Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. 14.04 LTS Performance Comparison Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the evolving Ubuntu 12.04 LTS performance with new hardware enablement stacks in the Precise Pangolin point releases then compared to an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS development snapshot. Ubuntu 12.04.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 12.04.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 12.04.4: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 14.04 20140208: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.909, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 210.59 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 190.87 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 195.99 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 279.74 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1666 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1633 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1549 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1546 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 22.43 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 27.23 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 27.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 26.37 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 90.0 Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.7 MAX: 79.0 Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 78.0 Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 37.8 MAX: 80.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 48.87 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 58.83 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 68.00 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 61.83 |============================================ Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 58.0 Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 43.0 Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 36.0 Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.1 MAX: 39.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 74.29 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 88.20 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 92.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 92.29 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 38.89 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 44.84 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 48.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 49.66 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 28.48 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 31.40 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 33.34 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 33.81 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 8.43749 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 8.37216 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 8.36751 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 16.91387 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1.42446 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1.42993 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1.42418 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1.40609 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 2.23488 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 2.23567 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 2.23256 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 4.60336 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 0.36452 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 0.37108 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 0.36951 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 0.42453 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1.81366 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1.81823 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1.82226 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1.90933 |============================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 4.70 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 4.62 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 4.62 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 4.61 |================================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 16.87 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 16.87 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 16.77 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 16.24 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 81 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 81 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 81 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 82 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 41 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 41 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 41 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 41 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 102 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 102 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 102 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 103 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 129 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 128 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 129 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 126 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 70 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 71 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 70 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 74 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1276.42 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1270.81 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1273.77 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1299.58 |============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 62.50 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 62.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 62.72 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 69.61 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 202.19 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 203.05 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 204.08 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 225.74 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 115.77 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 115.52 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 115.59 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 74.34 |============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 22.21 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 21.29 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 22.21 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 22.70 |================================================ FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 26.75 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 26.69 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 26.24 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 27.26 |================================================