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
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.
Ubuntu 12.04.3:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Ubuntu 12.04.4:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Ubuntu 12.04.2:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.909, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 27.23 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 27.47 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 22.43 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 26.37 |==============================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 58.83 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 68.00 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 48.87 |==================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 61.83 |============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 88.20 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 92.81 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 74.29 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 92.29 |================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 44.84 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 48.78 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 38.89 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 49.66 |================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 31.40 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 33.34 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 28.48 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 33.81 |================================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 16.87 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 16.77 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 16.87 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 16.24 |==============================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 0.37108 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 0.36951 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 0.36452 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 0.42453 |==============================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1.81823 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1.82226 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1.81366 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1.90933 |==============================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 8.37216 |======================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 8.36751 |======================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 8.43749 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 16.91387 |=============================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1.42993 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1.42418 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1.42446 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1.40609 |=============================================
HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 2.23567 |======================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 2.23256 |======================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 2.23488 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 4.60336 |==============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 81 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 81 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 81 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 82 |===================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 41 |===================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 41 |===================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 41 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 41 |===================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 102 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 102 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 102 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 103 |==================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 128 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 129 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 129 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 126 |=================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 71 |=================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 70 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 70 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 74 |===================================================
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 190.87 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 195.99 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 210.59 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 279.74 |===============================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1270.81 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1273.77 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1276.42 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1299.58 |==============================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 1633 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 1549 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 1666 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 1546 |=============================================
BLAKE2 20130131
Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1
Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 4.62 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 4.62 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 4.70 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 4.61 |================================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.7 MAX: 79.0
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 78.0
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 90.0
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 37.8 MAX: 80.0
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 43.0
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 36.0
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 58.0
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.1 MAX: 39.0
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 62.93 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 62.72 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 62.50 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 69.61 |================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 203.05 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 204.08 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 202.19 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 225.74 |===============================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 115.52 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 115.59 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 115.77 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 74.34 |==============================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 21.29 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 22.21 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 22.21 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 22.70 |================================================
FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.3 ........ 26.69 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 ........ 26.24 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04.2 ........ 26.75 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140208 . 27.26 |================================================