Arch Linux vs. Antergos vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu

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Arch Linux vs. Antergos vs. Clear Linux vs. UbuntuProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads)ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers16384MB120GB Force MP500eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MBRealtek ALC1220Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionArch Linux4.14.13-1-ARCH (x86_64)GCC 7.2.1 20171224ext43840x2160Intel Device 2020Ubuntu 17.104.13.0-25-generic (x86_64)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 RegistersAntergos Linux 18.1-Minimal-ISO-Rolling4.14.13-1-ARCH (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.26.2modesetting 1.19.64.3 Mesa 17.3.2GCC 7.2.1 201712244 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16Clear Linux OS 203504.14.13-509.native (x86_64)1.0.39GCC 7.2.1 20171126 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Arch Linux 20180117: CFLAGS=-O3-march=native CXXFLAGS=-O3-march=native- Clear Linux 20350: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-fvisibility-inlines-hidden FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx" Compiler Details- Arch Linux 20180117: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-install-libiberty --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu - Ubuntu Server 17.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v - Antergos Minimal 18.1: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-install-libiberty --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu - Clear Linux 20350: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell Processor Details- Arch Linux 20180117: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Ubuntu Server 17.10: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Antergos Minimal 18.1: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux 20350: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performancePython Details- Arch Linux 20180117: Python 3.6.4- Ubuntu Server 17.10: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.3- Antergos Minimal 18.1: Python 3.6.4- Clear Linux 20350: Python 2.7.12 + Python 3.6.4Security Details- Arch Linux 20180117: KPTI Protection- Ubuntu Server 17.10: KPTI Protection- Antergos Minimal 18.1: KPTI Protection- Clear Linux 20350: KPTI + Full generic retpoline Protection

Arch Linux vs. Antergos vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntuglibc-bench: sqrtglibc-bench: tanhglibc-bench: pthread_oncegmpbench: Total Timehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverphpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitepgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Writepgbench: Buffer Test - Heavy Contention - Read Writeredis: LPUSHredis: GETredis: SETstockfish: Total Timesystemd-boot-total: Kerneltensorflow: Cifar10hmmer: Pfam Database Searchbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compiletscp: AI Chess Performancex264: H.264 Video EncodingArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 2035010.0232.124.2155982940.3074132312080.9911535.552012844.4130433022175271.332876223329.934.8134.591505606494.8410.1732.544.245793.303080.7562486311849.5311658.682086380.112945762.632240548.172996439431.6910.8838.981389653333.4910.0933.354.385405.402891.5266571011521.0011634.731992541.862691218.042167279.792875216231.7210.0037.731467384338.769.8023.694.146129.303179.8176099115795.5415496.802230633.503182598.502056993.3627571092.3025.283.7833.191569168516.80OpenBenchmarking.org

glibc bench

Benchmark: sqrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: sqrtArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203503691215SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 310.0210.1710.099.80

glibc bench

Benchmark: tanh

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: tanhArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350816243240SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 332.1232.5433.3523.69

glibc bench

Benchmark: pthread_once

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: pthread_onceArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203500.98551.9712.95653.9424.9275SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 34.214.244.384.14

GNU GMP GMPbench

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgGMPbench Score, More Is BetterGNU GMP GMPbench 6.1.2Total TimeArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350130026003900520065005598.005793.305405.406129.30-march=native-fomit-frame-pointer-fomit-frame-pointer-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203507001400210028003500SE +/- 8.17, N = 3SE +/- 34.97, N = 3SE +/- 54.71, N = 3SE +/- 18.09, N = 32940.303080.752891.523179.81-march=native-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -mavx2

PHPBench

PHP Benchmark Suite

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350160K320K480K640K800KSE +/- 10706.94, N = 3SE +/- 12298.69, N = 6SE +/- 30764.10, N = 6SE +/- 358.21, N = 3741323624863665710760991

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.0Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203503K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 162.20, N = 3SE +/- 56.09, N = 3SE +/- 170.47, N = 5SE +/- 241.07, N = 312080.9911849.5311521.0015795.54-O3 -march=native -lpthread-O2 -lpthread-O2 -lpthread-O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fPIC -lpgcommon -lpgport -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.0Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read WriteArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203503K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 161.42, N = 3SE +/- 48.78, N = 3SE +/- 52.35, N = 3SE +/- 264.40, N = 611535.5511658.6811634.7315496.80-O3 -march=native -lpthread-O2 -lpthread-O2 -lpthread-O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fPIC -lpgcommon -lpgport -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Redis

Test: LPUSH

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: LPUSHArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 34049.04, N = 4SE +/- 35798.01, N = 6SE +/- 35547.70, N = 6SE +/- 12939.30, N = 32012844.412086380.111992541.862230633.50-O2 -O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread

Redis

Test: GET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: GETArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350700K1400K2100K2800K3500KSE +/- 32858.97, N = 3SE +/- 57689.01, N = 6SE +/- 100456.18, N = 6SE +/- 44996.88, N = 33043302.002945762.632691218.043182598.50-O2 -O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread

Redis

Test: SET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: SETArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 38169.04, N = 3SE +/- 8873.39, N = 3SE +/- 58608.72, N = 6SE +/- 298349.79, N = 62175271.332240548.172167279.792056993.36-O2 -O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread

Stockfish

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterStockfish 2014-11-26Total TimeArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203506001200180024003000SE +/- 35.96, N = 3SE +/- 217.77, N = 6SE +/- 50.21, N = 3SE +/- 53.54, N = 32876299628752757-march=native-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -O3 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -flto

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Kernel

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSystemd Total Boot TimeTest: KernelArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 2035090018002700360045002233.004394.002162.001092.30

Tensorflow

Build: Cifar10

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTensorflow 2017-02-03Build: Cifar10Arch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350714212835SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 329.9331.6931.7225.28

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 203503691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 34.8110.8810.003.78-O3 -march=native-O2-O2-O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13Time To CompileArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350918273645SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 6SE +/- 0.65, N = 6SE +/- 0.67, N = 334.5938.9837.7333.19

TSCP

AI Chess Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350300K600K900K1200K1500KSE +/- 16717.86, N = 5SE +/- 8483.80, N = 5SE +/- 33454.34, N = 101505606138965314673841569168-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2017-09-08H.264 Video EncodingArch Linux 20180117Ubuntu Server 17.10Antergos Minimal 18.1Clear Linux 20350110220330440550SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 2.45, N = 3SE +/- 6.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3494.84333.49338.76516.80-march=native-lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lswscale-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fPIC -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

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