Linux Kernel Benchmarks AMD Opteron AMD Opteron 2384 testing on Ubuntu 13.10 x86_64 with Linux 3.0, 3.4, 3.10, 3.12 kernels. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.0.101: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.0.101-0300101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.4.68: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.4.68-030468-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.10.18: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.18-031018-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.12.0: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 19.47 |================== Linux 3.10.18 . 51.00 |=============================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 60.75 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 62.58 |======================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 69.95 |============================================ Linux 3.12.0 .. 89.44 |======================================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 127.03 |======================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 154.97 |================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 174.30 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. MIN: 8.0 AVG: 17.1 MAX: 47.0 Linux 3.10.18 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 14.4 MAX: 45.0 Linux 3.12.0 .. MIN: 8.0 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 37.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 58.47 |============================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 69.33 |======================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 71.00 |======================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 122.80 |================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 179.80 |================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 201.60 |======================================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. MIN: 2 AVG: 19 MAX: 99 Linux 3.10.18 . MIN: 2 AVG: 16 MAX: 42 Linux 3.12.0 .. MIN: 2 AVG: 15 MAX: 40 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4.68 .. 21.55 |=================== Linux 3.10.18 . 61.93 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 64.20 |======================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 250 |========================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 250 |========================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 251 |========================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 250 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 54.41 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 54.01 |======================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 54.02 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 54.04 |======================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 168.60 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 166.95 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 170.68 |======================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 167.90 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 538.48 |======================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 510.65 |==================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 504.28 |=================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 540.63 |======================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 13.15 |======================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 13.32 |======================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 12.87 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 12.30 |==================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 23.35 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 23.04 |======================================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 22.84 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 23.52 |======================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 68.06 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 67.02 |======================================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 67.68 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 67.02 |======================================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 237.45 |======================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 234.19 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 236.30 |======================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 234.35 |====================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 94.47 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 92.75 |======================================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 93.74 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 92.11 |======================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: Lid-Driven Cavity Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 544.28 |======================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 544.36 |======================================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 543.28 |======================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 543.10 |======================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: Cutoff Pair Potential Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 44.76 |=========================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 43.26 |========================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 44.27 |=========================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 57.68 |======================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: Seven-Point Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 93.40 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 92.57 |======================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 93.06 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 92.87 |======================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 2191.87 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 2186.93 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 2181.12 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 2185.33 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 0.60114 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 0.59934 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 0.59729 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 0.60093 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 0.71676 |===================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 0.73436 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 0.72616 |===================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 0.72060 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 0.03677 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 0.03699 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 0.03676 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 0.03680 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 2.36854 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 1.80643 |========================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 1.88706 |=========================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 1.80232 |========================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 0.61906 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 0.62281 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 0.61807 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 0.62006 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 5.58376 |================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 5.86491 |=================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 6.14844 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 6.20508 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 2.74437 |====================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 2.75175 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 2.74960 |====================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 2.76571 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 12.25 |======================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 12.42 |======================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 12.43 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 12.45 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 1497 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 1386 |==================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 1258 |=============================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 1518 |========================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 21.45 |===================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 22.68 |======================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 21.25 |==================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 22.57 |======================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 39.82 |================================================= Linux 3.4.68 .. 44.40 |====================================================== Linux 3.10.18 . 45.73 |======================================================== Linux 3.12.0 .. 45.07 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.0.101 . 21.27 |======================================================== Linux 3.4.68 .. 20.93 |======================================================= Linux 3.10.18 . 20.92 |======================================================= Linux 3.12.0 .. 21.17 |========================================================