Intel Core i7 - Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 LTS Devel Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix with early comparison of Ubuntu 14.04 development build against Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS on the same Intel Core i7 low-power system.
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Intel Core i7 - Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 LTS Devel Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores) CompuLab Intense-PC Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM 8192MB 500GB Hitachi HCC54755 Intel Ivy Bridge (1000MHz) Realtek ALC888 DELL S2409W Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n Ubuntu 12.04 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.20.0 X Server 1.13.3 intel 2.21.6 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM Intel HD 4000 (1000MHz) Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.5 intel 2.99.907 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1 GCC 4.8 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: --build=x86_64-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-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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 - Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Intel Core i7 - Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 LTS Devel apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time clomp: Static OMP Speedup crafty: Elapsed Time dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine encode-flac: WAV To FLAC compress-gzip: 2GB File Compression himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver hpcc: G-HPL hpcc: G-Ffte hpcc: EP-DGEMM hpcc: G-Ptrans hpcc: EP-STREAM Triad hpcc: G-Rand Access hpcc: Rand Ring Latency hpcc: Rand Ring Bandwidth hpcc: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 n-queens: Elapsed Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance polybench-c: Covariance Computation polybench-c: Correlation Computation polybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplications primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples stream: Copy stream: Scale stream: Triad stream: Add build-apache: Time To Compile tscp: AI Chess Performance x264: H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 16717.56 127.32 2.98 102.55 32.92 28.73 4041.88 7.33 17.28 1094.24 7.73103 2.20394 2.01932 0.55574 3.49379 0.00622 1.15236 1.42152 6410.858 17.96 113.19 194.47 7.14 7.03 30.63 233.49 927.07 398.05 221.33 1563.42 1604.02 839.39 230 11853.69 11830.58 13227.29 13199.64 61.52 807594 15249.08 79.30 2.67 101.14 33.16 29.17 4226.86 6.97 17.36 1189.95 16.45883 2.40998 4.28586 0.80379 3.30943 0.00342 0.94753 1.58198 6820.556 18.70 113.60 193.93 21.77 232.48 938.43 396.59 216.30 1614.04 1625.56 839.67 249 11684.90 11669.79 12862.42 12833.85 72.65 761612 59.15 OpenBenchmarking.org
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 201.09, N = 3 SE +/- 99.69, N = 3 16717.56 15249.08 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 127.32 79.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.6705 1.341 2.0115 2.682 3.3525 SE +/- 0.04, N = 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 2.98 2.67 1. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
Crafty Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 102.55 101.14 1. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 32.92 33.16
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 28.73 29.17 -lrt -lasound 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 6.43, N = 3 SE +/- 3.46, N = 3 4041.88 4226.86 -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -ldl -lhwloc 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 7.33 6.97 -logg 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm
Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.44, N = 6 17.28 17.36
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 5.87, N = 3 SE +/- 2.65, N = 3 1094.24 1189.95 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-HPL OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.00174, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00306, N = 3 7.73103 16.45883 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Ffte OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.5422 1.0844 1.6266 2.1688 2.711 SE +/- 0.01296, N = 2 SE +/- 0.01157, N = 3 2.20394 2.40998 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: EP-DGEMM OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.9643 1.9286 2.8929 3.8572 4.8215 SE +/- 0.00002, N = 2 SE +/- 0.01737, N = 3 2.01932 4.28586 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Ptrans OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.1809 0.3618 0.5427 0.7236 0.9045 SE +/- 0.00267, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00753, N = 3 0.55574 0.80379 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.7861 1.5722 2.3583 3.1444 3.9305 SE +/- 0.16418, N = 2 SE +/- 0.08424, N = 3 3.49379 3.30943 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Random Access OpenBenchmarking.org GUP/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.0014 0.0028 0.0042 0.0056 0.007 SE +/- 0.00011, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00001, N = 3 0.00622 0.00342 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Random Ring Latency OpenBenchmarking.org usecs, Fewer Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.2593 0.5186 0.7779 1.0372 1.2965 SE +/- 0.01844, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00962, N = 3 1.15236 0.94753 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 0.3559 0.7118 1.0677 1.4236 1.7795 SE +/- 0.00333, N = 2 SE +/- 0.00049, N = 3 1.42152 1.58198 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 2 SE +/- 105.62, N = 3 6410.86 6820.56 -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil -lhwloc 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3 3. Ubuntu 14.04 20140125: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 17.96 18.70 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 113.19 113.60 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 194.47 193.93 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
PolyBench-C Test: Covariance Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 7.14 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: Correlation Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 7.03 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 30.63 21.77 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 233.49 232.48 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.13, N = 4 SE +/- 3.53, N = 4 927.07 938.43
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.71, N = 4 SE +/- 0.43, N = 4 398.05 396.59
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 4.16, N = 4 SE +/- 4.21, N = 4 221.33 216.30
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 6.89, N = 3 SE +/- 16.58, N = 4 1563.42 1614.04
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.39, N = 4 SE +/- 1.54, N = 4 1604.02 1625.56
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 839.39 839.67
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 230 249 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
Stream Type: Copy OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 4.17, N = 10 SE +/- 8.54, N = 10 11853.69 11684.90 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp
Stream Type: Scale OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 4.71, N = 9 SE +/- 6.14, N = 8 11830.58 11669.79 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp
Stream Type: Triad OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 2.61, N = 9 SE +/- 6.52, N = 10 13227.29 12862.42 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp
Stream Type: Add OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 5.10, N = 9 SE +/- 6.29, N = 8 13199.64 12833.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fopenmp
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 61.52 72.65
TSCP AI Chess Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Nodes Per Second, More Is Better TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 200K 400K 600K 800K 1000K SE +/- 647.77, N = 5 SE +/- 2296.00, N = 5 807594 761612 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 14.04 20140125 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.63, N = 5 59.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
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