Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Fedora 17 Linux - Intel i7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 vs. Fedora 17 benchmarking with stock settings / packageswhen running an Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge system with Intel HD 4000 graphics and Panther Point motherboard. Few results by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 17: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Device 0162 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 17 2012-06-23: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Device 0162 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 246.71 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 250.76 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 250.33 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 250.42 |============================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 248.09 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 250.94 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 250.72 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 251.00 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 272.76 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 285.63 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 209.69 |================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 206.33 |================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 38.12 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 42.88 |=========================================== Fedora 17 ............... 43.72 |============================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 46.01 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 121.83 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 141.47 |======================================= Fedora 17 ............... 150.47 |========================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 163.00 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 27.63 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 30.07 |=========================================== Fedora 17 ............... 30.27 |=========================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 32.07 |============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 106.23 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 124.26 |=========================================== Fedora 17 ............... 131.25 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 46.55 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 52.73 |============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 52.80 |============================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 5645.33 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 5862.37 |============================================ Fedora 17 ............... 5838.10 |============================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 5859.34 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 5.80 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 5.87 |=============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 5.47 |============================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 5.68 |============================================= Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 12.95 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 12.67 |============================================ Fedora 17 ............... 13.17 |============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 13.25 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 6005 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 6080 |=============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 6053 |=============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 6076 |=============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 137.36 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 134.04 |=========================================== Fedora 17 ............... 138.60 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 138.72 |============================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 27.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 27.31 |============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 27.06 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 27.11 |============================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 149.79 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 148.76 |============================================ Fedora 17 ............... 152.78 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 148.09 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 84 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 84 |================================================= Fedora 17 ............... 84 |================================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 84 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 167 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 164 |=============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 169 |================================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 169 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 83 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 83 |================================================ Fedora 17 ............... 84 |================================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 84 |================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1646.66 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 1662.08 |============================================ Fedora 17 ............... 1634.71 |=========================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 1421.46 |====================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 20928 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 21234 |========================================= Fedora 17 ............... 23751 |============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 23124 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 44.87 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 33.47 |================================== Fedora 17 ............... 33.53 |================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 33.39 |================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 7.75 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 8.13 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 8.36 |============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 8.45 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 81 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 89 |================================================= Fedora 17 ............... 88 |================================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 88 |================================================ Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 72.04 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 71.52 |============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 70.89 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 71.15 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 12.86 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 13.24 |============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 13.06 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 13.07 |============================================= FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 9.65 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 9.64 |=============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 9.73 |=============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 9.73 |=============================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 108.40 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 120.26 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 105.38 |======================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 105.54 |======================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 65.84 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 68.79 |============================================== Fedora 17 ............... 69.46 |============================================== Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 69.17 |============================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 101.19 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 109.63 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 99.77 |========================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 99.06 |========================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 148.51 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 147.16 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 145.15 |============================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 145.73 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 100.40 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 100.50 |============================================= Fedora 17 ............... 100.20 |============================================= Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 100.38 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 3099.54 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 3026.76 |========================================== Fedora 17 ............... 3154.34 |============================================ Fedora 17 2012-06-23 .... 3147.46 |============================================