Debian kFreeBSD vs. Debian Linux - Squeeze/Wheezy Benchmarking Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/kFreeBSD with the Squeeze 6.0 and Wheezy testing releases to look for performance differences. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network Chipset OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSD Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) INTEL DX79SI 8192MB OCZ-VERTEX/1.30 AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB (650/900MHz) Intel (Unknown) HD Audio DELL S2409W Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.0.5 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.6 8.1-1-amd64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.7 radeon 6.13.1 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1 GCC 4.4.5 ufs 1920x1080 Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 2 x 4096 MB 1600MHz 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB ATI R6xx HDMI Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Debian 6.0.6 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64) ext3 Intel Xeon E5/Core 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz LLVMpipe Realtek ALC892 Debian testing 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64) GNOME 3.4.2.1 X Server 1.12.4 radeon 6.14.4 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 INTEL DX79SI 8192MB OCZ VERTEX 1.30 Intel Patsburg HD Audio Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid 9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64) Xfce 4.8 ufs OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v - Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --disable-libitm --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v System Details - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD: Python 2.6.6. - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.6.6. - Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: Python 2.7.3rc2. Disk Mount Options Details - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian kFreeBSD, Wheezy Testing: Debian kFreeBSD: rw Disk Details - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr Processor Details - Squeeze 6.0.6: Debian Linux, Wheezy Testing: Debian Linux: Scaling Governor: ondemand
vpxenc: vpxenc fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solving byte: Dhrystone 2 tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create stream: Copy stream: Scale stream: Triad stream: Add ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test john-the-ripper: Traditional DES postmark: Disk Transaction Performance lammps: Rhodopsin Protein pybench: Total For Average Test Times unpack-linux: linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation compress-gzip: 2GB File Compression compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression dcraw: RAW To PPM Image Conversion encode-ape: WAV To APE gnupg: 1GB File Encryption n-queens: Elapsed Time ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV minion: Bibd minion: Graceful minion: Solitaire minion: Quasigroup Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux Debian Linux Debian kFreeBSD 24.04 11922.83 22621315.77 4.17 23.76 9.57 6695.54 6664.60 7291.36 6850.14 4987.15 1282.81 20956 23297667 99 45.43 2991 33.39 32.89 22.82 37.65 23.15 48.04 66.63 14.01 122.36 74.15 13.44 10.80 264.77 14.55 141.79 80.56 135.97 180.05 27.15 13078.73 26938633.80 2.82 180.02 169.77 6190.45 5805.42 6429.87 6120.19 5886.54 1538.44 25930 30342333 1053 39.23 2454 9.53 27.69 6.09 27.64 17.86 32.44 55.93 11.66 129.46 57.89 5.77 8.69 223.20 19.26 127.02 71.85 121.80 154.58 29.31 12786.77 25874598.70 2.83 51.17 70.29 6486.81 6060.19 6923.27 6546.25 5755.34 1630.60 25311 31653000 1893 8.56 24.10 5.91 21.86 23.16 11.41 128.83 57.19 5.64 8.49 211.47 18.75 129.51 73.45 118.78 154.04 13263.07 26097477.40 5.15 20.77 8.30 6857.50 6850.21 7395.15 6881.18 5606.65 1612.15 22939 17923667 103 2408 37.05 23.87 18.31 3.08 26.05 24.54 11.94 111.56 61.70 9.63 8.69 214.46 OpenBenchmarking.org
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 24.04 27.15 29.31 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
Fhourstones Complex Connect-4 Solving Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Kpos / sec, More Is Better Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 11.75, N = 3 SE +/- 11.56, N = 3 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 11922.83 13078.73 12786.77 13263.07 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
BYTE Unix Benchmark Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org LPS, More Is Better BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 6M 12M 18M 24M 30M SE +/- 2143.69, N = 3 SE +/- 46779.70, N = 3 SE +/- 4567.18, N = 3 SE +/- 3665.09, N = 3 22621315.77 26938633.80 25874598.70 26097477.40
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1.1588 2.3176 3.4764 4.6352 5.794 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 8 SE +/- 0.10, N = 8 4.17 2.82 2.83 5.15
Compile Bench Test: Compile Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.92, N = 6 SE +/- 3.10, N = 6 SE +/- 2.52, N = 6 SE +/- 1.00, N = 6 23.76 180.02 51.17 20.77
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.15, N = 5 SE +/- 8.13, N = 6 SE +/- 4.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 9.57 169.77 70.29 8.30
Stream Type: Copy Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 SE +/- 56.03, N = 10 SE +/- 5.96, N = 10 SE +/- 5.15, N = 10 SE +/- 49.45, N = 10 6695.54 6190.45 6486.81 6857.50 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Scale Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 SE +/- 42.14, N = 10 SE +/- 6.12, N = 10 SE +/- 6.79, N = 10 SE +/- 27.62, N = 10 6664.60 5805.42 6060.19 6850.21 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Triad Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 33.05, N = 10 SE +/- 8.36, N = 10 SE +/- 5.98, N = 10 SE +/- 42.50, N = 10 7291.36 6429.87 6923.27 7395.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
Stream Type: Add Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1500 3000 4500 6000 7500 SE +/- 27.91, N = 10 SE +/- 6.40, N = 10 SE +/- 8.10, N = 10 SE +/- 28.22, N = 10 6850.14 6120.19 6546.25 6881.18 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 1.84, N = 3 SE +/- 5.60, N = 3 SE +/- 11.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 4987.15 5886.54 5755.34 5606.65 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 1282.81 1538.44 1630.60 1612.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 435.02, N = 6 SE +/- 27.47, N = 3 SE +/- 38.76, N = 3 SE +/- 342.86, N = 4 20956 25930 25311 22939 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 7M 14M 21M 28M 35M SE +/- 312057.87, N = 3 SE +/- 16333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 58890.67, N = 3 23297667 30342333 31653000 17923667 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 2.19, N = 10 SE +/- 88.60, N = 10 SE +/- 2.53, N = 10 99 1053 103
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 45.43 39.23 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
PyBench Total For Average Test Times Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.19, N = 3 SE +/- 3.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 2991 2454 1893 2408
Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.64, N = 8 SE +/- 0.49, N = 8 SE +/- 0.13, N = 8 SE +/- 1.07, N = 8 33.39 9.53 8.56 37.05
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 32.89 27.69 24.10 23.87
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 22.82 6.09 5.91 18.31 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 37.65 27.64 3.08
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 6 23.15 17.86 21.86 26.05 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm
C-Ray Total Time Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 6 48.04 32.44 23.16 24.54 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 66.63 55.93 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp
Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 14.01 11.66 11.41 11.94
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 122.36 129.46 128.83 111.56 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2
dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 5 74.15 57.89 57.19 61.70 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm
Monkey Audio Encoding WAV To APE Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.12, N = 5 SE +/- 0.10, N = 10 SE +/- 0.07, N = 8 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 13.44 5.77 5.64 9.63 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -pedantic
GnuPG 1GB File Encryption Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.11, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 10.80 8.69 8.49 8.69
N-Queens Elapsed Time Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.12, N = 2 SE +/- 0.01, N = 2 SE +/- 0.02, N = 2 SE +/- 0.05, N = 2 264.77 223.20 211.47 214.46 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 5 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 14.55 19.26 18.75 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt
Minion Benchmark: Bibd Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 3 141.79 127.02 129.51 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Graceful Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 80.56 71.85 73.45 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Solitaire Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.28, N = 3 135.97 121.80 118.78 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Quasigroup Squeeze 6.0.6 Wheezy Testing OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Debian kFreeBSD Debian Linux 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 180.05 154.58 154.04 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
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