Intel Ultrabook - Fedora 18 vs. Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 13.04 and Fedora 18 benchmarks from an (ASUS) Intel Ultrabook with Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor and HD 4000 graphics. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel.


Ubuntu 13.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.4, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Fedora 18: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 + Atheros AR9485 Wireless

	OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.5, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2: 

	Processor: AMD C-60 APU @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer JE10-BZ, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6290 256MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast + Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 559  |=========
Fedora 18 .................... 2551 |==========================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 203  |===


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 14.11 |====================
Fedora 18 .................... 29.23 |=========================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 9.77  |==============


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 79.64 |=========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 79.68 |=========================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 27.06 |==============


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 53.41 |=========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 52.03 |========================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 12.95 |==========


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 51.01  |===========
Fedora 18 .................... 51.46  |===========
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 193.87 |========================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 83.32  |===========
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 309.63 |========================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 2689.99 |=======================================
Fedora 18 .................... 2683.71 |=======================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 894.29  |=============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 49 |==========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 51 |============================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 16 |==============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 25 |============================================
Fedora 18 .................... 25 |============================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 10 |==================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 60 |===========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 62 |============================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 16 |===========


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 81 |===========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 83 |============================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 28 |===============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.16
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 42 |===========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 43 |============================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 10 |==========


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 340.18  |========
Fedora 18 .................... 309.32  |=======
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 1690.27 |=======================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 135.66 |========
Fedora 18 .................... 136.33 |========
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 649.98 |========================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 33.13  |=========
Fedora 18 .................... 34.97  |==========
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 143.81 |========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 405  |========
Fedora 18 .................... 411  |=========
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 2005 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 128.80 |========================================
Fedora 18 .................... 126.80 |=======================================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 76.35  |========================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.3
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 ................. 11822.71 |======================================
Fedora 18 .................... 5317.90  |=================
Western Digital WD5000BPVT-2 . 2403.99  |========