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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1206087-SU-T60UBUNTU83.

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 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

Disk Transaction Performance

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

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

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

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++

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

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

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

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

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

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

C-Ray

Total Time

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

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File 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

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

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

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

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

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

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

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

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

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