, N = 10SE +/- 59.50, N = 101854227631817529513631
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.106001200180024003000Min: 1785 / Avg: 1854 / Max: 1923Min: 2083 / Avg: 2275.9 / Max: 2500Min: 312 / Avg: 317.6 / Max: 324Min: 170 / Avg: 175 / Max: 182Min: 2777 / Avg: 2951 / Max: 3125Min: 3571 / Avg: 3630.5 / Max: 4166

IOzone

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1020406080100SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 365.2863.6478.9655.55111.48107.02
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1020406080100Min: 63.6 / Avg: 65.28 / Max: 66.64Min: 62.11 / Avg: 63.64 / Max: 64.77Min: 78.19 / Avg: 78.96 / Max: 79.62Min: 54.33 / Avg: 55.55 / Max: 57.08Min: 111.11 / Avg: 111.48 / Max: 111.78Min: 106.58 / Avg: 107.02 / Max: 107.24

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1050100150200250SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.98, N = 6SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 369.1964.7775.7648.93250.94251.20
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1050100150200250Min: 68.77 / Avg: 69.19 / Max: 69.49Min: 58.07 / Avg: 64.77 / Max: 69.51Min: 74.41 / Avg: 75.76 / Max: 76.84Min: 43.92 / Avg: 48.93 / Max: 54.4Min: 250.59 / Avg: 250.94 / Max: 251.37Min: 251.08 / Avg: 251.2 / Max: 251.32

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.10306090120150SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 6.57, N = 6SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 342.5721.6743.7035.87139.6378.33
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.10306090120150Min: 42.3 / Avg: 42.57 / Max: 43.1Min: 21.6 / Avg: 21.67 / Max: 21.8Min: 43.1 / Avg: 43.7 / Max: 44.3Min: 3 / Avg: 35.87 / Max: 42.7Min: 139.3 / Avg: 139.63 / Max: 140.2Min: 77.8 / Avg: 78.33 / Max: 78.7

Lightsmark

ThinkPad T61ThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1600 x 900Ubuntu 11.10612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 31.1623.60
ThinkPad T61ThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1600 x 900Ubuntu 11.10612182430Min: 1.11 / Avg: 1.16 / Max: 1.26Min: 23.47 / Avg: 23.6 / Max: 23.7

C-Ray

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10130260390520650SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3186.36183.32600.13574.75118.03117.25
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10110220330440550Min: 186.25 / Avg: 186.36 / Max: 186.45Min: 183.18 / Avg: 183.32 / Max: 183.42Min: 599.19 / Avg: 600.13 / Max: 600.87Min: 574.47 / Avg: 574.75 / Max: 575.12Min: 117.98 / Avg: 118.03 / Max: 118.05Min: 117.15 / Avg: 117.25 / Max: 117.34

Smallpt

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesFedora 16Ubuntu 11.102004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 4.40, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 343744411081103255261
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesFedora 16Ubuntu 11.102004006008001000Min: 436 / Avg: 436.67 / Max: 437Min: 444 / Avg: 444 / Max: 444Min: 1107 / Avg: 1108 / Max: 1109Min: 1102 / Avg: 1102.67 / Max: 1104Min: 250 / Avg: 255 / Max: 277Min: 260 / Avg: 260.67 / Max: 261

LAME MP3 Encoding

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.104080120160200SE +/- 0.43, N = 8SE +/- 0.41, N = 8SE +/- 0.13, N = 5SE +/- 0.12, N = 5SE +/- 0.14, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 535.3433.84162.24158.8831.9030.56
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.10306090120150Min: 34.85 / Avg: 35.34 / Max: 38.36Min: 33.37 / Avg: 33.84 / Max: 36.71Min: 162 / Avg: 162.24 / Max: 162.74Min: 158.49 / Avg: 158.88 / Max: 159.22Min: 31.58 / Avg: 31.9 / Max: 32.37Min: 30.52 / Avg: 30.56 / Max: 30.62

x264

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingFedora 16Ubuntu 11.101122334455SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 323.1522.957.257.9545.6446.32
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10918273645Min: 22.82 / Avg: 23.15 / Max: 23.36Min: 22.58 / Avg: 22.95 / Max: 23.16Min: 7.19 / Avg: 7.25 / Max: 7.35Min: 7.92 / Avg: 7.95 / Max: 7.99Min: 45.52 / Avg: 45.64 / Max: 45.78Min: 46.26 / Avg: 46.32 / Max: 46.42

7-Zip Compression

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestFedora 16Ubuntu 11.102K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 26.21, N = 3SE +/- 25.16, N = 3SE +/- 12.55, N = 3SE +/- 4.84, N = 3SE +/- 47.95, N = 3SE +/- 145.96, N = 3409641521702178684178561
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1015003000450060007500Min: 4067 / Avg: 4095.67 / Max: 4148Min: 4107 / Avg: 4152 / Max: 4194Min: 1682 / Avg: 1701.67 / Max: 1725Min: 1781 / Avg: 1786.33 / Max: 1796Min: 8336 / Avg: 8417.33 / Max: 8502Min: 8316 / Avg: 8561.33 / Max: 8821

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 329.0728.09114.68102.0220.0419.68
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionFedora 16Ubuntu 11.1020406080100Min: 28.98 / Avg: 29.07 / Max: 29.17Min: 27.98 / Avg: 28.09 / Max: 28.21Min: 113.66 / Avg: 114.68 / Max: 115.93Min: 100.47 / Avg: 102.02 / Max: 103.12Min: 19.95 / Avg: 20.04 / Max: 20.11Min: 19.6 / Avg: 19.68 / Max: 19.77

John The Ripper

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10160M320M480M640M800MSE +/- 12719.19, N = 3SE +/- 11680.94, N = 3SE +/- 10873542.59, N = 4SE +/- 6996102.66, N = 3SE +/- 22120.88, N = 3SE +/- 4176.65, N = 32059667216733370620125073617866727300002843333
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10130M260M390M520M650MMin: 2045000 / Avg: 2059666.67 / Max: 2085000Min: 2144000 / Avg: 2167333.33 / Max: 2180000Min: 680448000 / Avg: 706201250 / Max: 732390000Min: 725120000 / Avg: 736178666.67 / Max: 749132000Min: 2686000 / Avg: 2730000 / Max: 2756000Min: 2835000 / Avg: 2843333.33 / Max: 2848000

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.103K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 9.07, N = 3SE +/- 12.99, N = 3SE +/- 14.50, N = 3SE +/- 9.33, N = 3SE +/- 101.28, N = 3SE +/- 12.90, N = 31094811504459946691189412250
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5Fedora 16Ubuntu 11.102K4K6K8K10KMin: 10930 / Avg: 10948 / Max: 10959Min: 11479 / Avg: 11504.33 / Max: 11522Min: 4570 / Avg: 4599 / Max: 4614Min: 4650 / Avg: 4668.67 / Max: 4678Min: 11747 / Avg: 11893.67 / Max: 12088Min: 12225 / Avg: 12250 / Max: 12268

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10170340510680850SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 10.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3712745199202739771
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10140280420560700Min: 711 / Avg: 711.67 / Max: 712Min: 745 / Avg: 745.33 / Max: 746Min: 199 / Avg: 199.33 / Max: 200Min: 201 / Avg: 202.33 / Max: 203Min: 721 / Avg: 738.67 / Max: 757Min: 770 / Avg: 771 / Max: 772

Timed MAFFT Alignment

ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentFedora 16Ubuntu 11.104080120160200SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 334.9033.48175.82173.6531.9230.80
ThinkPad T61Eee PCThinkPad W510OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentFedora 16Ubuntu 11.10306090120150Min: 34.65 / Avg: 34.9 / Max: 35.09Min: 33.37 / Avg: 33.48 / Max: 33.65Min: 175.3 / Avg: 175.82 / Max: 176.79Min: 173.33 / Avg: 173.65 / Max: 174.19Min: 31.66 / Avg: 31.92 / Max: 32.45Min: 30.77 / Avg: 30.8 / Max: 30.82