Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 Cloud

Benchmarks of an Amazon EC2 c3.2xlarge cloud instance running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from a 26 February 2014 development snapshot. Tests by Michael Larabel of Ubuntu Linux in the Amazon EC2 Compute Cloud. Mostly focused on CPU benchmarks but also some other subsystem tests. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1402265-PL-UBUNTUAMA93&grr.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 CloudProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores)15360MB12GBUbuntu 12.043.2.0-58-virtual (x86_64)GCC 4.6ext4Xen 4.2.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores)10GBUbuntu 14.043.13.0-12-generic (x86_64)GCC 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Mount Options Details- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 Cloudffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-apache: Time To Compilevpxenc: vpxencgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenx264: H.264 Video Encodingjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishparboil: OpenMP MRI-Qparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP LBMdbench: 1Ubuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226113.0656.3346.1024.6065149123667017017617000503326.0919.86247.8687.0815.64127.4766.1451.2424.416614211764131.09698088416333501719.8618.56253.4164.73OpenBenchmarking.org

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 14.04 LTS 2014022648121620SE +/- 0.04, N = 315.641. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226306090120150SE +/- 0.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3113.06127.47

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 201402261530456075SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 356.3366.14

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 201402261224364860SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 346.1051.24

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226612182430SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 324.6024.411. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -fomit-frame-pointer -O3

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 201402261530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 36566

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: HWB Color SpaceUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3149142

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: ResizingUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3123117

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: SharpenUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 201402261530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 36664

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226306090120150SE +/- 0.18, N = 5131.09

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5Ubuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 2014022615K30K45K60K75KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 46.33, N = 37017069808

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 201402264M8M12M16M20MSE +/- 8736.89, N = 3SE +/- 2333.33, N = 3176170008416333

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 2014022611002200330044005500SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 8.50, N = 350335017

Parboil

Test: OpenMP MRI-Q

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI-QUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 326.0919.861. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP CUTCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 20140226510152025SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 319.8618.561. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMUbuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 2014022660120180240300SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3247.86253.411. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Dbench

Client Count: 1

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Ubuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu 14.04 LTS 2014022620406080100SE +/- 1.98, N = 6SE +/- 1.14, N = 387.0864.73

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