Fedora 21 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Fedora 21 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 x86_64 64-bit Linux benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Fedora 21: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.4-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 22.08 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 . 25.95 |========================================================= Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 2013 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 2287 |========================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 186.21 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 164.16 |================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 13.52 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 12.03 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 265.59 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 241.65 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 100.89 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 94.97 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 38.02 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 35.94 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 95.92 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 90.90 |====================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 101.79 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 97.45 |====================================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.0m6 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 5.95 |========================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 5.70 |======================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 7.74 |========================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 7.42 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 103.32 |====================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 107.18 |======================================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 18.64 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 18.06 |======================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 11.07 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 10.73 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 1271.10 |====================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 1305.07 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 73.53 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 75.39 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 94.83 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 97.07 |========================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 33.35 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 32.59 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 5173 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 5282 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 12.37 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 12.63 |========================================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 3686 |========================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 3641 |========================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 100.74 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 99.58 |======================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 28.74 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 29.01 |========================================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 336.84 |======================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 338.63 |======================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 17.58 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 17.67 |========================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 1870.22 |======================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 1879.39 |======================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 16.46 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 16.49 |========================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 37 |============================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 . 37 |============================================================ Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Fedora 21 .... 217479848.64 |===================================== Ubuntu 14.10 . 294484192.17 |================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 21 .... 22.24 |========================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 . 19.05 |=================================================