Ubuntu 14.04 vs. 16.04 LTS Intel Xeon E5- Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection 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 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 16.04 20160212: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160205, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 55.37 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 54.78 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 94.67 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 99.00 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 194.27 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 199.47 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 94.07 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 94.18 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 265.09 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 280.92 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 104.66 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 104.01 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 8.01521 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 7.81926 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 5.93343 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 5.95275 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 4.17859 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 4.09781 |============================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 2.47668 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 2.31004 |=========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 0.02017 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 0.04231 |============================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 16.40 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 12.23 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 12.35 |================================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 95.07 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 97.43 |================================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 18.02 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 36.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 34.98 |============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 19.17 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 19.37 |================================================ FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 12009 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 12101 |================================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 11.03 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 16.36 |================================================ Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 99497 |=================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 91338509 |================================================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 14278275 |================================================ x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 290.68 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 348.52 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 1793.78 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 1811.17 |============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 27.34 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 27.60 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 59.14 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 54.02 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 10.71 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 10.73 |================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 4.51 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 4.61 |================================================= PBZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 4.41 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 4.44 |================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 271.46 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 275.54 |=============================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 20.08 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 24.52 |================================================ N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 18.04 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 17.90 |================================================ R Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m5 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 0.6385 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 0.5445 |======================================== GnuPG Linux 4.3 Package File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 15.10 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 14.60 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 1324.70 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 1307.43 |============================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 4MB Array, 64 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 8.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 8.16 |================================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 66.79 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 62.63 |============================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 65.26 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 68.52 |================================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 70.84 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 68.14 |============================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 4 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 73.15 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 71.93 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 4491.03 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 4210.69 |=========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 623702.31 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 635317.42 |============================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 565785.19 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 565311.48 |============================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .... 17387.29 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 . 22094.76 |=============================================