openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performance
Benchmarks of openSUSE 12.1 final from a Core i7 notebook compared to openSUSE 11.4.
openSUSE 11.4
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/950MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: SUSE LINUX 11.4, Kernel: 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.10), Compiler: GCC 4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
openSUSE 12.1
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Fedora 16
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.21GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe, Chipset: ATI RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (763/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
OS: Fedora release 16 (Verne), Kernel: 3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
C-Ray
Smallpt
SQLite
PostMark
PostgreSQL pgbench
x264
LAME MP3 Encoding
7-Zip Compression
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
Timed Apache Compilation
Timed PHP Compilation
openSUSE 11.4
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/950MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: SUSE LINUX 11.4, Kernel: 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.10), Compiler: GCC 4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 15 November 2011 23:54 by user phoronix.
openSUSE 12.1
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 15 November 2011 22:16 by user phoronix.
Fedora 16
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.21GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79T Deluxe, Chipset: ATI RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (763/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
OS: Fedora release 16 (Verne), Kernel: 3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 19 November 2011 21:07 by user root.