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.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1302130-FO-AMDUBUNTU06
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Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
February 12 2013
 
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
February 11 2013
 
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
February 11 2013
 
Ubuntu 13.04
February 09 2013
 
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AMD Ubuntu Linux LTS Comparison, "BLAKE2 20121223 - Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m2", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",15.55,15.55,15.62 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",15.62,15.62,15.63 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",15.61,15.61,15.61 "Ubuntu 13.04",15.77,15.78,15.78 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",43,43,43.3 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",77,77.1,76.5 "Ubuntu 13.04",110.2,108.1,106.8 "Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",80.9681,84.7426,84.4141 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",9.8333,9.85366,9.78534 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",9.35997,9.36054,9.34751 "Ubuntu 13.04",10.37,10.4173,10.472 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",39,45.1,42.9,44.9,43.5,40.6 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",18.5,18.1,18.2 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",17.9,18.1,17.6 "Ubuntu 13.04",17.7,17.9,17.5 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",77.8,79.1,68.3,75.2,73.6,75.6 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",229.3,231.4,226.1 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",78.9,81.4,81.2 "Ubuntu 13.04",129.4,133.6,133.6 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",31.8,32,35.4,31.6,32.2,32 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",43.6,40.8,37.6,35.2,34.7,43.2 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",41.2,38.4,34.8,32,31.2,37.2 "Ubuntu 13.04",40.8,38,34,32,33.2,34.8 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",38.9,41.4,41.7,38.8,41.5,38.5 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",16.1,16.3,16.5 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",15.5,15.6,15.7 "Ubuntu 13.04",16.5,16.5,16.7 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",71.720703125,72.5068359375,71.943359375 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",95.8701171875,96.115234375,95.52734375 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",94.3623046875,95.009765625,95.7177734375 "Ubuntu 13.04",96.359375,95.099609375,94.91015625 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",69.515625,63.751953125,65.06640625,62.7216796875,61.640625,61.7841796875 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",97.6416015625,97.171875,95.69140625 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",96.31640625,95.39453125,93.724609375 "Ubuntu 13.04",96.138671875,94.5859375,91.7861328125 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",75.5888671875,76.447265625,73.1494140625 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",92.03125,90.8994140625,89.8251953125 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",90.6884765625,89.25,88.107421875 "Ubuntu 13.04",90.5810546875,88.8447265625,88.2568359375 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",62.5791015625,62.4501953125,62.2216796875 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",90.4775390625,89.19921875,87.142578125 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",88.0068359375,86.78125,85.7138671875 "Ubuntu 13.04",87.765625,86.26953125,84.7421875 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",63,63.02,63.12 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",62.26,62.4,61.64 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",60.93,61.24,61.19 "Ubuntu 13.04",60.86,61.21,60.99 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",3202.44,3216.16,3201.51 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",3014.3,3014.2,3016.03 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2388.1,2148.14,2175.81,2212.12,2313.66,2271.53 "Ubuntu 13.04",3414.27,3321.05,3370.14 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",2239.39,2235.78,2237.87 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",2209.55,2182.77,2207.28 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2116.75,2117.21,2107.79 "Ubuntu 13.04",2183.02,2191.86,2190.91 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",2268.06,2268.55,2263.04 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",2192.25,2193.23,2194.8 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2122.18,2100.85,2098.85 "Ubuntu 13.04",2203.87,2209.68,2216.35 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",12.42,12.51,12.48 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",13.04,13.05,13.03 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",13.12,13.14,13.2 "Ubuntu 13.04",12.04,12.03,12.04 "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",303,295,281,297 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",1773,1798,1798 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",617,637,625 "Ubuntu 13.04",822,801,798 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",145.307,145.242,144.914 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",140.635,140.55,140.668 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",134.724,135.659,133.675 "Ubuntu 13.04",92.638,92.715,92.668 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",289,289,288 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",275,276,275 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",263,263,263 "Ubuntu 13.04",327,328,326 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",5370.35,5362.67,5383.66 "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",8219.48,6543.84,6529.99,6666.36,6654.89,6674.89 "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",11417.88,11378.94,11410.36 "Ubuntu 13.04",9243.14,9303.15,9285.59 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "OpenArena 0.8.5 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "C-Ray 1.1 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Smallpt 1.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "PostMark 1.51 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "Dbench 4.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04", "System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring", "Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS", "Ubuntu 13.04",