vmware vs vbox
vbox


vbox: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 2.78GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: Chromium, Monitor: VBOX monitor

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1143x774

vmware: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 2.81GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 9GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 293.08 |==============================================================
vmware . 263.55 |========================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 25.38 |===============================================================
vmware . 23.97 |============================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 8597.65 |=============================================================
vmware . 6980.33 |==================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 35.71 |===============================================================
vmware . 31.07 |=======================================================


Ogg Encoding 1.2.0
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 20.08 |===============================================================
vmware . 18.22 |=========================================================


FFmpeg 0.8.2
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 50.18 |===============================================================
vmware . 40.00 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 221.98 |==============================================================
vmware . 211.27 |===========================================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 959 |=================================================================
vmware . 840 |=========================================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 41.00 |===============================================================
vmware . 38.19 |===========================================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 30.47 |===============================================================
vmware . 28.90 |============================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
64MB Write - 32 Threads
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 42.16 |===========================================
vmware . 61.74 |===============================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
64MB Read - 32 Threads
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 962.49  |============
vmware . 4943.82 |=============================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 545 |=============================================
vmware . 784 |=================================================================


Dbench 4.0
12 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 335.51 |==========================================
vmware . 498.21 |==============================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 71 |============================================================
vmware . 78 |==================================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 34 |=============================================================
vmware . 37 |==================================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.0a
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 17.63 |=========================================================
vmware . 19.55 |===============================================================


Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2
Global Illumination + Image Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 8.20 |================================================================
vmware . 7.68 |============================================================


Sudokut 0.4
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 44.35 |===============================================================
vmware . 40.43 |=========================================================


dcraw
RAW To PPM Image Conversion
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 39.41 |===============================================================
vmware . 35.00 |========================================================


Minion 0.9
Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 254.12 |==============================================================
vmware . 234.51 |=========================================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 3893 |================================================================
vmware . 3681 |=============================================================


SQLite 3.7.3
12,500 INSERTs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vbox ... 64.95 |===============================================================
vmware . 55.89 |======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
vbox ... 647.59  |================================
vmware . 1228.08 |=============================================================