PHP 7.0 Benchmark
PHP 7.0 RC2 benchmarks against PHP 5.3/5.4/5.5/5.6. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


PHP 5.3.29: 

	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 FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.8.0-svn246465-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

PHP 5.4.44: 

	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 FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.8.0-svn246465-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

PHP 5.5.29: 

	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 FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.8.0-svn246465-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

PHP 5.6.13: 

	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 FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.8.0-svn246465-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

PHP 7.0.0 RC2: 

	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 FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + Clang 3.8.0-svn246465-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


Phoronix Test Suite Self-Test
Computational Test: Total Time
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.3.29 .... 472.20 |=======================================================
PHP 5.4.44 .... 414.23 |================================================
PHP 5.5.29 .... 422.93 |=================================================
PHP 5.6.13 .... 414.55 |================================================
PHP 7.0.0 RC2 . 206.00 |========================


Phoronix Test Suite Self-Test
Computational Test: List Suites
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.3.29 .... 0.48 |=========================================================
PHP 5.4.44 .... 0.42 |==================================================
PHP 5.5.29 .... 0.43 |===================================================
PHP 5.6.13 .... 0.40 |================================================
PHP 7.0.0 RC2 . 0.33 |=======================================


Phoronix Test Suite Self-Test
Computational Test: Render Test
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.3.29 .... 135.35 |=======================================================
PHP 5.4.44 .... 121.12 |=================================================
PHP 5.5.29 .... 123.44 |==================================================
PHP 5.6.13 .... 121.41 |=================================================
PHP 7.0.0 RC2 . 51.66  |=====================


Phoronix Test Suite Self-Test
Computational Test: Info Querying
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.3.29 .... 0.57 |=========================================================
PHP 5.4.44 .... 0.52 |====================================================
PHP 5.5.29 .... 0.48 |================================================
PHP 5.6.13 .... 0.47 |===============================================
PHP 7.0.0 RC2 . 0.49 |=================================================


Phoronix Test Suite Self-Test
Computational Test: Peak Memory Usage
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.3.29 .... 915.50 |=======================================================
PHP 5.4.44 .... 884.25 |=====================================================
PHP 5.5.29 .... 884.50 |=====================================================
PHP 5.6.13 .... 884.50 |=====================================================
PHP 7.0.0 RC2 . 560.24 |==================================