vm-memory
VMware testing on CentOS 6.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


vmware: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5405 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.14.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

kvm: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 1.99GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 18GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.14.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU

proxmox-kvm: 

	Processor: Common KVM @ 1.99GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 3000 MB RAM, Disk: 36GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.23.3.el6.kis_toa.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Integer Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 2664.39 |========================================================
kvm ......... 2679.18 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 2658.02 |========================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Integer Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 2797.72 |========================================================
kvm ......... 2713.24 |======================================================
proxmox-kvm . 2676.19 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Integer Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 2749.73 |=======================================================
kvm ......... 2703.15 |======================================================
proxmox-kvm . 2779.67 |========================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Floating-Point Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 3068.87 |====================================================
kvm ......... 3297.06 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 3224.12 |=======================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 3172.36 |=======================================================
kvm ......... 3207.32 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 3215.98 |========================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 2963.28 |=======================================================
kvm ......... 3034.12 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 3033.59 |========================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 2849.22 |========================================================
kvm ......... 2858.96 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 2839.95 |========================================================


CacheBench
Read Cache
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 1603.83 |======================================================
kvm ......... 1652.76 |========================================================
proxmox-kvm . 1664.05 |========================================================


CacheBench
Write Cache
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vmware ...... 4805.11 |======================================================
kvm ......... 4900.00 |=======================================================
proxmox-kvm . 4975.75 |========================================================