Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Fedora 21 Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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 Fedora 21: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD ES1000 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, 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 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 205.83 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 200.15 |================================================= Fedora 21 .......... 199.13 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 89.60 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 85.03 |=============================================== Fedora 21 .......... 93.07 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 46.0 Ubuntu 14.10 ....... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.8 MAX: 42.0 Fedora 21 .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 76.0 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 159.23 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 168.33 |================================================= Fedora 21 .......... 172.27 |================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 55.43 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 56.27 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 56.05 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.6 MAX: 40.0 Ubuntu 14.10 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 47.0 Fedora 21 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.8 MAX: 53.0 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 103.83 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 105.17 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 143.17 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 143.74 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 141.54 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 95.84 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 94.92 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 93.01 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 81.66 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 81.14 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 81.02 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 56.54 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 56.69 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 56.76 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 10836 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 10834 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 10833 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 1387 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1387 |==================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 1385 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 84441 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 84361 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 84384 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 22083 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 21349 |================================================= Fedora 21 .......... 21341 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 15200 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 13501 |============================================= Fedora 21 .......... 14267 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 2272 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2442 |==================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 2337 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 169.37 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 171.57 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 7187.33 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 7250.17 |================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 16.48 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 16.43 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 16.25 |================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 110.90 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 111.32 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 111.54 |================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 49.13 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 48.55 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 45.50 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 126.11 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 129.87 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 120.72 |============================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 38.04 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 38.46 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 38.97 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 27.04 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 25.12 |=============================================== Fedora 21 .......... 25.07 |=============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 15.20 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 15.21 |=================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 15.24 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 26.99 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 26.25 |================================================== Fedora 21 .......... 25.85 |================================================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 40.48 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 35.18 |============================================ Fedora 21 .......... 35.51 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS . 16488.83 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 18748.86 |================================================ Fedora 21 .......... 10859.36 |============================