Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme and AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 benchmarking of various Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtualization options with the Precise Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing of bare metal, Xen, KVM, and Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization methods from this Intel Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition and AMD Bulldozer systems that were running in the same configuration for the duration of testing. This Linux virtualization benchmarking is for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 26GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Ensoniq ES1370 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.2 Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.19GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 41GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.10_Ubuntur76795 AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 16GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.62GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 41GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.10_Ubuntur76795 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 429.00 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 312.79 |==================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 378.65 |======================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 348.64 |====================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 589.92 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 332.38 |===================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 485.54 |============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 220.11 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 159.19 |========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 144.09 |======================= Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 140.54 |======================= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 228.54 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 181.85 |============================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 144.04 |======================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 300.55 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 268.33 |================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 255.00 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 113.94 |============== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 175.65 |====================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 152.85 |=================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 113.37 |============== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 174.62 |========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 9.57 |= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 135.89 |==================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 35.86 |===== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 253.23 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 9.59 |= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 40.73 |====== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 23.54 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 19.67 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 23.18 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 7.94 |============= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 19.86 |================================ AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 14.98 |======================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 15.05 |======================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 170.44 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 139.51 |============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 156.54 |================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 27.03 |====== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 132.08 |============================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 113.92 |========================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 83.81 |================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 118 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 113 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 98 |================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 90 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 114 |======================================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 110 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 95 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 162 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 157 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 146 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 134 |================================= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 162 |======================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 155 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 133 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 85 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 83 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 77 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 62 |============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 67 |================================ AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 69 |================================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 58 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 146 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 138 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 130 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 97 |=========================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 131 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 123 |================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 105 |============================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 87 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 85 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 81 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 66 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 64 |============================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 82 |======================================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 55 |========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 1357.24 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 1322.15 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 1351.65 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 1258.82 |================================= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 631.86 |================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 649.43 |================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 547.28 |=============== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 25015 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 21319 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 23762 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 5200 |======== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 17504 |=========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 14991 |======================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 13268 |==================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 1062.22 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 957.19 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 1050.68 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 907.17 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 809.54 |=========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 748.35 |========================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 644.20 |====================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 1941.16 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 1737.26 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 1928.90 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 1644.01 |============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 1754.40 |================================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 1639.77 |============================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 1418.45 |========================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 307.91 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 180.14 |====================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 308.62 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 171.66 |===================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 79.16 |========= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 83.07 |========== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 72.65 |========= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 1653.30 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 1473.43 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 1617.43 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 1384.57 |============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 1066.68 |======================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 883.72 |=================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 745.59 |================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 6562 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 6270 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 5657 |================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 2179 |============= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 6386 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 6162 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 5366 |================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 12.14 |=============== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 10.67 |============== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 9.74 |============ Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 29.94 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 16.72 |===================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 14.47 |================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 16.72 |===================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 4.89 |=== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 7.45 |===== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 7.64 |===== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 60.65 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 6.97 |==== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 11.47 |======= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 22.06 |============== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 42.07 |========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 41.31 |========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 50.36 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 58.26 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 56.03 |=================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 53.87 |================================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 61.22 |====================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 65.71 |===================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 76.52 |======================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 116.75 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 116.36 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 91.20 |============================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 97.83 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 111.89 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 37.37 |========================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 39.42 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 39.49 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 56.52 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 46.03 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 46.59 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 52.27 |=================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 155.28 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 197.93 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 144.33 |========================= Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 209.48 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 152.33 |=========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 182.35 |================================ AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 207.54 |===================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 6.06 |================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 6.42 |================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 6.38 |================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 13.53 |====================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 8.33 |======================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 8.60 |======================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 9.60 |=========================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 90.96 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 93.82 |============================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 92.55 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 99.29 |============================= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 105.34 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 107.99 |================================ AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 124.63 |===================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 708.09 |===================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 715.72 |===================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 713.81 |===================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 749.63 |====================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 1038.73 |============================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 1050.57 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 1239.39 |==================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 21 |======================= Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 21 |======================= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 21 |======================= Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 29 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 33 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 34 |===================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 38 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 74.98 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 74.85 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 74.98 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 71.98 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 70.35 |==================================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 69.98 |=================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 61.10 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 16396.46 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 14094.95 |============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 14979.75 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 3600.71 |======== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 11870.22 |========================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 10886.52 |======================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 9603.87 |===================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 3307.14 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 2941.37 |================================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 2841.48 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 675.11 |======= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 2481.11 |=========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 2339.77 |========================= AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 2124.70 |======================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 305.52 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 297.07 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 297.51 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 207.84 |========================= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 177.48 |===================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 165.26 |==================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 148.88 |================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 9102.76 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 8589.00 |================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 8693.00 |================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 4871.72 |=================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 6392.14 |========================= AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 6044.54 |======================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 5521.19 |====================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 154.57 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 84.97 |==================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 153.99 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 80.94 |=================== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 107.53 |========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 73.72 |================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 63.74 |=============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 15393.08 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 12133.88 |============================ Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 11580.19 |========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 2537.95 |====== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 11597.69 |========================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 10624.59 |======================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 9731.97 |====================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 10158.85 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 8422.94 |============================= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 7698.61 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 1430.53 |===== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 4616.18 |================ AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 4146.81 |============== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 3554.96 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 9340.36 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 7007.17 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 6944.81 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 1100.63 |==== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 5441.58 |===================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 4927.24 |=================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 4541.71 |================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 73.12 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 56.96 |============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 46.09 |======================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 2.79 |= AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 39.08 |==================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 35.86 |=================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 32.48 |================= NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal . 17638.33 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM ........ 16675.53 |============================= Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen ........ 17788.74 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox . 3505.38 |====== AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal ......... 17706.18 |=============================== AMD FX-8150: KVM ................ 19976.40 |=================================== AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox ......... 8577.56 |===============