Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu Linux 2016 Tests by Michael Larabel. Clear Linux 12210: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 16128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 12210, Kernel: 4.8.12-286.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CentOS 7 1611: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 132.82 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 127.90 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 114.33 |================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 166.63 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 118.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 75.53 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 115.20 |================================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 108.83 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 84.12 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 21.25 |============= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 72.00 |============================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 78.10 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 1720.91 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 631.86 |================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 659.98 |=================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 548.00 |================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 535.31 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 343.27 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 426.04 |======================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 149.41 |============== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 93.43 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 130.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 118.11 |========================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 141.27 |================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 6.78 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 9.65 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 9.16 |================================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 9.88 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 . 6.77 |========================== CentOS 7 1611 ..... 13.30 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 9.66 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 14.93 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 15.34 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 15.04 |================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 57.66 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 59.26 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 59.43 |================================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 62.95 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 126.16 |============== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 127.66 |=============== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 133.12 |=============== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 440.03 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 34.78 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 44.71 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 45.32 |================================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 47.52 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 17.78 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 18.45 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 23.62 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 18.03 |======================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 13346 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 13152 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 13300 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 13371 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 3.48 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 3.68 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 3.67 |==================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 3.66 |==================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 . 4497.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ...... 4475.20 |================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ..... 4428.50 |================================================= Numpy Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0 Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 5434333 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6963868 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 6397193 |======================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 13363208 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 9451 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 10169 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 8666 |=========================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 10226 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 2034.50 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2004.34 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 1982.54 |================================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 1988.03 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 15.55 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 15.58 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 15.72 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 15.60 |=================================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 0.13477856 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 0.14015334 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 0.14489661 |============================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 0.15297103 |============================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 0.00073570 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 0.00083944 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 0.00148720 |============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 0.00122182 |====================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 74293 |========= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 397994 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 373449 |=============================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 319160 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 768081 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 801217 |================================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 1411 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1594 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 1602 |============================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 1832 |==================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 20.27 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 36.44 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 35.76 |==================================================