Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 32-bit vs. 64-bit Linux Benchmarks Ubuntu 32-bit vs. 64-bit Linux benchmarks of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Linux 4.4 kernel. Tests by MIchael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-11-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160225, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160225, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 30.23 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 30.97 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . MIN: 5 AVG: 31 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . MIN: 5 AVG: 30 MAX: 96 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 41.95 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 42.56 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 82.57 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 84.37 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 33.78 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 32.52 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 28.72 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 28.49 |================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 69.19 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 77.37 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 257.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 248.94 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 77.63 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 55.27 |==================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 8.91 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 6.83 |======================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 16.87 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 15.51 |============================================== R Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 1.1374 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 60.43 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 267.80 |================================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 1717471.15 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 2110639.23 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 1249557.59 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 1395953.56 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit . 26040.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit . 28663.10 |===============================================