Hypervisior comparision
VMware testing on Debian 7.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


vSphere5.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 7.2, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

XenServer6.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 19GB

	OS: Debian 7.3, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.5 Hypervisor


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 24.62 |=========================================================
XenServer6.2 . 22.51 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 12628.66 |==================================
XenServer6.2 . 20080.85 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 10707.94 |===================================
XenServer6.2 . 16691.93 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 10656.82 |====================================
XenServer6.2 . 16157.08 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 12584.07 |==================================
XenServer6.2 . 19802.08 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 11656.06 |==================================
XenServer6.2 . 18249.87 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 12662.11 |==================================
XenServer6.2 . 19902.71 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 10721.01 |===================================
XenServer6.2 . 16377.01 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 10708.36 |===================================
XenServer6.2 . 16500.27 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 12617.46 |==================================
XenServer6.2 . 19854.86 |======================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 11664.16 |===================================
XenServer6.2 . 18126.22 |======================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 85.93 |======================================================
XenServer6.2 . 91.40 |=========================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 5257 |========================================================
XenServer6.2 . 5445 |==========================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 26032 |=====================================================
XenServer6.2 . 27860 |=========================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 96.65 |=========================================================
XenServer6.2 . 88.88 |====================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
vSphere5.1 ... 6462.57 |=======================================================
XenServer6.2 . 5096.87 |===========================================