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.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --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-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --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-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --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-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 12 February 2013 13:34 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --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-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 11 February 2013 20:56 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --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-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.
Testing initiated at 11 February 2013 09:34 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --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-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.
Testing initiated at 9 February 2013 17:32 by user phoronix.