Ubuntu 13.10 vs. Fedora 20 Benchmarks

Fedora 20 vs. Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit Linux performance benchmarks on the same two Intel systems. Linux performance testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1312097-SO-UBUNTU13F34.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i5 3470Pentium G3220 Fedora 20 Ubuntu 13.10 Fedora 20 Ubuntu 13.10Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores)ASRock Z68 Pro3Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB64GB OCZ AGILITYIntel HD 2500 (1100MHz)Realtek ALC892VA2431Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Fedora 203.11.10-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1X Server 1.14.4intel 2.21.153.1 Mesa 9.2.3GCC 4.8.2 20131017ext41920x1080Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)Ubuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3intel 2.99.9043.1 Mesa 9.2.1GCC 4.8Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores)ASRock H81M-ITXIntel 4th Gen Core DRAM120GB KINGSTON SV300S3Intel HD (1100MHz)Intel Haswell HDMIDELL S2409WQualcomm Atheros QCA8171 GigabitFedora 203.11.10-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1X Server 1.14.4intel 2.21.153.1 Mesa 9.2.3GCC 4.8.2 20131017Ubuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3intel 2.99.9043.1 Mesa 9.2.1GCC 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Core i5 3470: Fedora 20: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.2-20131017/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.2-20131017/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - Core i5 3470: Ubuntu 13.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Pentium G3220: Ubuntu 13.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Core i5 3470: Fedora 20: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Core i5 3470: Ubuntu 13.10: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Pentium G3220: Ubuntu 13.10: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- Core i5 3470: Fedora 20: UXA- Core i5 3470: Ubuntu 13.10: SNA- Pentium G3220: Fedora 20: UXA- Pentium G3220: Ubuntu 13.10: SNASystem Details- Core i5 3470: Fedora 20: SELinux: Enabled.- Core i5 3470: Ubuntu 13.10: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.- Pentium G3220: Fedora 20: SELinux: Enabled.- Pentium G3220: Ubuntu 13.10: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.Disk Mount Options Details- Core i5 3470: Fedora 20: data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabelDisk Details- Core i5 3470: Ubuntu 13.10, Pentium G3220: Ubuntu 13.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

openarena: 1920 x 1080reaction: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080aio-stress: Rand Writetiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 4postmark: Disk Transaction Performancettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappinggraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverc-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVn-queens: Elapsed Timepovray: Total Timehint: FLOATCore i5 3470Pentium G3220 Fedora 20 Ubuntu 13.10 Fedora 20 Ubuntu 13.1024.8756.87108.9538.6422.4114.22137233.440.974746119.05481301731041543.5332.5610.0599.181365.3814.2413.4161.55210.99303029519.8524.8756.60111.0937.8319.4111.62136113.051.385173119.36481251661061534.2532.779.9598.781335.3714.4619.5861.24210.42303278348.8531.9777.63134.9853.5229.9518.70200872.889.23471656.162482130681375.4759.0818.84206.882665.9415.7619.69134.82398.93268518768.7232.0778.40138.1351.4224.8514.87199672.4315.57510248.892480127671398.8659.2118.98207.542715.9216.0621.09134.71398.48265519899.80OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 20Ubuntu 13.10714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 324.8724.8731.9732.07

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1020406080100Min: 2 / Avg: 40.06 / Max: 93Min: 3 / Avg: 40.18 / Max: 94Min: 2 / Avg: 31.16 / Max: 70Min: 3 / Avg: 31.12 / Max: 68

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 20Ubuntu 13.1020406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 356.8756.6077.6378.40

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10918273645Min: 2 / Avg: 17.54 / Max: 44Min: 2 / Avg: 17.62 / Max: 44Min: 2 / Avg: 12.76 / Max: 36Min: 2 / Avg: 12.59 / Max: 31

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3108.95111.09134.98138.13

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighFedora 20Ubuntu 13.101224364860SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 338.6437.8353.5251.42

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 322.4119.4129.9524.85

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 314.2211.6218.7014.87

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.6.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 20Ubuntu 13.104080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3137136200199

AIO-Stress

Test: Random Write

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random WriteFedora 20Ubuntu 13.102004006008001000SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 2.79, N = 6SE +/- 5.77, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3233.44113.05872.88672.431. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4Fedora 20Ubuntu 13.1048121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 30.971.389.2315.57

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1011002200330044005500SE +/- 30.33, N = 3SE +/- 35.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 347465173471651021. (CC) gcc options: -O3

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2zPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10306090120150SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 4119.05119.3656.1648.891. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: SharpenFedora 20Ubuntu 13.101122334455SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3484824241. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 313012582801. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceFedora 20Ubuntu 13.104080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31731661301271. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 310410668671. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1030060090012001500SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 21.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 2.22, N = 31543.531534.251375.471398.861. (CC) gcc options: -O3

C-Ray

Total Time

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeFedora 20Ubuntu 13.101326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 332.5632.7759.0859.211. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 310.059.9518.8418.981. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number GenerationFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1050100150200250SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 399.1898.78206.88207.541. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1060120180240300SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31361332662711. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACFedora 20Ubuntu 13.101.33652.6734.00955.3466.6825SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.385.375.945.921. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Fedora 20Ubuntu 13.1048121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 514.2414.4615.7616.061. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10510152025SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 313.4119.5819.6921.091. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

N-Queens

Elapsed Time

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed TimeFedora 20Ubuntu 13.10306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 361.5561.24134.82134.711. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3

POV-Ray

Total Time

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.7.0Total TimeFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1090180270360450SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3210.99210.42398.93398.481. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -ffast-math -march=native -pthread -lSDL -lX11 -ltiff -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lrt -lm -lboost_thread -lboost_system

Hierarchical INTegration

Test: FLOAT

Core i5 3470Pentium G3220OpenBenchmarking.orgQUIPs, More Is BetterHierarchical INTegration 1.0Test: FLOATFedora 20Ubuntu 13.1060M120M180M240M300MSE +/- 313917.96, N = 3SE +/- 238733.82, N = 3SE +/- 180906.67, N = 3SE +/- 862076.64, N = 3303029519.85303278348.85268518768.72265519899.801. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -lm

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