Antergos vs. Debian vs. Fedora 21 vs. CentOS Linux Various Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Antergos Arch Linux: 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: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos, Kernel: 3.17.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Debian GNU Linux Jessie: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 8.0, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1.901 (1.16.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2, 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: 2560x1440 openSUSE Tumbleweed: 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: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 20141126, Kernel: 3.17.2-1-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, 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 4.8.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CentOS Linux 7: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.9.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 22.06 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 22.35 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 21.60 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 22.67 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 22.23 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 77.37 |====================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 86.00 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 69.95 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 92.45 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 69.85 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 34.67 |=========================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 34.93 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 34.68 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 35.66 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7 .......... 37.17 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 86.19 |========================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 87.89 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 92.45 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 94.77 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 93.38 |============================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 34.43 |============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 34.00 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 34.47 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 34.50 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 108.67 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 107.73 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 107.93 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 68.00 |============================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 34.47 |============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 34.20 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 34.57 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 33.17 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 1588.63 |============================================ Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 1567.60 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 1547.13 |=========================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 1556.93 |=========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 5173 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 5357 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 4903 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 4068 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 4934 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 266.91 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 251.91 |========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 261.74 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 258.75 |============================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 179.86 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 158.24 |======================================= Fedora 21 ............... 181.85 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 153.24 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 154.00 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 137.07 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 123.66 |==================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 117.39 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 109.38 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 102.20 |======================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 13420.10 |=========================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 12694.30 |========================================= Fedora 21 ............... 12728.90 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 12725.97 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 12870.77 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 13358 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 13542 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 13358 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 9055 |=============================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 13605 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 15286667 |=============================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 21456000 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 21006000 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 14042333 |============================ CentOS Linux 7 .......... 20831667 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 178723 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 175095 |============================================ Fedora 21 ............... 173041 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 146633 |===================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 173733 |============================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 360.07 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 344.54 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 342.49 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 286.19 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 335.53 |========================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 33.31 |============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 33.30 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 31.75 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 33.11 |============================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 338.52 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 335.87 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 333.49 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 314.20 |========================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 25.45 |====================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 30.89 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 30.10 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 27.09 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 24.36 |==================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 55.48 |============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 55.00 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 52.24 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 55.70 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 48.98 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 10.75 |======================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 10.77 |========================================= Fedora 21 ............... 11.09 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 12.23 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 11.15 |========================================== Primesieve 5.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 36.99 |============================================ Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 37.34 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 38.23 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 38.43 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 38.05 |============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 36 |============================================ Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 37 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 37 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 40 |================================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 40 |================================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 3672 |=============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 3708 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 3684 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 3672 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 3566 |============================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 5.78 |============================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 5.96 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 5.92 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 5.75 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 5.30 |========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 6.34 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 6.59 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............... 6.57 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 6.49 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 6.29 |============================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 5.90 |============================================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 5.94 |============================================= Fedora 21 ............... 5.94 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 6.20 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 5.90 |============================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 1.28 |========================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 1.29 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............... 1.42 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 1.32 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7 .......... 1.27 |========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 1.54 |============================================ Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 1.54 |============================================ Fedora 21 ............... 1.63 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 1.57 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 1.50 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 6.99 |======================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 7.01 |======================================== Fedora 21 ............... 6.98 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 8.22 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 7.86 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 12.48 |======================================== Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 12.46 |======================================== Fedora 21 ............... 12.34 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 14.26 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7 .......... 13.83 |============================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Antergos Arch Linux ..... 212839332.23 |========================= Debian GNU Linux Jessie . 302777654.44 |==================================== Fedora 21 ............... 232252973.59 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ..... 324596502.16 |======================================= CentOS Linux 7 .......... 327425420.50 |=======================================