Ubuntu 13.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 Benchmarks Early Ubuntu 14.04 LTS benchmarks by Michael Larabel... Using 9 December 2013 Ubuntu Trusty snapshot on same system and doing quick comparison to Ubuntu 13.10 Linux performance. Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 20131209: Processor: Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Intel HD (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 32.07 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 31.83 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... MIN: 3 AVG: 31 MAX: 68 Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . MIN: 3 AVG: 31 MAX: 98 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 78.40 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 76.40 |=============================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 12.6 MAX: 31.0 Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 13.0 MAX: 44.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 138.13 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 129.10 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 51.42 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 51.90 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 24.85 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 37.67 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 14.87 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 24.80 |================================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 199 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 255 |================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 672.43 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 904.61 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 15.57 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 15.36 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 5102 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 4166 |======================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 48.89 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 53.47 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 24 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 24 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 80 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 79 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 127 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 126 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 67 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 66 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 1398.86 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 1402.09 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 59.21 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 58.92 |================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 18.98 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 18.89 |================================================ Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 207.54 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 206.92 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 271 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 270 |================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 5.92 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 5.93 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 16.06 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 15.96 |================================================ FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 21.09 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 21.43 |================================================ N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 134.71 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 134.42 |=============================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 . 398.48 |======================================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 265519899.80 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 268718023.82 |========================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 21.14 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 21.10 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 2.77273 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 2.73795 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 11.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 11.48 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 1.43136 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 1.44133 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 6.92167 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 6.96181 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 0.01425 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 0.01428 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 0.28367 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 0.27752 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 3.07706 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 3.08924 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 6119.08 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 6209.08 |============================================== Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 82.82 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20131209 . 82.11 |================================================