Fedora 16 vs. Ubuntu 11.10 Performance

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

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1111113-AR-FEDORA16U92.

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

Static Web Page Serving

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

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

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

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

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

IOzone

Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

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

IOzone

Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance

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

OpenArena

Resolution: 1600 x 900

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

Lightsmark

Resolution: 1600 x 900

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

C-Ray

Total Time

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

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

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

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

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

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

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

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

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

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File 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

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

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

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

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

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

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

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence 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

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