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 12.10 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores) LENOVO 2613EJU Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M 1024MB 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00 128MB 128MBMB Intel 82801G Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless Ubuntu 8.04 2.6.24-26-generic (i686) GNOME 2.22.3 X Server 1.4.0.90 fglrx 8.47.3 2.1.7412 GCC 4.2.4 ext3 1400x1050 AMD ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 128MB Analog Devices AD1981 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic-pae (i686) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-999-generic (i686) Unity 5.12.0 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-17e0472) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler 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,rw Processor Details - Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
Ubuntu 8.04 Linux Performance Vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping c-ray: Total Time himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: SP.A smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples apache: Static Web Page Serving x264: H.264 Video Encoding openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression npb: UA.A Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 7.53 638.43 413.88 100 2064 49.30 837.29 885.01 818.75 902 7832.70 7.88 73.39 4.61 17.81 532.91 480.84 112 2281 45.25 904.39 949.19 877.28 850 7322.40 13.46 7.90 74.53 4.93 16.24 337.16 520.69 100 2258 46.14 907.97 954.05 874.16 843 7360.78 13.41 7.90 67.44 4.85 OpenBenchmarking.org
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 7.53 17.81 16.24 -flto -mrecip -flto -mrecip 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -lSDL -lstdc++
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 638.43 532.91 337.16 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 413.88 480.84 520.69 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.26, N = 5 SE +/- 0.37, N = 5 SE +/- 0.20, N = 5 100 112 100
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 30.07, N = 3 SE +/- 8.25, N = 3 SE +/- 7.36, N = 3 2064 2281 2258 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.08, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 5 49.30 45.25 46.14
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 837.29 904.39 907.97 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 4.07, N = 3 SE +/- 2.31, N = 3 885.01 949.19 954.05 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.54, N = 3 818.75 877.28 874.16 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 5.36, N = 3 902 850 843 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 47.20, N = 3 SE +/- 58.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.58, N = 3 7832.70 7322.40 7360.78 -lexpat 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 13.46 13.41
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 7.88 7.90 7.90 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 1.54, N = 6 SE +/- 1.67, N = 6 73.39 74.53 67.44 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Development Latest 1.1093 2.2186 3.3279 4.4372 5.5465 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 4.61 4.93 4.85 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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