Clear Linux vs. Fedora vs. CentOS vs. Ubuntu Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article of several different Linux 2016 distributions on the same system. Clear Linux 6430: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Clear Linux 6430, Kernel: 4.4.2-171.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 23: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.3.5-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 7: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenSUSE 42.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.15-8-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 15.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 20160223: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 1560.30 |============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 705.64 |===================== CentOS 7 .............. 705.85 |===================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 824.76 |======================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 785.74 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 794.60 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 393.00 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 285.24 |================================== CentOS 7 .............. 190.84 |======================= OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 254.88 |============================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 372.93 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 395.83 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 7426 |================================================= Fedora 23 ............. 6756 |============================================= CentOS 7 .............. 6413 |========================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 6250 |========================================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 6819 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 7142 |=============================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 4.20 |============================================= Fedora 23 ............. 4.30 |============================================== CentOS 7 .............. 4.53 |================================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 4.58 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 4.34 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 4.23 |============================================= Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 8098 |=========== Fedora 23 ........ 9069 |============ CentOS 7 ......... 40652 |===================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..... 7894 |========== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 16935049 |============ Fedora 23 ........ 16995584 |============ CentOS 7 ......... 72682333 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..... 16982125 |============ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 3719732 |=============== Fedora 23 ........ 3709354 |=============== CentOS 7 ......... 12256463 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..... 3698004 |=============== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 2104.06 |============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 2115.96 |============================================== CentOS 7 .............. 2017.48 |============================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 2109.11 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 2113.58 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 2085.73 |============================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 30.05 |================================================ Fedora 23 ............. 25.43 |========================================= CentOS 7 .............. 24.06 |====================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 23.73 |====================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 27.43 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 25.31 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 22.58 |================================================ Fedora 23 ............. 22.61 |================================================ CentOS 7 .............. 22.66 |================================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 22.71 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 22.57 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 22.59 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 23 |=============== Fedora 23 ............. 73 |=============================================== CentOS 7 .............. 79 |================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 80 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 73 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 73 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 12.44 |============================================= Fedora 23 ............. 11.66 |========================================== CentOS 7 .............. 13.21 |================================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 13.00 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 11.50 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 12.48 |============================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 9.08 |================================================ Fedora 23 ............. 9.23 |================================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 9.33 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 9.23 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 9.35 |================================================= R Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 0.2062 |============ Fedora 23 ............. 0.7922 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 0.7691 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 0.7755 |============================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 4MB Array, 64 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 6.16 |============================================= Fedora 23 ............. 6.78 |================================================= CentOS 7 .............. 6.11 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 6.08 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 6.08 |============================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 49.22 |============================================= Fedora 23 ............. 52.87 |================================================ CentOS 7 .............. 48.91 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 48.42 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 48.94 |============================================ Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 49.11 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 50.05 |================================================ CentOS 7 .............. 48.97 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 48.90 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 48.61 |=============================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 50.84 |============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 53.04 |================================================ CentOS 7 .............. 50.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 50.27 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 49.66 |============================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 4 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 54.61 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 56.11 |================================================ CentOS 7 .............. 53.54 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 53.82 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 52.90 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 3625.80 |============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 3597.78 |============================================== CentOS 7 .............. 2704.11 |================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 2632.91 |================================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 3594.74 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 3604.05 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 3960.86 |============================================= Fedora 23 ............. 3947.09 |============================================= CentOS 7 .............. 2633.50 |============================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 2449.93 |============================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 4019.99 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 3892.24 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 2831178.92 |=========================================== Fedora 23 ............. 2026980.61 |=============================== CentOS 7 .............. 2032916.25 |=============================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 2418980.48 |===================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 2243134.71 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 2107671.69 |================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 1976902.79 |=========================================== Fedora 23 ............. 1496305.06 |================================= CentOS 7 .............. 1585420.08 |================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 ......... 1687806.62 |===================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 1722288.75 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 1600042.54 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 ...... 34671.47 |==================================== Fedora 23 ............. 22605.32 |======================= CentOS 7 .............. 20833.71 |===================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 39748.24 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 43740.24 |============================================= OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ........ 1123.67 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 674.30 |============================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 677.43 |=============================== Clear Linux 6430 . 1129.27 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..... 1123.60 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.2f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 20160223 . 1131.10 |==============================================