Ubuntu Architecture Comparison Testing of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal daily LiveCD as of 29 March 2011 under different kernels and 32-bit versus 64-bit for an upcoming Phoronix.com comparison. Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Core i7: i686 Kernel: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7: x86_64 Kernel: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.6.8, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 2.70 |== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 75.00 |========================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 75.03 |========================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 75.00 |========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 2.45 |== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 63.35 |========================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 63.41 |========================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 63.36 |========================================== Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 4.32 |=== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 58.06 |========================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 58.16 |========================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 58.44 |========================================== Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 1.51 |== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 29.81 |========================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 29.84 |========================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 29.85 |========================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: i686 Kernel ..... 482.01 |=========================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel . 487.64 |============================================ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ... 492.54 |============================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 12.43 |=== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 191.01 |======================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 191.35 |========================================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 193.55 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 252.77 |=================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 246.20 |=================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 259.70 |==================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 508.63 |======================================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 514.27 |======================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 532.27 |========================================= Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 286.57 |===================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 304.37 |======================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 307.10 |======================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 315.70 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 9699.43 |================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 9392.74 |================ Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 9886.53 |================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 21357.33 |===================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 22730.65 |======================================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 16756.87 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 110.29 |== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 110.84 |== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 110.16 |== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 2272.51 |================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 2315.73 |=================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 2655.48 |======================================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 737.50 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 740.63 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 717.94 |======================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 21.04 |= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 20.59 |= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 20.18 |= OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 17.10 |========= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 17.03 |========= Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 39.40 |===================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 28.83 |=============== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 28.63 |=============== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 79.38 |========================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 68.74 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 68.19 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 63.45 |======================================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 37.22 |======================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 36.42 |====================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 29.77 |================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 91.62 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 91.18 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 87.05 |======================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 34.91 |================ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 33.96 |================ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 31.54 |============== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 30.74 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 31.39 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 24.61 |================================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 17.14 |======================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 16.41 |====================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 13.20 |================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 30.17 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 30.16 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 24.27 |================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 18.32 |========================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 18.12 |========================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 14.96 |===================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 41.00 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 41.71 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 37.20 |===================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 27.72 |============================ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 27.30 |=========================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 26.18 |========================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel . 1.65 |=============== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel .... 4.99 |============================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 251.75 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 246.32 |======================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 221.68 |==================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 166.00 |=========================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 166.11 |=========================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 150.41 |======================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 41.98 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 42.15 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 28.85 |============================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 13.76 |============== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 12.57 |============= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 9.62 |========== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 393.97 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 395.02 |========================================= Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 182.55 |=================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 106.24 |=========== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 96.64 |========== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 67.99 |======= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 959 |==================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 959 |==================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 1151 |=========================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 653 |======================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 651 |======================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 762 |============================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 546 |============================================ Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 545 |============================================ Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 444 |==================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 154 |============ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 146 |============ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 129 |========== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 16.86 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 16.88 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 11.25 |============================ Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 10.36 |========================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 10.07 |========================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 6.78 |================= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 20.94 |========== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 20.92 |========== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 24.05 |=========== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 76.52 |==================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 79.04 |====================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 88.39 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 33.81 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 33.76 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 32.52 |======================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 22.48 |============================ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 21.19 |========================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 20.68 |========================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 20.24 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 20.25 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 14.77 |=============================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 15.03 |=============================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 14.35 |============================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 9.96 |===================== FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 19.20 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 19.14 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 17.68 |======================================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 13.20 |============================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 12.66 |============================ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 11.68 |========================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 65 |==================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 64 |==================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 85 |========================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 104 |================================ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 111 |================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 144 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 22 |=============== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 22 |=============== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 22 |=============== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 50 |=================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 57 |======================================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 65 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 55 |=================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 55 |=================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 58 |==================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 95 |================================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 101 |=================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 127 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 184.12 |======================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 185.44 |======================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 184.43 |======================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 320.72 |========================================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 319.38 |========================================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 312.20 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 2281333 |======================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 2282667 |======================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 2552000 |=========================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 3463667 |==================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 3463000 |==================================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 3849000 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 7406 |======================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 7396 |======================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 11565 |===================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 9884 |================================ Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 9867 |================================ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 13092 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 453 |======================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 453 |======================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 703 |====================================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 485 |========================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 485 |========================== Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 819 |============================================ N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 334.67 |===================================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 335.47 |===================================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 374.01 |========================================= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 304.17 |================================= Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 266.67 |============================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 258.70 |============================ TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 273013 |====================== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 272393 |====================== Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 262605 |===================== Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 495305 |======================================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 505579 |========================================= Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 482749 |======================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo: i686 PAE Kernel . 28.38 |========== Core 2 Duo: i686 Kernel ..... 32.31 |============ Core 2 Duo: x86_64 Kernel ... 36.46 |============= Core i7: i686 Kernel ........ 52.38 |=================== Core i7: i686 PAE Kernel .... 89.90 |================================ Core i7: x86_64 Kernel ...... 114.42 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