Ubuntu 13.04 Linux 32-bit vs. 64-bit Ubuntu 13.04 32-bit versus 64-bit Linux. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS54258, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS54258, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0: Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 + 320GB FreeAgent Go FW, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: W2242, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Kubuntu 13.04 64bit: Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 + 320GB FreeAgent Go FW, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: W2242, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 8.90 |==== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 9.27 |==== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 99.60 |========================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 97.50 |======================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 119 |==================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 112 |=================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 252 |=========================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 251 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 3.00 |======= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 . 22.70 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 13.13 |=============================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 17.52 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 15.83 |===================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 15.97 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 7.00 |========= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 7.27 |========== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 30.97 |========================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 30.73 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 32.17 |========================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 21.56 |=========================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 26.50 |================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 27.03 |================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 21.96 |======================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 22.84 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 17.81 |================================ Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 17.90 |================================ Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 80.24 |====================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 86.63 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 80.32 |====================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 80.68 |====================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 2428.90 |======================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 1657.49 |========================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 2445.37 |======================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 2440.68 |======================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 72.99 |======================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 74.51 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 65.95 |==================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 66.50 |===================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 35.93 |========================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 35.97 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 34.12 |======================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 34.23 |======================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 5.39 |====================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 5.35 |====================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 5.89 |========================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 5.80 |========================================= x264 2013-01-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 20.24 |===================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 19.68 |==================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 22.20 |========================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 22.14 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 670.32 |======================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 575.39 |================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 674.63 |======================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 670.49 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 183.39 |========================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 290.43 |======================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 169.78 |======================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 170.87 |======================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 507.87 |================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 613.36 |======================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 468.98 |=============================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 472.60 |=============================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 819 |================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 1035 |========================================== Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 756 |=============================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 762 |=============================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 38.98 |====================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 42.18 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 39.00 |====================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 38.99 |====================================== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 50.17 |========================================= 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 49.92 |========================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 46.66 |====================================== Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 46.85 |====================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 5367.15 |=================================== 32-bit Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 5965.45 |======================================= Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0 . 5935.52 |======================================= Kubuntu 13.04 64bit .......... 5903.05 |=======================================