Ubuntu 8.04 Linux Performance Vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10

Simple comparison of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS versus Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and an Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshot x86 running on a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 with an Intel Core Duo T2400 CPU. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu 8.04 Linux Performance Vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment LatestIntel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores)LENOVO 2613EJUIntel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M1024MB80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00128MB 128MBMBIntel 82801GIntel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/WirelessUbuntu 8.042.6.24-26-generic (i686)GNOME 2.22.3X Server 1.4.0.90fglrx 8.47.32.1.7412GCC 4.2.4ext31400x1050AMD ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 128MBAnalog Devices AD1981Ubuntu 12.043.2.0-23-generic-pae (i686)Unity 5.10.0X Server 1.11.3radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6ext4Ubuntu 12.103.5.0-999-generic (i686)Unity 5.12.02.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-17e0472) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: --build=i486-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu -v - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=i686-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Development Latest: --build=i686-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- Development Latest: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.

Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment LatestResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%134%168%202%237%TTSIOD 3D RendererC-RayHimeno BenchmarkPostMark7-Zip CompressionParallel BZIP2 CompressionLAME MP3 EncodingNAS Parallel BenchmarksSmallptApache BenchmarkOpenSSL

Ubuntu 8.04 Linux Performance Vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10postmark: Disk Transaction Performancenpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Attsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx264: H.264 Video Encodinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testc-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-mp3: WAV To MP3openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceapache: Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest100885.01837.29818.754.617.53413.882064638.4373.3990249.307.887832.70112949.19904.39877.284.9317.8113.46480.842281532.9174.5385045.257.907322.40100954.05907.97874.164.8516.2413.41520.692258337.1667.4484346.147.907360.78OpenBenchmarking.org

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest306090120150SE +/- 1.26, N = 5SE +/- 0.37, N = 5SE +/- 0.20, N = 5100112100
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest20406080100Min: 97 / Avg: 100 / Max: 103Min: 111 / Avg: 111.8 / Max: 113Min: 100 / Avg: 100.2 / Max: 101

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2004006008001000SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 4.07, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3885.01949.19954.051. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2004006008001000Min: 882.78 / Avg: 885.01 / Max: 886.86Min: 944.21 / Avg: 949.19 / Max: 957.26Min: 949.44 / Avg: 954.05 / Max: 956.461. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2004006008001000SE +/- 1.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3837.29904.39907.971. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest160320480640800Min: 834.94 / Avg: 837.29 / Max: 838.65Min: 903.75 / Avg: 904.39 / Max: 905.43Min: 906.36 / Avg: 907.97 / Max: 909.491. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2004006008001000SE +/- 2.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3818.75877.28874.161. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest150300450600750Min: 813.01 / Avg: 818.75 / Max: 822.96Min: 875.63 / Avg: 877.28 / Max: 878.95Min: 871.7 / Avg: 874.16 / Max: 876.991. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest1.10932.21863.32794.43725.5465SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 34.614.934.851. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest246810Min: 4.6 / Avg: 4.61 / Max: 4.62Min: 4.33 / Avg: 4.93 / Max: 5.11Min: 4.85 / Avg: 4.85 / Max: 4.851. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest48121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 37.5317.8116.24-flto -mrecip-flto -mrecip1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -lSDL -lstdc++
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest510152025Min: 7.52 / Avg: 7.53 / Max: 7.53Min: 17.8 / Avg: 17.81 / Max: 17.82Min: 16.15 / Avg: 16.24 / Max: 16.381. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -lSDL -lstdc++

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest3691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 313.4613.41
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest48121620Min: 13.41 / Avg: 13.46 / Max: 13.53Min: 13.17 / Avg: 13.41 / Max: 13.56

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest110220330440550SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3413.88480.84520.691. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest90180270360450Min: 412.67 / Avg: 413.88 / Max: 415.5Min: 480.23 / Avg: 480.84 / Max: 481.86Min: 520.13 / Avg: 520.69 / Max: 521.711. (CC) gcc options: -O3

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest5001000150020002500SE +/- 30.07, N = 3SE +/- 8.25, N = 3SE +/- 7.36, N = 32064228122581. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest400800120016002000Min: 2014 / Avg: 2064.33 / Max: 2118Min: 2265 / Avg: 2280.67 / Max: 2293Min: 2250 / Avg: 2258.33 / Max: 22731. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest140280420560700SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3638.43532.91337.161. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest110220330440550Min: 638.39 / Avg: 638.43 / Max: 638.47Min: 532.61 / Avg: 532.91 / Max: 533.51Min: 336.98 / Avg: 337.16 / Max: 337.291. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest20406080100SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 6SE +/- 1.67, N = 673.3974.5367.441. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest1428425670Min: 71.97 / Avg: 73.39 / Max: 74.52Min: 69.08 / Avg: 74.53 / Max: 80.82Min: 60.16 / Avg: 67.44 / Max: 70.711. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 5.36, N = 39028508431. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest160320480640800Min: 902 / Avg: 902.33 / Max: 903Min: 849 / Avg: 850 / Max: 851Min: 835 / Avg: 842.67 / Max: 8531. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest1122334455SE +/- 0.08, N = 5SE +/- 0.09, N = 5SE +/- 0.09, N = 549.3045.2546.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest1020304050Min: 49.09 / Avg: 49.3 / Max: 49.59Min: 45.07 / Avg: 45.25 / Max: 45.57Min: 45.96 / Avg: 46.14 / Max: 46.44

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 47.887.907.901. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest3691215Min: 7.8 / Avg: 7.88 / Max: 7.9Min: 7.9 / Avg: 7.9 / Max: 7.9Min: 7.9 / Avg: 7.9 / Max: 7.91. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 47.20, N = 3SE +/- 58.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.58, N = 37832.707322.407360.78-lexpat1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTSDevelopment Latest14002800420056007000Min: 7748.79 / Avg: 7832.7 / Max: 7912.11Min: 7209.62 / Avg: 7322.4 / Max: 7402.33Min: 7356.92 / Avg: 7360.78 / Max: 7365.681. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl