VMware Player 4.0 vs. KVM Linux Virtualization VMware 4.0 Player versus Linux KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) performance benchmarks under Linux with Ubuntu 11.10 x86_64 guest and host virtualization. Testing from Intel Sandy Bridge notebook (HP ELiteBook) as used in many other Phoronix articles. VMware Player 4.0: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.49GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.22.0, 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: 1024x768, System Layer: VMware Linux KVM 3.0: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.49GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 17GB, 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 2D 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 0.14.1 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 8756.52 |=============================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 9323.29 |================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 55.18 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 53.26 |================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 151.11 |=================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 122.63 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 261.17 |=================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 251.75 |================================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 130.67 |=================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 122.53 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 122.73 |=============================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 132.61 |=================================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 2.40 |===================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 2.34 |==================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 4562 |=================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 4705 |===================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 24.16 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 24.03 |==================================================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 21.57 |================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 22.64 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 113 |===================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 115 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 67 |====================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 68 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 33 |======================================================= Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 33 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 84 |====================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 86 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 32 |===================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 33 |======================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 1226.57 |================================================= Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 1252.28 |================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 31.32 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 30.43 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 25.23 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 24.54 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 4314.50 |================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 4344.18 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 935.91 |================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 948.13 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 70.74 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 70.69 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 17.11 |====================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 39.81 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 0.87 |=================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 2.49 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 3088.38 |================================================= Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 3142.88 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 2348.56 |================================================= Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 2378.35 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 2247.62 |================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 2237.58 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 13.84 |=================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 14.17 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 1046.06 |=========================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 1218.84 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 295 |================================ Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 500 |====================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 829 |====================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 828 |====================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 285 |====================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 285 |====================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 63.46 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 44.74 |===================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 13.40 |==================================================== Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 11.61 |============================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VMware Player 4.0 . 39.95 |================================================ Linux KVM 3.0 ..... 43.42 |====================================================