Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 vs. SUSE vs. Ubuntu EC2

Benchmarks of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 against SUSE Enterprise and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 6GB

OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=x86-64 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 7680 MB RAM, Disk: 43GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-0.8-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 40GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 vs. SUSE vs. Ubuntu EC2ProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskChipsetGraphicsOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerScreen ResolutionRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVMIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores)Xen HVM domU7168MB6GBRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.03.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.8.2 20140120xfsXen HVM domU 4.2.amazonIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores)Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC1 x 7680 MB RAM43GB QEMU HDDCirrus Logic GD 5446SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 113.0.101-0.8-default (x86_64)GCC 4.3.4ext3800x6008192MB40GBUbuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)GCC 4.8.2ext4OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=x86-64 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel- SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rwSystem Details- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.- SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVMResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%142%184%226%267%ebizzyPostMarkC-RayParboilParboilHierarchical INTegrationOpenSSLP.T.S.v.2.0D.T.PTotal TimeOpenMP CUTCPOpenMP StencilFLOATR.4.b.P

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 vs. SUSE vs. Ubuntu EC2postmark: Disk Transaction Performanceparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP Stencilebizzy: Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0c-ray: Total Timeminion: Gracefulminion: Solitaireminion: Quasigroupopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancehint: FLOATRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM398935.4754.851572366.7577.7297.99162.46230260714699.77240341.7852.1237641108.02231.13241608488.69317836.3856.461407666.6976.8697.68163.66230.03260324017.30OpenBenchmarking.org

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM9001800270036004500SE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 13.57, N = 3SE +/- 26.67, N = 3398924033178
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM7001400210028003500Min: 3968 / Avg: 3989.33 / Max: 4032Min: 2380 / Avg: 2403.33 / Max: 2427Min: 3125 / Avg: 3178.33 / Max: 3205

Parboil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM1020304050SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 335.4741.7836.381. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM918273645Min: 35.41 / Avg: 35.47 / Max: 35.58Min: 41.7 / Avg: 41.78 / Max: 41.85Min: 35.3 / Avg: 36.38 / Max: 36.921. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM1326395265SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 354.8552.1256.461. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM1122334455Min: 54.53 / Avg: 54.85 / Max: 55.08Min: 51.89 / Avg: 52.12 / Max: 52.36Min: 56.02 / Avg: 56.46 / Max: 56.841. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

ebizzy

OpenBenchmarking.orgRecords/s, More Is Betterebizzy 0.3Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM8K16K24K32K40KSE +/- 147.52, N = 3SE +/- 570.16, N = 3SE +/- 36.61, N = 3157233764114076
OpenBenchmarking.orgRecords/s, More Is Betterebizzy 0.3Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM7K14K21K28K35KMin: 15431 / Avg: 15723.33 / Max: 15904Min: 36648 / Avg: 37641.33 / Max: 38623Min: 14020 / Avg: 14076.33 / Max: 14145

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 366.75108.0266.69
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100Min: 66.75 / Avg: 66.75 / Max: 66.76Min: 108 / Avg: 108.02 / Max: 108.03Min: 66.63 / Avg: 66.69 / Max: 66.76

Minion

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: GracefulRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100SE +/- 1.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.27, N = 377.7276.861. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: GracefulRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM1530456075Min: 75.54 / Avg: 77.72 / Max: 81.4Min: 76.44 / Avg: 76.86 / Max: 77.371. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: SolitaireRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 397.9997.681. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: SolitaireRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100Min: 95.07 / Avg: 97.99 / Max: 99.77Min: 97.34 / Avg: 97.68 / Max: 97.991. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: QuasigroupRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM4080120160200SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3162.46163.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: QuasigroupRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM306090120150Min: 161.54 / Avg: 162.46 / Max: 163.55Min: 161.94 / Avg: 163.66 / Max: 164.721. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3230.00231.13230.03
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM4080120160200Min: 230 / Avg: 230 / Max: 230Min: 230.9 / Avg: 231.13 / Max: 231.3Min: 229.1 / Avg: 230.03 / Max: 230.5

Hierarchical INTegration

This test runs the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory Hierarchical INTegration (HINT) benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgQUIPs, More Is BetterHierarchical INTegration 1.0Test: FLOATRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM60M120M180M240M300MSE +/- 68778.15, N = 3SE +/- 41716.01, N = 3SE +/- 389541.48, N = 3260714699.77241608488.69260324017.30
OpenBenchmarking.orgQUIPs, More Is BetterHierarchical INTegration 1.0Test: FLOATRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVMSUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVMUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM50M100M150M200M250MMin: 260588741.86 / Avg: 260714699.77 / Max: 260825556.25Min: 241550597.25 / Avg: 241608488.69 / Max: 241689464.33Min: 259641837.72 / Avg: 260324017.3 / Max: 260990991.96

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 6GB

OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=x86-64 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 22 June 2014 06:53 by user .

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 7680 MB RAM, Disk: 43GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Kernel: 3.0.101-0.8-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

Testing initiated at 23 June 2014 04:55 by user .

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 40GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,relatime,rw
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 23 June 2014 05:52 by user ubuntu.