Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the evolving Ubuntu 12.04 LTS performance with new hardware enablement stacks in the Precise Pangolin point releases then compared to an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS development snapshot.
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. 14.04 LTS Performance Comparison,
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1600 x 900",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",27.3,27.2,27.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",27.6,27.4,27.4
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",22.4,22.5,22.4
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",26.4,26.3,26.4
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1600 x 900",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",58.5,59.5,58.5
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",68,68,68
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",49,48.9,48.7
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",61.8,61.8,61.9
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",90.1286953,87.5400236,86.9278496
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",93.0492139,92.7318302,92.6372804
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",74.3372,74.1307988,74.3980875
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",92.2824211,92.0347345,92.567672
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",44.8534196,44.8190386,44.834066
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",49.2860459,49.2796892,47.7781857
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",38.882256,38.8904196,38.9102004
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",49.662325,49.6521067,49.6739395
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",31.4067309,31.3980596,31.3993636
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",33.3428253,33.3345788,33.3530173
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",28.5438772,28.3902659,28.5044893
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",33.8172541,33.8082876,33.8175292
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",16.81,16.88,16.91
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",16.69,16.81,16.8
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",16.86,16.75,17.01
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",16.23,16.3,16.18
"HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-Ptrans",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",0.371956,0.371563,0.369725
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",0.365181,0.371037,0.372307
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",0.349705,0.370991,0.372861
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",0.423468,0.425023,0.425092
"HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",1.80947,1.83578,1.80944
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",1.81247,1.85629,1.79803
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",1.79982,1.86283,1.77833
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",1.84746,1.81222,2.06832
"HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-HPL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",8.35857,8.37098,8.38694
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",8.37155,8.36294,8.36803
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",8.44577,8.43397,8.43273
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",16.9949,16.9388,16.8079
"HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: G-Ffte",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",1.4253,1.43156,1.43294
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",1.42475,1.42537,1.42241
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",1.42046,1.43284,1.42007
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",1.37648,1.41418,1.42762
"HPC Challenge 1.4.3 - Test / Class: EP-DGEMM",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",2.23466,2.23543,2.23691
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",2.2324,2.23222,2.23306
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",2.23486,2.23439,2.23538
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",4.58338,4.6022,4.62451
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",81,81,81
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",81,81,81
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",81,81,80
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",82,82,82
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",41,41,41
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",41,41,41
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",41,41,41
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",41,41,41
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",102,102,102
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",102,102,103
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",102,102,102
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",102,103,103
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",128,129,128
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",129,129,129
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",129,129,129
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",126,126,127
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",71,71,71
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",70,70,70
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",70,70,70
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",74,74,74
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",191.486,191.105,190.019
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",195.903,195.651,196.413
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",211.025,210.981,209.75
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",280.613,277.666,280.928
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",1268.53289,1268.208063,1275.698337
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",1267.211293,1273.715899,1280.377743
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",1267.855742,1284.621225,1276.779262
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",1300.007862,1300.938656,1297.791574
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",1633,1633,1633
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",1552,1543,1552
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",1666,1677,1655
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",1552,1543,1543
"BLAKE2 20130131 - Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",4.62,4.61,4.62
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",4.61,4.63,4.61
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",4.62,4.86,4.61
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",4.62,4.61,4.61
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",
"Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",62.990182876587,62.980977773666,62.804177045822
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",62.792428970337,62.568087816238,62.789760828018
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",62.588053941727,62.528626918793,62.369837999344
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",69.589661836624,69.732183218002,69.510846138
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",204.79721593857,202.18177485466,202.15704417229
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",205.76213812828,203.20968794823,203.28072500229
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",203.94629383087,201.22867393494,201.38362908363
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",227.2798178196,225.13707184792,224.79114294052
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",115.515,115.54,115.512
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",115.592,115.643,115.539
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",115.84,115.973,115.498
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",74.283,74.348,74.391
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",21.68693113327,20.931257963181,21.250043869019
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",22.555573940277,23.21543598175,21.212232112885,21.362297058105,23.682014942169,21.256791830063
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",23.185897111893,22.4576420784,20.839465141296,22.850267887115,22.652734994888,21.292361974716
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",22.038051128387,23.244051218033,22.820504188538
"FFmpeg 2.1.1 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.3",26.8590528965,26.78534412384,26.427547931671
"Ubuntu 12.04.4",26.298079013824,26.014110088348,26.419395208359
"Ubuntu 12.04.2",26.761739015579,26.597068071365,26.882431030273
"Ubuntu 14.04 20140208",27.120689868927,27.303003072739,27.354083061218