Intel Core i7 - Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Debian 7 vs. Debian Jessie Testing of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS development snapshot against Debian 7.2/7.3 with all updates plus Debian 8.0 Jessie testing as of 26 January 2014. All benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 7.3 Updated: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Debian 7.3, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Jessie Testing: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.12-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ SOLID3 + 120GB OCZ AGILITY3 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 4001GB ST + 4001GB Backup+ Desk, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4350 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Monitor: NIKO-1920W, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.2.57.yoda (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 3520667 |======== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 7372333 |================= Debian Jessie Testing . 3531000 |======== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 19930333 |============================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 32.55 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 12.90 |=================== Debian Jessie Testing . 31.67 |=============================================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 6.66 |========== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 16.46 |================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 13.75 |============= Debian Jessie Testing . 16.45 |================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 49.10 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 4.26221 |================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 3.46587 |============= Debian Jessie Testing . 4.30309 |================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 12.33000 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 30.43 |========================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 10.30 |============== Debian Jessie Testing . 29.77 |========================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 34.60 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 0.97415 |============================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 0.65333 |=============================== Debian Jessie Testing . 0.83160 |======================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 0.29000 |============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 58.57 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 19.66 |================ Debian Jessie Testing . 59.04 |================================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 17.95 |=============== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 79.28 |======================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 95.91 |================================================ Debian Jessie Testing . 79.13 |======================================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 29.89 |=============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 116.48 |============================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 49.51 |=================== Debian Jessie Testing . 125.40 |=============================================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 41.53 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . MIN: 4 AVG: 33 MAX: 72 Debian 7.3 Updated .... MIN: 5 AVG: 92 MAX: 99 Debian Jessie Testing . MIN: 4 AVG: 33 MAX: 78 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 574.45 |========================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 646.71 |=============================================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 222.87 |================ OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 193.93 |================= Debian 7.3 Updated .... 194.77 |================= Debian Jessie Testing . 194.20 |================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 541.20 |=============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 78.91 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 69.32 |========================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 66.88 |========================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 28.99 |================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 247.55 |=============================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 234.32 |============================================ Debian Jessie Testing . 234.79 |============================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 91.15 |================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 15235.09 |===================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 12839.62 |================== Debian Jessie Testing . 17548.89 |======================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 32824.68 |============================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 19.71 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 8.37 |==================== Debian Jessie Testing . 19.35 |=============================================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 9.75 |======================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 43.42 |========================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 49.84 |================================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 21.35 |===================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 29208 |===================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 29432 |===================== Debian Jessie Testing . 29247 |===================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 66948 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 250 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 260 |================================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 250 |================================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 118 |======================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 64.80 |=============================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 65.74 |================================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 31.64 |======================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 227.73 |============================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 244.70 |=============================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 226.75 |============================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 125.65 |======================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 2102 |========================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 2129 |=========================== Debian Jessie Testing . 2112 |========================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 3909 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 2.41375 |=============================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 2.26271 |============================= Debian Jessie Testing . 2.16087 |=========================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 3.62000 |============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 6769.47 |============================= Debian 7.3 Updated .... 7282.40 |================================ Debian Jessie Testing . 6898.53 |============================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 10375.19 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 58.79 |=============================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 59.65 |=============================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 60.42 |================================================ Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 40.74 |================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 0.79870 |============================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 0.56315 |================================ Debian Jessie Testing . 0.54612 |=============================== Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 0.61000 |=================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 29.32 |================================================ Debian 7.3 Updated .... 29.27 |================================================ Debian Jessie Testing . 21.58 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 1.58604 |========================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 1.55981 |========================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 1.44246 |======================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 1.72000 |============================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 58.83 |=============================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 60.14 |================================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Snapshot . 3.60226 |========================================== Debian 7.3 Updated .... 3.41811 |======================================== Debian Jessie Testing . 3.32364 |======================================= Deabian 7.5,z87,ssd ... 3.93000 |==============================================