Xen HVM domU vs. KVM vs. VirtualBox
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.
Xen HVM DomU
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.1, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Ensoniq ES1370
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.1
KVM-QEMU
Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU
VirtualBox
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 1.99GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1034, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.2_Ubuntur38459
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
SQLite
Apache Benchmark
POV-Ray
John The Ripper
OpenSSL
Timed MAFFT Alignment
John The Ripper
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
C-Ray
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
Smallpt
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
7-Zip Compression
PostMark
CLOMP
CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
Xen HVM DomU
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.1.1, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Ensoniq ES1370
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.1.1
Testing initiated at 15 October 2011 19:33 by user ubuntu.
KVM-QEMU
Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU
Testing initiated at 16 October 2011 11:52 by user phoronix.
VirtualBox
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 1.99GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1034, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.2_Ubuntur38459
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 16 October 2011 14:50 by user phoronix.