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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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: 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
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
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: 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
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
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: 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
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 |=================================================
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 |===================================================
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
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
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
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: 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
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
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: 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
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
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
Files/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.13 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.12 |================================================
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 |=====================
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
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
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
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: Write Performance
MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.60 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.59 |===================================================
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
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: 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
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
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: Write Performance
MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 0.64 |====================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ....... 0.63 |===================================================
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 |===================================================
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
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
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 |======
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
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
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 |=======================
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
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
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 |=======================================
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
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
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 |=====================================================
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
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
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 |================================
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
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
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 |==================================================