Windows 10 vs. Linux Distributions Performance

Various benchmarks for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1803229-FO-DISTROS3188.

Windows 10 vs. Linux Distributions PerformanceProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkChipsetAudioMonitorOSKernelDisplay DriverOpenCLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopOpenGLVulkanDisplay ServerWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-RollingIntel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.59GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads)ASUS PRIME X299-A4 x 4096 MB 3200MHz Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1911/4004MHz)Intel Connection I219-VMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro Build 1629910.0 (x86_64)391.24 (23.21.13.9124)OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.84GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 6.0.0NTFS3840x2160Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads)ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers16384MB525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8NV136 6144MBRealtek ALC1220Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.13.0-37-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.5modesetting 1.19.54.3 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA1.0.61GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext44 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8Clear Linux OS 214604.15.9-538.native (x86_64)1.0.39GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.116384MB15GB Ultra USB 3.0 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8NV136 6144MBFedora 274.15.10-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.26.2Wayland4.3 Mesa 17.3.6GCC 7.3.1 20180303NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MBAntergos Linux 18.3-ISO-Rolling4.15.11-1-ARCH (x86_64)modesetting 1.19.6GCC 7.3.1 20180312OpenBenchmarking.orgPython Details- Windows 10 Pro 16299: python is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Python 2.7.12 + Python 3.5.2- Clear Linux 21460: Python 3.6.4- Fedora Workstation 27: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.4- Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling: Python 3.6.4Compiler Details- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Clear Linux 21460: --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 - Fedora Workstation 27: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libmpx --enable-multilib --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver - Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling: --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 Processor Details- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux 21460: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Fedora Workstation 27: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSecurity Details- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: KPTI + OSB (observable speculation barrier Intel v6) + Full generic retpoline Protection- Clear Linux 21460: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection- Fedora Workstation 27: SELinux + KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW Protection- Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW ProtectionEnvironment Details- Clear Linux 21460: 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"

Windows 10 vs. Linux Distributions Performanceblake2: go-benchmark: httpgo-benchmark: jsongo-benchmark: buildgo-benchmark: garbagejava-scimark2: Compositejava-scimark2: Monte Carlojava-scimark2: Fast Fourier Transformjava-scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyjava-scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationjava-scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testc-ray: Total Timeaobench: 2048 x 2048 - Total Timeffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVperl-benchmark: Pod2htmlperl-benchmark: Interpretertjbench: Decompression Throughputpybench: Total For Average Test TimesWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling4.0465493295601353866735336980462448.791066.501463.382506.485518.581689.02895384.8657.4513.310.170841090.04534238181.0212603.6044326439290161287417629228072337.60826.041430.682327.045991.771367.489080411.3449.5212.960.128765910.00226971166.1212244.0643043168115135540226647061452443.611080.571410.442525.485608.231593.361002604.8154.225.72191.009544.2377603606772153889360328382292218.79949.951279.492259.685205.821399.00905535.7841.6913.22164.7412944.0257903173748172738815187093592349.301034.801387.572381.755286.801524.07919905.4738.8413.640.105006320.00299703173.851189OpenBenchmarking.org

BLAKE2

OpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20170307Windows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling0.95181.90362.85543.80724.759SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 34.043.604.064.234.021. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz

Go Benchmarks

Test: http

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: httpWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling17003400510068008500SE +/- 88.70, N = 3SE +/- 293.74, N = 6SE +/- 9.17, N = 3SE +/- 21.52, N = 3SE +/- 93.55, N = 365494432430477605790

Go Benchmarks

Test: json

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: jsonWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling1.4M2.8M4.2M5.6M7MSE +/- 3316.95, N = 3SE +/- 142410.48, N = 6SE +/- 8469.16, N = 3SE +/- 4029.94, N = 3SE +/- 14996.17, N = 332956016439290316811536067723173748

Go Benchmarks

Test: build

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: buildWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling8000M16000M24000M32000M40000MSE +/- 1324517653.37, N = 6SE +/- 441332231.72, N = 6SE +/- 20500753.56, N = 3SE +/- 91689542.60, N = 3SE +/- 20718179.05, N = 33538667353316128741762135540226641538893603217273881518

Go Benchmarks

Test: garbage

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: garbageWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 1760.77, N = 3SE +/- 27943.95, N = 6SE +/- 2383.71, N = 3SE +/- 809.10, N = 3SE +/- 1344.06, N = 3698046922807706145838229709359

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling5001000150020002500SE +/- 10.48, N = 4SE +/- 37.12, N = 8SE +/- 17.01, N = 4SE +/- 10.65, N = 4SE +/- 29.98, N = 72448.792337.602443.612218.792349.30

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling2004006008001000SE +/- 2.66, N = 4SE +/- 61.65, N = 4SE +/- 1.06, N = 4SE +/- 20.72, N = 4SE +/- 6.50, N = 41066.50826.041080.57949.951034.80

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling30060090012001500SE +/- 16.31, N = 4SE +/- 13.66, N = 4SE +/- 13.39, N = 4SE +/- 17.32, N = 4SE +/- 6.41, N = 41463.381430.681410.441279.491387.57

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling5001000150020002500SE +/- 4.35, N = 4SE +/- 27.79, N = 4SE +/- 2.04, N = 4SE +/- 6.82, N = 4SE +/- 66.07, N = 42506.482327.042525.482259.682381.75

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling13002600390052006500SE +/- 56.66, N = 4SE +/- 34.11, N = 4SE +/- 88.73, N = 4SE +/- 37.87, N = 4SE +/- 234.99, N = 45518.585991.775608.235205.825286.80

Java SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterJava SciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling400800120016002000SE +/- 1.79, N = 4SE +/- 298.25, N = 4SE +/- 2.61, N = 4SE +/- 40.18, N = 4SE +/- 23.51, N = 41689.021367.481593.361399.001524.07

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 530.97, N = 3SE +/- 1874.91, N = 6SE +/- 135.12, N = 3SE +/- 188.69, N = 3SE +/- 193.91, N = 3895389080410026090553919901. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 34.8611.344.815.785.47-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

AOBench

Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterAOBenchSize: 2048 x 2048 - Total TimeWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling1326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 357.4549.5254.2241.6938.84-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -O3

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 3.4.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling48121620SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 313.3112.965.7213.2213.64-lxcb -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-shape -lasound -llzma-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lSDL2 -lxcb -lxcb-shm -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-shape -lbz2 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lSDL2 -lvdpau -lva -lva-x11 -lva-drm -lxcb -lxcb-shm -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-shape -ljack -lasound -llzma -lbz2 -fPIC1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lm -ldl -pthread -std=c11 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

Perl Benchmarks

Test: Pod2html

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPerl BenchmarksTest: Pod2htmlWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSAntergos Linux 18.3-Rolling0.03840.07680.11520.15360.192SE +/- 0.00020702, N = 3SE +/- 0.00214111, N = 3SE +/- 0.00024153, N = 30.170841090.128765910.10500632

Perl Benchmarks

Test: Interpreter

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPerl BenchmarksTest: InterpreterWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSAntergos Linux 18.3-Rolling0.01020.02040.03060.04080.051SE +/- 0.00023417, N = 3SE +/- 0.00002866, N = 3SE +/- 0.00000249, N = 30.045342380.002269710.00299703

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceWindows 10 Pro 162994080120160200SE +/- 0.13, N = 3183.93

libjpeg-turbo tjbench

Test: Decompression Throughput

OpenBenchmarking.orgMegapixels/sec, More Is Betterlibjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3Test: Decompression ThroughputWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling4080120160200SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 7.83, N = 6SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3181.02166.12191.00164.74173.85-pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -ffat-lto-objects -fno-signed-zeros -fno-trapping-math -fassociative-math1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm

PyBench

Total For Average Test Times

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2018-02-16Total For Average Test TimesWindows 10 Pro 16299Ubuntu 16.04 LTSClear Linux 21460Fedora Workstation 27Antergos Linux 18.3-Rolling30060090012001500SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 19.15, N = 3SE +/- 2.73, N = 3SE +/- 4.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 31260122495412941189


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