Fedora 18 Linux Performance Against Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04 Fedora 18 benchmarks compared to Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04 on two different Intel Linux systems. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.18, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Gen7 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.14, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 34.95 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 17.58 |================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 16.50 |================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 16.09 |=============== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 16.21 |=============== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 27.27 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 59.30 |=========== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 84.63 |=============== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 175.47 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 178.43 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 134.07 |======================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 59.23 |=========== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 14.53 |=============== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 15.57 |================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 32.67 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 32.67 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 28.80 |============================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 59.97 |=========== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 37.07 |======= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 173.70 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 170.77 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 137.20 |========================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 59.63 |=========== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 100.28 |===================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 87.14 |================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 151.32 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 128.89 |=========================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 124.59 |========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 59.86 |============= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 40.04 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 35.92 |=================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 61.27 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 59.00 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 53.65 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 28.40 |=============== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 5.99 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 6.53 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5.27 |=========================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 5.13 |=========================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5.25 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 6.57 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 12663.68 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 12926.80 |============================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 13967.42 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 14080.09 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 13804.14 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 13013.50 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 1524.88 |================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 1716.87 |================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 2854.57 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 2717.53 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 2891.05 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 1728.85 |=================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 395.48 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 386.06 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 279.59 |====================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 281.03 |====================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 274.26 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 402.90 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 147.76 |======================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 189.08 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 204.34 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 154.59 |======================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 203.28 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 189.02 |============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 12511.04 |=========================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 12980.73 |============================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 13998.90 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 14075.01 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 13749.98 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 12997.47 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 2806.44 |============== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 2748.05 |============== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 6038.86 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 6035.50 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 6054.93 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 2733.17 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 49.92 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 53.19 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 43.78 |=========================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 44.63 |============================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 48.67 |============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 49.29 |=============================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 24.19 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 24.04 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 22.80 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 22.75 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 22.79 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 24.07 |================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 5746.52 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5753.63 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5836.19 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 5826.26 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5835.47 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5761.43 |=============================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 15.86 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 15.27 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 10.58 |====================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 10.50 |====================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 10.35 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 15.26 |================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 6.71 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 6.11 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 6.01 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 5.89 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5.65 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 6.96 |================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 5.02 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5.02 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5.33 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 5.34 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 5.33 |================================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5.02 |================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 187.58 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 170.65 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 133.80 |======================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 138.37 |======================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 135.67 |======================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 174.01 |============================== x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 211.51 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 213.48 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 153.75 |======================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 157.69 |======================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 153.91 |======================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 212.05 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 172 |=================================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 171 |=================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 162 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 168 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 162 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 173 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 197 |================================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 192 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 198 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 205 |=================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 197 |================================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 194 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 143 |=================================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 138 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 125 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 129 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 125 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 140 |================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 56.55 |====================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 61.12 |======================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 86.26 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 76.38 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 85.85 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 61.93 |======================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 6.22 |======================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 6.36 |========================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 8.32 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 8.64 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 8.07 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5.89 |======================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 13.80 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 13.53 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 13.21 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 13.07 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 12.97 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 13.77 |================================= FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 17.25 |=============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 18.36 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 16.78 |============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 15.73 |============================ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 16.74 |============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 18.25 |================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 ............. 9571.04 |======== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 17182.63 |=============== Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 30299.11 |=========================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 ............. 13162.18 |============ Core i7 3770K: Ubuntu 12.10 .......... 33982.19 |============================== Core i7 3960X: Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 14101.27 |============