Debian Jessie 8.0 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 Debian GNU/Linux benchmarks against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Debian Jessie Testing: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 1.22GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.14-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.16GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.11GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-d226191 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.59GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-d226191 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.9 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 627.94 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 833.95 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 907.28 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 900.39 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 884.92 |======================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 5683 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 4301 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 3425 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 3928 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 3371 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 54.23 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 60.53 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 63.50 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 64.00 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 64.53 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 18.4 MAX: 46.0 Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ MIN: 8.0 AVG: 16.5 MAX: 28.0 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 15.7 MAX: 24.0 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 23.0 Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . MIN: 9.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 23.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 39.67 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 39.92 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 40.33 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 40.18 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 40.16 |========================== Warsow 1.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 46.05 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 49.23 |================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 50.30 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 69.30 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 69.53 |========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 75.36 |=============== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 105.05 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 123.44 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 123.25 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 123.40 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 60.63 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 72.65 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 82.84 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 82.97 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 83.01 |========================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 52.92 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 54.71 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 54.77 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 54.71 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 54.72 |========================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 1.72564 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 1.49570 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1.51806 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 1.51453 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1.49894 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 5.93825 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 5.81067 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 5.80449 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 5.81577 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 5.82463 |======================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 0.80062 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 0.80051 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 0.80200 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 0.80162 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 0.80117 |======================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 1.20145 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 1.18425 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1.33984 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 1.21877 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1.21461 |====================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 0.03438 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 0.01458 |========== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 0.01672 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 0.01660 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 0.01662 |============ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 1.03550 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 1.32908 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1.29847 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 1.30052 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1.30071 |======================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 0.29440 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 0.29157 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 0.29301 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 0.29101 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 0.29222 |======================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 12697.50 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 12620.87 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 12674.83 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 12743.79 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 12700.47 |======================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 23.04 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 22.75 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 28.74 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 28.68 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 27.44 |========================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing . 4.66 |================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing . 4.67 |================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 17.71 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 6.19 |========= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 7.52 |=========== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 7.87 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 7.84 |============ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 6.47 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 6.32 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 5.29 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 5.47 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 5.75 |======================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 580.28 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 580.09 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 474.70 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 458.19 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 450.45 |=================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 352.97 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 341.15 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 293.74 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 283.31 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 293.42 |===================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 2216.52 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 2209.98 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1899.26 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 1780.16 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1751.93 |=================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 1269.04 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 1268.11 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1064.34 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 995.10 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1003.44 |=================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 8579 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 8600 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 8625 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 8629 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 8480 |=========================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 14263667 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 14477000 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 14499000 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 14499000 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 14564667 |======================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 118830 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 118876 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 118216 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 118955 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 118106 |========================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 147.42 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 152.65 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 194.73 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 194.02 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 196.07 |========================= x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 219.67 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 221.72 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 217.08 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 214.86 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 214.39 |======================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 1759.75 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 1727.86 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 1383.84 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 1383.57 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 1379.43 |=================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0m4 Records/s > Higher Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 76690 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 58857 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 60512 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 60704 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 60876 |===================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 30.45 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 27.49 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 28.69 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 29.09 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 28.33 |======================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 58.58 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 59.98 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 58.84 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 59.42 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 61.44 |========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 18.00 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 17.92 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 17.94 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 17.90 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 17.66 |========================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 7.49 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 7.39 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 9.37 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 9.39 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 9.21 |========================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 58.38 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 57.39 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 74.44 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 74.22 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 72.10 |========================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 74.99 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 72.45 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 92.77 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 94.64 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 95.15 |========================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 121.06 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 121.82 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 ................... 155.21 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf ........... 148.89 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 148.06 |======================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Jessie Testing ....................... 24.09 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ................................ 24.09 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.15 + Oibaf + GCC 4.9 . 24.03 |==========================