kvmVsFull QEMU Virtual 0.15.0 testing with a Bochs and Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on Debian 6.0.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. KVM on Intel C2D 8400: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.15.0 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Debian 6.0.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 192.96 |=============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 25.25 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 7552.20 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 29.42 |================================================ Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 13.69 |================================================ FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 15.14 |================================================ GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 29.09 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 171.34 |=============================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 1030 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 31.25 |================================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 51.45 |================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 29.94 |================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 32.05 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 114 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 27.68 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 90 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 24 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 43.88 |================================================ Crafty 23.3 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 464.41 |=============================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 34.11 |================================================ dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 33.33 |================================================ Minion 0.9 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 170.92 |=============================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 3380 |================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 40.82 |================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better KVM on Intel C2D 8400 . 424.23 |===============================================