Docker vs KVM
2 x AMD Opteron 2376 HE testing with a IBM Server Blade and 128MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


docker: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2376 HE @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: IBM Server Blade, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4 x 1797GB 1814 FAStT + 147GB CBRBA146C3ETS0 N, Graphics: 128MB

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

KVM: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron) @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Fedora OpenStack Nova, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 5GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-46-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7311.02 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5010.25 |==========================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7757.79 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5799.87 |==============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7255.77 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5634.15 |===============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7010.51 |=============================================================
KVM .... 4910.73 |===========================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7341.16 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5335.00 |============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 8059.48 |=============================================================
KVM .... 6366.77 |================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7725.36 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5781.37 |==============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7688.45 |=============================================================
KVM .... 5767.55 |==============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 8194.50 |=============================================================
KVM .... 6348.87 |===============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 7946.08 |=============================================================
KVM .... 6061.25 |===============================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 10301.34 |============================================================
KVM .... 5856.99  |==================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 10053.77 |============================================================
KVM .... 5878.40  |===================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 11351.08 |============================================================
KVM .... 6714.32  |===================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
docker . 11238.91 |============================================================
KVM .... 6678.74  |====================================