Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Performance benchmarks between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 versus a development snapshot of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Both using x86_64 versions and tested across three different systems using an Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme, a low-end consumer Sandy Bridge system, and a dual AMD Opteron configuration. Testing for a future article on Phoronix. Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 1024MB, Audio: ATI RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: AMD nee ATI Device 9456 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 126.71 |============================ Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 116.00 |========================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 39.58 |========= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 37.30 |======== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 57.24 |============= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 52.10 |============ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 234 |=============================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 235 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 73 |========== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 73 |========== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 115 |=============== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 106 |============== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 16.57 |================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 16.58 |================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 16.59 |================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 16.49 |================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 26.49 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 26.04 |============================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 7.50 |====================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 7.06 |==================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 7.50 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 7.03 |==================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 10.11 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 10.02 |============================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 8112 |========= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 7758 |========= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 26081 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 24645 |=========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 16272 |================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 15851 |================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 22.36 |============================= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 21.92 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 5.97 |======== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 6.03 |======== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 9.24 |============ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 9.32 |============ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 200.00 |============================ Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 202.44 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 64.21 |========= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 65.69 |========= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 86.06 |============ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 84.80 |============ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 4364333 |=========================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 4359667 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 4367667 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 4389333 |=========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 2505333 |=============== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 2505667 |=============== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 12249 |============================ Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 12398 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 12287 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 12468 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 11888 |============================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 12006 |============================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 752 |============================= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 788 |============================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 752 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 793 |============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 760 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 807 |=============================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 74.83 |============================= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 75.23 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 75.23 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 75.48 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 51.03 |==================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 51.13 |==================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 10723.00 |============= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 19544.67 |======================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 15002.44 |================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 21416.95 |========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 8554.14 |========== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 12999.65 |================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 3928 |========================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 3482 |======================= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 4166 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 4583 |============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 2409 |================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 2499 |================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 112.27 |======== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 108.09 |======== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 372.27 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 297.88 |====================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 61.18 |===== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 62.28 |===== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 24.12 |=================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 23.77 |=================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 22.72 |================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 22.45 |================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 36.86 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 36.39 |============================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 26.51 |============================= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 25.59 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 9.63 |=========== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 9.43 |========== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 14.78 |================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 15.30 |================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 1322.49 |========================= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 1286.64 |======================== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 1450.62 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 1360.47 |========================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 476.07 |========= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 478.53 |========= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 5323.71 |======== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 5396.14 |======== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 16643.45 |========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 16301.72 |========================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 9649.97 |=============== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 10468.79 |================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 1233.32 |========== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 1257.77 |========== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 3307.25 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 3312.24 |=========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 1861.19 |=============== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 1559.88 |============= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 119.53 |====================== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 153.22 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 122.45 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 155.04 |============================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 63.81 |============ 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 71.73 |============= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 3521.35 |====== Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 3601.20 |====== Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 13571.28 |======================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 15507.92 |========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 7519.49 |============= 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 8244.12 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 2783.36 |======= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 2745.11 |======= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 10466.75 |========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 10159.72 |========================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 4439.71 |=========== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 4371.23 |=========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 2484.30 |======= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 2390.11 |======= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 9499.28 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 9256.33 |========================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 3537.06 |========== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 3941.47 |=========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 16.64 |======= Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 16.87 |======= Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 .... 72.49 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 72.02 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 35.01 |============== 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 36.01 |==============