Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu Xen benchmarking from Ubuntu 11.10 on host and guest against KVM-QEMU on Ubuntu 11.10 and VirtualBox. Testing by Phoronix.com Michael Larabel for a future article.
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Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer Bare Metal VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Compal PBL21 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family 8192MB 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (672/900MHz) Realtek ALC259 Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 1.99GHz (8 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC 6144MB 42GB VBOX HDD InnoTek VirtualBox Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio VBOX monitor Intel 82540EM Gigabit vboxvideo 1.0.1 1920x1034 VirtualBox 4.1.2_Ubuntur38459 Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.1 32GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Ensoniq ES1370 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 Xen HVM domU 4.1.1 QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device 2.1 Mesa 7.11 QEMU OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox - Ubuntu sqlite: Default Test Directory apache: Static Web Page Serving povray: Total Time c-ray: Total Time john-the-ripper: MD5 mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment john-the-ripper: Blowfish openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance john-the-ripper: Traditional DES compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test npb: EP.B npb: SP.A npb: CG.B npb: BT.A npb: FT.B smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples postmark: Disk Transaction Performance clomp: Static OMP Speedup npb: UA.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C Bare Metal VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU KVM-QEMU 319.92 15642.74 900 73.25 11124 25.01 714 67.75 3475000 13331 157.69 4604.69 2259.97 9483.24 4936.29 144 4166 4.90 32.04 5262.67 8803.39 141.82 147.70 4315.63 962 86.15 10562 26.95 683 63.93 3257667 11295 145.03 4093.85 1944.04 8050.00 4308.07 157 3090 4.01 27.71 4575.89 7893.53 78.24 608.92 11231.48 1328 107.65 7628 36.43 491 46.73 2397333 9771 116.59 3405.65 1671.94 7034.05 3777.30 188 2409 4.24 21.22 3843.84 6254.72 97.68 416.75 11247.06 905 80.52 11063 25.59 710 67.15 3383000 11757 154.36 4190.15 2130.41 9134.72 4716.12 146 3393 4.70 28.63 4980.32 8525.19 87.87 OpenBenchmarking.org
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 2.30, N = 3 319.92 416.75 147.70 608.92
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 123.21, N = 3 SE +/- 167.10, N = 3 SE +/- 22.06, N = 3 SE +/- 44.78, N = 3 15642.74 11247.06 4315.63 11231.48
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 300 600 900 1200 1500 900 905 962 1328
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 73.25 80.52 86.15 107.65
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 16.68, N = 3 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 25.54, N = 3 SE +/- 2.85, N = 3 11124 11063 10562 7628
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 25.01 25.59 26.95 36.43
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 714 710 683 491
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.21, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 67.75 67.15 63.93 46.73
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 700K 1400K 2100K 2800K 3500K SE +/- 50302.42, N = 3 SE +/- 29365.51, N = 3 SE +/- 7264.83, N = 3 SE +/- 6641.62, N = 3 3475000 3383000 3257667 2397333
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 219.83, N = 3 SE +/- 70.24, N = 3 SE +/- 48.81, N = 3 SE +/- 81.83, N = 3 13331 11757 11295 9771
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 157.69 154.36 145.03 116.59
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 11.34, N = 3 SE +/- 72.35, N = 6 SE +/- 16.78, N = 3 SE +/- 41.04, N = 3 4604.69 4190.15 4093.85 3405.65
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 16.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 2259.97 2130.41 1944.04 1671.94
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 32.43, N = 3 SE +/- 30.12, N = 3 SE +/- 38.28, N = 3 SE +/- 11.02, N = 3 9483.24 9134.72 8050.00 7034.05
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 27.27, N = 3 SE +/- 30.36, N = 3 SE +/- 39.72, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 4936.29 4716.12 4308.07 3777.30
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 144 146 157 188
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 72.83, N = 10 SE +/- 34.80, N = 10 SE +/- 37.23, N = 10 4166 3393 3090 2409
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1.1025 2.205 3.3075 4.41 5.5125 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 10 SE +/- 0.13, N = 10 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 4.90 4.70 4.01 4.24
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 6 32.04 28.63 27.71 21.22
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 4.12, N = 3 SE +/- 18.27, N = 3 SE +/- 28.77, N = 3 SE +/- 222.22, N = 6 5262.67 4980.32 4575.89 3843.84
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 435.53, N = 6 SE +/- 118.14, N = 6 SE +/- 76.11, N = 3 SE +/- 7.03, N = 3 8803.39 8525.19 7893.53 6254.72
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Bare Metal KVM-QEMU VirtualBox Xen HVM DomU 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 6 SE +/- 2.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 141.82 87.87 78.24 97.68
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