Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 Linux Benchmarks

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Audio Encoding 2 Tests
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Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
December 02 2014
 
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December 02 2014
 
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December 01 2014
 
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Ubuntu 12.04 vs. 14.04 Linux Benchmarks, "FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 - WAV To FLAC", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",15.243701934814,15.218703985214,15.156384944916,15.209698915482,15.200210094452 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",15.281296014786,15.225800037384,15.158710002899,15.177206993103,15.134854078293 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",15.737050056458,15.63471198082,15.673124790192,15.649565935135,15.651171922684 "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",26.300650119781,26.245520114899,26.244890928268,26.234616041183,26.215502977371 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",27.049544095993,27.015467166901,26.921905040741,26.965440034866,27.003087043762 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",26.14968585968,26.100471019745,26.055219173431,26.111197948456,26.142444133759 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-HPL", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",51.3414,52.6709,49.7316 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",55.3172,55.5604,55.412 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",30.8377,30.7441,30.554 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-Ffte", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",1.30589,1.36779,1.32254 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",1.96991,1.96134,1.97154 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",1.93256,1.94391,1.93762 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: EP-DGEMM", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",7.95764,8.14666,7.53063 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",8.25147,8.26639,8.26852 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",4.84711,4.85385,4.84375 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-Ptrans", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",0.996986,0.953502,0.909218 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",1.2141,1.2256,1.19897 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",1.2116,1.27769,1.24428 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",1.77948,1.4931,1.23682 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",1.20503,1.2068,1.20594 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",1.52002,1.92531,1.5915 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-Random Access", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",0.0433657,0.0447105,0.0451495 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",0.0455549,0.0452175,0.045999 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",0.00880679,0.00871741,0.00880854 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: Random Ring Latency", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",1.47471,1.44116,1.45935 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",1.43276,1.40232,1.44227 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",1.97869,1.95919,1.89723 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",0.339852,0.285173,0.30829 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",0.366717,0.381693,0.324417 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",0.360625,0.347864,0.349923 "HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",2233.389,2175.187,2231.013 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",2119.674,2185.956,2169.281 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",1930.413,1898.519,1920.469 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",1538.42,1546.51,1540.04 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",1530.97,1533.1,1529.09 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.C", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",171.37,171.53,171.8 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",169.15,168.98,169.99 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",7279.45,7182.33,7288.73 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",7257.51,7201.32,7103.15 "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",2427,2450,2450 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",2272,2272,2272 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",2136,2173,2173 "Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",48.51810002327,48.558370113373,48.564740896225 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",49.164975881577,49.054577827454,49.174940109253 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",45.606547117233,45.832087993622,45.688264846802 "Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",38.487493038177,38.477875947952,38.402328014374 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",38.06406211853,37.984805107117,38.063328027725 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",35.252778053284,35.416347026825,35.144989013672 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",145.07031393051,126.62455487251,126.29560804367,126.17579603195,126.42224693298,128.61812996864 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",128.17346215248,124.76573896408,125.38898491859 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",119.85339689255,114.50827884674,113.69053387642 "VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 - vpxenc", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",16.42,16.48,16.4 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",16.17,16.62,16.64 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",16.46,16.63,16.72 "x264 2014-08-30 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",111.14,111.07,111.42,112.42,110.55 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",110.28,110.68,109.95,112,111.58 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",25.063,25.128,25.165 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",26.961,27.076,27.077 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",51.988,51.882,52.008 "FFmpeg 2.1.1 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",35.292318105698,35.244472026825,34.997364997864 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",40.672799825668,40.335929870605,40.430018901825 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",40.973706960678,40.490742921829,40.443285226822 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 14.10",18344.32,18946.34,18955.92 "Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS",16533.47,16506,16427.01 "Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS",16054.73,16059.93,15804.41