HandelSpielVM vs. KVM Linux Virt Performance HandelSpielVM 4.0 performance benchmarks under Linux with Ubuntu 11.10 guest and host virtualization compared to Linux KVM virtualization. Two different systems, quick testing of Phoronix Test Suite 3.6-Arendal release. More benchmark results may come later. Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.49GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1024MB, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: HandelSpielVM Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.49GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 17GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 0.14.1 Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM: Processor: Intel Core 870 @ 2.95GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: HandelSpielVM Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.95GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 0.14.1 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 8756.52 |============================ Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 9323.29 |============================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 10698.66 |=================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 11753.49 |====================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 55.18 |========================================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 53.26 |======================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 36.91 |=========================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 36.31 |=========================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 151.11 |======================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 122.63 |================================ Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 70.03 |=================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 68.14 |================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 261.17 |======================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 251.75 |======================================= Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 137.36 |===================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 136.18 |===================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 130.67 |======================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 122.53 |====================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 67.66 |===================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 66.50 |==================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 122.73 |===================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 132.61 |======================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 65.82 |==================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 65.78 |==================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 2.40 |================================ Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 2.34 |=============================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 3.16 |========================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 3.15 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 4562 |==================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 4705 |==================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 9342 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 9643 |========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 24.16 |========================================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 24.03 |========================================= Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 13.32 |======================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 13.16 |====================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 21.57 |============================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 22.64 |============================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 27.11 |==================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 30.70 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 113 |=================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 115 |=================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 135 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 140 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 67 |==================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 68 |==================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 81 |=========================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 83 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 33 |================================ Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 33 |================================ Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 45 |============================================ Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 45 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 84 |================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 86 |=================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 103 |========================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 106 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 32 |================================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 33 |================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 43 |============================================ Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 43 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 1226.57 |==================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 1252.28 |===================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 1303.58 |====================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 1326.03 |======================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 31.32 |========================================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 30.43 |======================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 18.75 |========================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 18.77 |========================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 25.23 |========================================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 24.54 |======================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 24.93 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 24.41 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 4314.50 |================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 4344.18 |================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 9290.12 |======================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 9291.18 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 935.91 |==================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 948.13 |===================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 1774.30 |======================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 1789.99 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 70.74 |=========================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 70.69 |=========================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 103.72 |======================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 103.90 |======================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 17.11 | Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 39.81 | Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 3939.01 |======================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 3985.83 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 0.87 | Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 2.49 |= Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 84.85 |======================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 86.01 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 3088.38 |=============== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 3142.88 |=============== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 7700.30 |====================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 7990.15 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 2348.56 |====================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 2378.35 |====================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 3905.09 |==================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 4234.18 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 2247.62 |==================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 2237.58 |==================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 4443.95 |======================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 4418.56 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 13.84 |================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 14.17 |================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 31.48 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 31.73 |========================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 1046.06 |======================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 1218.84 |============================ Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 1673.60 |======================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 59.70 |= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 295 |=== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 500 |====== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 3571 |========================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 3571 |========================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 829 |=========================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 828 |=========================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 775 |======================================== Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 760 |======================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 285 |=========================================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 285 |=========================================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 186 |============================ Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 186 |============================ SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 63.46 |== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 44.74 |= Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 36.77 |= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 1498.85 |======================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 13.40 |========================= Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 11.61 |====================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 21.69 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 18.07 |================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: HandelSpielVM . 39.95 |====================== Core i5 2520M: Linux KVM 3.0 . 43.42 |======================== Core i7 870: HandelSpielVM ... 75.18 |========================================= Core i7 870: Linux KVM 3.0 ... 71.64 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