AMD Ubuntu Linux LTS Comparison Comparing the Linux performance of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, and an Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article looking at the Ubuntu Linux performance. These Linux performance benchmarks are from an AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core system. Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI 944c, Audio: ATI SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 8.04, Kernel: 2.6.24-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.4.0.90, Display Driver: vesa 1.3.0, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2), Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 43.10 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 76.87 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 108.37 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.44 |======================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.59 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 143 AVG: 177 MAX: 187 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 145 AVG: 183 MAX: 193 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 145.15 |================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 140.62 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 134.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 92.67 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 1.53 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 2.27 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 202 AVG: 206 MAX: 209 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 204 AVG: 210 MAX: 213 Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 289 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 275 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 263 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 327 |===================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.82 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.66 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 211 AVG: 216 MAX: 217 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 160 AVG: 215 MAX: 217 Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 5372.23 |======================= Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 6881.58 |============================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 11402.39 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 9277.29 |======================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 60.11 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 47.21 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 136 AVG: 190 MAX: 197 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 146 AVG: 197 MAX: 200 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 294 |========= Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 1790 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 626 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 807 |======================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 4.08 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 4.92 |==================================================== PostMark 1.51 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 134 AVG: 153 MAX: 171 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 147 AVG: 164 MAX: 174 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 83.37 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 9.82 |====== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 9.36 |====== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 10.42 |====== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.07 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.07 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 135 AVG: 138 MAX: 142 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 143 AVG: 148 MAX: 159 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 72.06 |====================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 95.84 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 95.03 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 95.46 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.64 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.63 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 140 AVG: 148 MAX: 156 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 150 AVG: 152 MAX: 169 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 64.08 |================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 96.83 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 95.15 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 94.17 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.64 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.63 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 145 AVG: 148 MAX: 156 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 142 AVG: 150 MAX: 160 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 75.06 |========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 90.92 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 89.35 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 89.23 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.60 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.59 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 137 AVG: 148 MAX: 159 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 150 AVG: 152 MAX: 160 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 62.42 |==================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 88.94 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 86.83 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 86.26 |================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.59 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.58 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 134 AVG: 147 MAX: 156 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 148 AVG: 150 MAX: 165 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 42.67 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 18.27 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 17.87 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 17.70 |===================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.13 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.12 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 134 AVG: 135 MAX: 142 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 143 AVG: 145 MAX: 146 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 74.93 |================ Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 228.93 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 80.50 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 132.20 |============================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.56 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.86 |==================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 141 AVG: 144 MAX: 150 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 150 AVG: 154 MAX: 158 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 32.50 |========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 39.18 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 35.80 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 35.47 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.26 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.24 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 133 AVG: 139 MAX: 167 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 142 AVG: 147 MAX: 154 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 40.13 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 16.30 |===================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 15.60 |==================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 16.57 |===================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.11 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.11 |==================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 133 AVG: 136 MAX: 151 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 142 AVG: 145 MAX: 146 BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m2 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 15.57 |================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 15.62 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 15.61 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 15.78 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 63.05 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 62.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 61.12 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 61.02 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.32 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.31 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 140 AVG: 192 MAX: 201 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 153 AVG: 196 MAX: 204 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 3206.70 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 3014.84 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 2251.56 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 3368.49 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 11.04 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 16.17 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 136 AVG: 204 MAX: 209 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 153 AVG: 208 MAX: 213 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 2237.68 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 2199.87 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 2113.92 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 2188.60 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 10.01 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 10.64 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 193 AVG: 211 MAX: 217 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 157 AVG: 206 MAX: 218 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 2266.55 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 2193.43 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 2107.29 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 2209.97 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 9.90 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 10.36 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 211 AVG: 213 MAX: 214 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 149 AVG: 213 MAX: 218 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .. 12.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS . 13.04 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 13.15 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 12.04 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.06 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.06 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 207 AVG: 209 MAX: 211 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 207 AVG: 211 MAX: 213 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . MIN: 132 AVG: 153 MAX: 217 Ubuntu 13.04 ....... MIN: 142 AVG: 159 MAX: 218