Fedora 23 vs. Fedora 24 Alpha vs. Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks Fedora 24 Linux benchmarks, initial data from alpha build compared to Debian Testing and Ubuntu 16.04. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Fedora 23: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.0.3 (git-b4bfea0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Fedora 23 + Updates: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Fedora 24 Alpha: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.5.0-0.rc7.git0.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20160307, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-24ea81a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Debian Testing: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.4.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.2, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 20160403: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160330, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 7160: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 7160, Kernel: 4.5.0-192.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 25.77 |======================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ... 31.76 |================================================ Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 31.01 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 30.79 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 28.75 |=========================================== Clear Linux 7160 ...... 26.51 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 259.63 |========================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ... 273.80 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 290.57 |============================================== Debian Testing ........ 294.67 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 298.37 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 ............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 25.0 Fedora 23 + Updates ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 36.0 Fedora 24 Alpha ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 27.0 Debian Testing ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 25.0 Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 25.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 184.85 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ... 192.92 |============================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 193.50 |============================================== Debian Testing ........ 197.34 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 195.10 |============================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 292.33 |======================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 335.99 |============================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 338.25 |============================================== Debian Testing ........ 343.49 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 344.31 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 154.17 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 166.49 |============================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 166.06 |============================================== Debian Testing ........ 170.42 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 168.33 |============================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 7809.54 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 7813.06 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 4292.27 |======================== Debian Testing ........ 7849.73 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 4125.30 |======================= Clear Linux 7160 ...... 8278.45 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 2600.68 |============================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ... 2599.58 |============================================= Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 2647.57 |============================================== Debian Testing ........ 2594.28 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 2474.31 |=========================================== Clear Linux 7160 ...... 2598.09 |============================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 93.84 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ... 93.13 |============================================ Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 100.46 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 90.08 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 90.23 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 19.68 |===================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 19.68 |===================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 25.88 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 19.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 25.55 |=============================================== Clear Linux 7160 ...... 25.57 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 1413.12 |================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ... 1395.14 |=============================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 1306.92 |============================= Debian Testing ........ 1729.79 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 1838.26 |========================================= Clear Linux 7160 ...... 2046.90 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 2578.51 |============================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 2452.11 |============================================ Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 2501.43 |============================================= Debian Testing ........ 2325.97 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 2479.12 |============================================ Clear Linux 7160 ...... 2410.75 |=========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 2817005.33 |====================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 2592488.42 |=================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 2819583.83 |====================================== Debian Testing ........ 3191539.92 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 3102704.58 |========================================== Clear Linux 7160 ...... 2793007.13 |====================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 2067565.13 |========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 1869273.58 |====================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 1812888.38 |==================================== Debian Testing ........ 2058083.81 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 1950983.48 |======================================= Clear Linux 7160 ...... 2137075.25 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 743.11 |================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 753.43 |================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 781.08 |=================== Debian Testing ........ 876.78 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 937.73 |======================= Clear Linux 7160 ...... 1914.59 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 295.32 |========================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 299.40 |========================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 334.81 |============================= Debian Testing ........ 425.61 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 542.06 |=============================================== Clear Linux 7160 ...... 517.34 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 1733 |============================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 1732 |============================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 1718 |============================================= Debian Testing ........ 1861 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 1735 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 81267 |======================= Fedora 23 + Updates ... 80952 |======================= Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 79087 |====================== Debian Testing ........ 167104 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 81470 |======================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ............. 36993598.97 |========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ... 37297935.13 |========================================== Fedora 24 Alpha ....... 34990864.97 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160403 . 34947130.23 |======================================= Clear Linux 7160 ...... 35733676.20 |========================================