Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Intel Linux
Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com to compare Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.


Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: 

	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: LLVMpipe, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Intel Penryn: Fedora 17: 

	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 (275/302MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless

	OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 44.80  |==============
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 60.45  |==================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 108.73 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 49.86 |==================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 58.67 |======================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 92.18 |==================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 36.72  |==========
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 36.92  |==========
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 117.79 |=================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 1923 |===================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ........ 2196 |========================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 23.10  |=====
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 37.70  |=========
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 139.73 |=================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 2818.59 |=================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 3019.39 |===================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 5199.02 |================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1511.43 |===================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 1643.35 |=====================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 2484.53 |================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1484.81 |=================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 1506.42 |=================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 2847.46 |================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 8.22  |==============
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 8.11  |==============
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 20.30 |==================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 3428.02 |===============================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 3540.50 |================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 3252.69 |=============================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 24.54 |==================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 24.65 |==================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 13.95 |===================


John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 1363 |======================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 1363 |======================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 2190 |===================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 28.83 |================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 30.96 |=================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 62.43 |==================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 9.95 |===================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 9.79 |==================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 9.78 |==================================


x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 31.54 |==================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 30.52 |==================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 58.11 |==================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 906.76  |===========================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 924.41  |===========================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 1076.46 |================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 4141 |================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 4209 |=================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 8801 |===================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 169.23 |=================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 119.02 |=======================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 106.85 |=====================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 28.94 |==================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 28.73 |==================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 19.89 |=======================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 426 |=================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 466 |====================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 246 |===================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 24.67 |==================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 25.01 |==================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 22.81 |===============================


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 39.55 |================================
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 39.35 |================================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 42.13 |==================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 112.20  |==
Intel Penryn: Fedora 17 ............. 109.34  |=
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 2386.01 |================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Penryn: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...... 10930.02 |=========================
Intel Clarksfield: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 13330.06 |===============================