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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202202-BY-UBUNTURHE61&gru&sro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i5 2520MCore i7 3960X2 x Opteron 2384 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTSIntel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)HP 161CIntel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM1 x 4096 MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+)Intel 6 /C200Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.22.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.2X Server 1.10.4intel 2.16.02.1 Mesa 7.11GCC 4.4.6ext41600x9004096MBIDT 92HD81B1X5Ubuntu 12.043.2.0-16-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.4.0X Server 1.11.3intel 2.17.03.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2GCC 4.6Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI24 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz)Intel Patsburg HD AudioDELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionRedHatEnterpriseServer 6.22.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.2X Server 1.10.4nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11GCC 4.4.61920x108016384MBRealtek ALC892Ubuntu 12.043.2.0-16-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.4.0X Server 1.11.32.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.62 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores)TYAN S2932/S2932-ENVIDIA MCP554096MB165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01SATI Device 9456 1024MBATI RV770 HDMI AudioDELL S2409WRedHatEnterpriseServer 6.22.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.2X Server 1.10.4radeon 6.14.22.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.6AMD nee ATI Device 9456 1024MBATI R6xx HDMIUbuntu 12.043.2.0-16-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.4.0X Server 1.11.3radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- Core i7 3960X: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- 2 x Opteron 2384: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- 2 x Opteron 2384: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.

iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishapache: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Apostmark: Disk Transaction Performancec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-flac: WAV To FLACcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmenthmmer: Pfam Database SearchCore i5 2520MCore i7 3960X2 x Opteron 2384 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS112.271322.49811243643331224975210723.0074.835323.711233.32119.533521.352783.362484.3016.643928126.7123416.577.5022.36200.0024.1226.51108.091286.64775843596671239878819544.6775.235396.141257.77153.223601.202745.112390.1116.873482116.0023516.587.0621.92202.4423.7725.59372.271450.622608143676671228775215002.4475.2316643.453307.25122.4513571.2810466.759499.2872.49416639.587316.597.505.9764.2122.729.63297.881360.472464543893331246879321416.9575.4816301.723312.24155.0415507.9210159.729256.3372.02458337.307316.497.036.0365.6922.459.4361.18476.07162722505333118887608554.1451.039649.971861.1963.817519.494439.713537.0635.01240957.2411526.4910.119.2486.0636.8614.7862.28478.531585125056671200680712999.6551.1310468.791559.8871.738244.124371.233941.4736.01249952.1010626.0410.029.3284.8036.3915.30OpenBenchmarking.org

IOzone

Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS80160240320400SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 6.18, N = 6SE +/- 1.79, N = 361.1862.28112.27108.09372.27297.88

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS30060090012001500SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 19.33, N = 6SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3476.07478.531322.491286.641450.621360.47

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS6K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 45.45, N = 3SE +/- 32.51, N = 3SE +/- 115.66, N = 3SE +/- 26.72, N = 3SE +/- 439.86, N = 4SE +/- 352.48, N = 61627215851811277582608124645

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: Traditional DESRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS900K1800K2700K3600K4500KSE +/- 2403.70, N = 3SE +/- 4333.33, N = 3SE +/- 1333.33, N = 3SE +/- 2603.42, N = 3SE +/- 2728.45, N = 3SE +/- 666.67, N = 3250533325056674364333435966743676674389333

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: MD5Red Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 8.09, N = 3SE +/- 9.35, N = 3SE +/- 18.66, N = 3SE +/- 7.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3118881200612249123981228712468

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS2004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3760807752788752793

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 143.71, N = 4SE +/- 195.56, N = 5SE +/- 126.45, N = 3SE +/- 7.44, N = 3SE +/- 1601.77, N = 6SE +/- 28.21, N = 38554.1412999.6510723.0019544.6715002.4421416.95

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 4SE +/- 0.16, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 451.0351.1374.8375.2375.2375.48

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.ARed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 159.15, N = 3SE +/- 214.99, N = 6SE +/- 70.07, N = 3SE +/- 5.24, N = 3SE +/- 3.69, N = 3SE +/- 75.75, N = 39649.9710468.795323.715396.1416643.4516301.72

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS7001400210028003500SE +/- 36.36, N = 3SE +/- 172.25, N = 6SE +/- 3.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 12.11, N = 3SE +/- 9.11, N = 31861.191559.881233.321257.773307.253312.24

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 363.8171.73119.53153.22122.45155.04

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ARed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 92.43, N = 3SE +/- 178.24, N = 6SE +/- 22.60, N = 3SE +/- 47.78, N = 3SE +/- 140.87, N = 3SE +/- 25.35, N = 37519.498244.123521.353601.2013571.2815507.92

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 112.56, N = 6SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.17, N = 3SE +/- 7.06, N = 3SE +/- 5.74, N = 34439.714371.232783.362745.1110466.7510159.72

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.ARed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 22.27, N = 3SE +/- 115.08, N = 6SE +/- 10.39, N = 3SE +/- 8.76, N = 3SE +/- 40.01, N = 3SE +/- 33.28, N = 33537.063941.472484.302390.119499.289256.33

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ARed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1632486480SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 335.0136.0116.6416.8772.4972.02

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS10002000300040005000SE +/- 37.23, N = 10SE +/- 108.05, N = 10SE +/- 97.16, N = 10SE +/- 59.47, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 139.00, N = 10240924993928348241664583

C-Ray

Total Time

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 357.2452.10126.71116.0039.5837.30

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31151062342357373

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Red Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 526.4926.0416.5716.5816.5916.49

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 510.1110.027.507.067.507.03

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS510152025SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 4SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 39.249.3222.3621.925.976.03

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 386.0684.80200.00202.4464.2165.69

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS816243240SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 336.8636.3924.1223.7722.7222.45

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

2 x Opteron 2384Core i5 2520MCore i7 3960XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchRed Hat Enterprise 6.2Ubuntu 12.04 LTS612182430SE +/- 0.24, N = 6SE +/- 0.38, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 314.7815.3026.5125.599.639.43


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