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

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

SandyBridge: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (763/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.1.0-1.2-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 118.86 |=======================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 117.26 |======================================================
SandyBridge ... 42.47  |====================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 267 |==========================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 258 |========================================================
SandyBridge ... 80  |=================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 19.09 |================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 22.42 |========================================================
SandyBridge ... 6.77  |=================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 3571 |===============================
openSUSE 12.1 . 2996 |==========================
SandyBridge ... 6667 |=========================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 2932.83 |======================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 2661.87 |=================================================


x264 2010-11-22
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 45.33  |===================
openSUSE 12.1 . 46.19  |===================
SandyBridge ... 130.40 |=======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 30.81 |========================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 30.39 |=======================================================
SandyBridge ... 15.99 |=============================


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 8701  |======================
openSUSE 12.1 . 8389  |=====================
SandyBridge ... 22453 |========================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 19.38 |=======================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 19.76 |========================================================
SandyBridge ... 7.14  |====================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 40.99 |====================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 44.22 |========================================================
SandyBridge ... 20.32 |==========================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
openSUSE 11.4 . 52.10 |==================================================
openSUSE 12.1 . 58.44 |========================================================