Ubuntu 18.04 vs. Other Linux Distros On AMD EPYC AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with various early 2018 Linux distributions. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Clear Linux 21260: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux OS 21260, Kernel: 4.15.7-536.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Testing: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.14.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora Workstation 27: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.15.7-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Manjaro 17.1.6: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: ManjaroLinux 17.1.6, Kernel: 4.14.25-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA Device 10f0, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.27.92, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180312, Kernel: 4.15.7-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180307 [gcc-7-branch revision 258314], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 40.10 |======================================== Debian Testing ............ 43.29 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 42.64 |========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 43.88 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 42.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 44.21 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 43.26 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 934 |============================================== Debian Testing ............ 927 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 926 |============================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 794 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 933 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 921 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 934 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 14900 |============================================ Debian Testing ............ 14800 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 14800 |============================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 12700 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 14900 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 14700 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 14900 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1617 |============================================= Debian Testing ............ 1576 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1579 |============================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 751 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1599 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1589 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1601 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 25833 |============================================ Debian Testing ............ 25233 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 25267 |=========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 11667 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 25600 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 25400 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 25600 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1604 |=============================== Debian Testing ............ 1632 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1661 |================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1378 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1842 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2332 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1790 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 25700 |============================== Debian Testing ............ 26100 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 26600 |=============================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 22000 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 29500 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 37333 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 28600 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1798 |============================================= Debian Testing ............ 1756 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1764 |============================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1790 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1802 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1779 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1802 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 28767 |============================================ Debian Testing ............ 28100 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 28233 |=========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 28667 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 28833 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 28467 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 28833 |============================================ BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 11054 |========================== Debian Testing ............ 17356 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 13299 |=============================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 14048 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 18907 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 14583 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 6513 |=============== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1690.49 |========================================== Debian Testing ............ 1452.55 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1470.75 |===================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1588.21 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1390.85 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1070.54 |=========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1587.57 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 441.89 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 348.01 |================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 271.12 |========================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 407.54 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 383.66 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 351.53 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 267.95 |========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1072.60 |==================== Debian Testing ............ 1015.64 |=================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1903.88 |=================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 2274.26 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 2125.91 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2091.17 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2063.59 |====================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 3.75 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 3.80 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 3.85 |============================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 3.95 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 3.71 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 3.95 |============================================= Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 8812639 |================================== Debian Testing ............ 9569290 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 10119953 |======================================= Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 9080810 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 9128211 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 9327444 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 10603271 |========================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 5473131 |========================================== Debian Testing ............ 5281660 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 5492756 |========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 5283004 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 5474669 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 5306777 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 5523601 |========================================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 121.27 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 102.82 |==================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 78.96 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 96.83 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 99.76 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 101.28 |==================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 964.54 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 962.25 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 959.38 |=========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 958.46 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 961.89 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 957.43 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 951.66 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 94387 |============================================ Debian Testing ............ 94986 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 81882 |====================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 91151 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 82153 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 81832 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 93965 |============================================ Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 18.42 |============================= Debian Testing ............ 27.92 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 22.14 |=================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 23.36 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 23.79 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 22.24 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 20.43 |================================ Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 6.62 |====== Debian Testing ............ 49.98 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 51.84 |============================================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 51.12 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 48.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 49.79 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 49.25 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 11.92 |======================================== Debian Testing ............ 12.73 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 12.68 |========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 12.54 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 12.50 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 13.15 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 12.59 |========================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 7.51 |====================== Debian Testing ............ 10.39 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 8.23 |========================= Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 14.74 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 10.82 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 10.63 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 10.09 |============================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Testing ............ 0.20709668 |===================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 0.20828584 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 0.21876299 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.20304006 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.21019464 |===================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Testing ............ 0.00279077 |=============================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 0.00355074 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 0.00264319 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.00271835 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.00295936 |================================= R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Testing ............ 0.9839 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 0.5055 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1.0390 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.9586 |======================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 131.82 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 127.72 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 131.33 |=========================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 132.50 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 132.62 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 129.52 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 132.16 |=========================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1985370.04 |======================================= Debian Testing ............ 1554551.25 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1470004.38 |============================= Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1742775.21 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1610046.67 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1452810.21 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1365270.59 |=========================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1304730.75 |======================================= Debian Testing ............ 1080347.29 |================================ Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1020776.87 |=============================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1110399.60 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1075445.11 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1044720.75 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 999336.51 |============================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1619 |================================== Debian Testing ............ 2170 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 2168 |============================================= Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 2021 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 2160 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2168 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2153 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 20590.37 |========================================= Debian Testing ............ 19011.40 |====================================== Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 17466.40 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 18985.16 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 16674.68 |================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 481860 |=========================================== Debian Testing ............ 366323 |================================= Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 308566 |============================ Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 368931 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 290917 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 357160 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 382149 |================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21260 ......... 19.68 |===== Debian Testing ............ 151.04 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 160.69 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 152.26 |=========================================