pvhvm microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 testing on Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid via the Phoronix Test Suite. pvhvm1: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 OpenSSL AVX2: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 AVX2: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 w/o AVX2: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 wo AVX2: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Xen: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 Intel Core i5-4460: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4092 MB RAM, Disk: 48GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Debian GNU/Linux stretch/sid, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft Xen HVM domU 4.6.0-xs112845 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better pvhvm1 . 260.23 |============================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenSSL AVX2 ....... 256.07 |================================================== Intel Core i5-4460 . 256.57 |================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better AVX2 . 132081 |================================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AVX2 . 7505 |================================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better AVX2 ................................................ 17.84 |================== 2 x Intel Core i5-4460 - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Xen . 17.35 |================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AVX2 ..... 14725.26 |========================================================== w/o AVX2 . 13804.70 |====================================================== wo AVX2 .. 13627.37 |======================================================