Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 Linux Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 2161 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 2272 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2442 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1531.05 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1541.66 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 169.37 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 171.57 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 7187.33 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 7250.17 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 30.71 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 55.43 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 51.25 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 1.93803 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1.96760 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1.33207 |================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 4.84824 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 8.26213 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 7.87831 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 1.24452 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1.21289 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 0.95324 |====================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 1.67894 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1.20592 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1.50313 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 0.00878 |========= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 0.04559 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 0.04441 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 1.94504 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1.42578 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1.45841 |===================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 0.35280 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 0.35761 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 0.31111 |=========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 1916.47 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 2158.30 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2213.20 |================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 16.60 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 16.48 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 16.43 |================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 110.90 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 111.32 |================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 45.71 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 49.13 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 48.55 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 116.02 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 126.11 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 129.87 |================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 35.27 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 38.04 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 38.46 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 51.96 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 27.04 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 25.12 |========================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 15.67 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 15.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 15.21 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 26.11 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 26.99 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 26.25 |================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 40.64 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 40.48 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 35.18 |============================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS . 15973.02 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 16488.83 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 18748.86 |================================================