Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 vs. SUSE vs. Ubuntu EC2
Benchmarks of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 against SUSE Enterprise and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 6GB

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 7680 MB RAM, Disk: 43GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-0.8-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 40GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 3989 |======================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 2403 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 3178 |==============================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 35.47 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 41.78 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 36.38 |================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 54.85 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 52.12 |==================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 56.46 |=====================================


ebizzy 0.3
Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0
Records/s > Higher Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 15723 |===============
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 37641 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 14076 |==============


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 66.75  |======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 108.02 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 66.69  |======================


Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 77.72 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 76.86 |=====================================


Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 97.99 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 97.68 |=====================================


Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 162.46 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 163.66 |====================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 230.00 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 231.13 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 230.03 |====================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM . 260714699.77 |==============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM . 241608488.69 |============================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ............. 260324017.30 |==============================