Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. CentOS Comparison

Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. CentOS ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte H81M-S1Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850LLVMpipeRealtek ALC887-VDRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 15.104.2.0-23-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2modesetting 1.17.23.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext41024x768Fedora 234.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.18.3modesetting 1.18.02.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.1 20151207DELL P2415QCentOS Linux 73.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.4X Server 1.17.2modesetting 1.17.22.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.5 20150623xfs1600x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 15.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Fedora 23: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libmpx --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-isl --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - CentOS 7 1511: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=x86-64 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic Disk Details- Ubuntu 15.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Fedora 23: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel- CentOS 7 1511: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabelProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSystem Details- Ubuntu 15.10: Python 2.7.10.- Fedora 23: Python 2.7.10. SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 7 1511: Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.

Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. CentOS Comparisoncompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3hmmer: Pfam Database Searchopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmenthimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverdolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsnpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video Encodingcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioncompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionc-ray: Total Timegnupg: Linux 4.3 Package File Encryptioncompress-lzma: 256MB File Compressionffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesapache: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceredis: GETredis: SETpgbench: On-Disk - Normal Load - Read Writepgbench: Mostly RAM - Normal Load - Read Writepgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Writepgbench: Buffer Test - Heavy Contention - Read Writeopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancesqlite: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511810.78408.836.0611.739.914.691957.4122.5014727.132679.08283.378120.30244.31688128.17113.80185.399.399.4123.5114.2573.289.967737189.48597.502282625.671706687.960.042992.596830.457515.3624.63696.87268.796.1411.809.66665.134.681807.1522.7314344.902683.51296.058027.17235.84641026.09106.34187.279.509.4723.5415.2686.119.847622865.71595.502077648.421596901.711177.532564.026946.767813.2825.50717.95199.347.3212.989.924.921755.5821.5014840.522645.23260.518062.79244.39615125.14103.029.7423.60483.378420153.062332405.831633045.811060.531806.264781.276262.57592.7332.46OpenBenchmarking.org

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileUbuntu 15.10CentOS 7 1511Fedora 232004006008001000SE +/- 18.40, N = 6SE +/- 13.55, N = 3SE +/- 12.63, N = 6810.78717.95696.87

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 151190180270360450SE +/- 2.14, N = 3SE +/- 13.39, N = 3SE +/- 8.09, N = 3408.83268.79199.34

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511246810SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 56.066.147.321. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 15113691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.10, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 511.7311.8012.98-funroll-loops-funroll-loops-fomit-frame-pointer1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -ffast-math -pipe -lm

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 15113691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 39.669.919.921. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.2e-fipsRSA 4096-bit PerformanceFedora 23140280420560700SE +/- 0.73, N = 3665.13

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 15111.1072.2143.3214.4285.535SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 64.684.694.921. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511400800120016002000SE +/- 4.58, N = 3SE +/- 49.86, N = 6SE +/- 2.96, N = 31957.411807.151755.581. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsCentOS 7 1511Ubuntu 15.10Fedora 23510152025SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 321.5022.5022.73

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.ACentOS 7 1511Ubuntu 15.10Fedora 233K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 59.13, N = 3SE +/- 134.16, N = 3SE +/- 136.81, N = 314840.5214727.1314344.901. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 15116001200180024003000SE +/- 5.57, N = 3SE +/- 3.38, N = 3SE +/- 1.85, N = 32683.512679.082645.231. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 151160120180240300SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3296.05283.37260.511. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BUbuntu 15.10CentOS 7 1511Fedora 232K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 31.60, N = 3SE +/- 112.43, N = 5SE +/- 97.85, N = 38120.308062.798027.171. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCentOS 7 1511Ubuntu 15.10Fedora 2350100150200250SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3244.39244.31235.841. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 151115003000450060007500SE +/- 62.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 99.33, N = 36881641061511. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileCentOS 7 1511Fedora 23Ubuntu 15.10714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 325.1426.0928.17

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3Time To CompileCentOS 7 1511Fedora 23Ubuntu 15.10306090120150SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3103.02106.34113.64

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2015-11-02H.264 Video EncodingFedora 23Ubuntu 15.104080120160200SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.21, N = 5187.27185.391. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

PBZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPBZIP2 Compression 1.1.12256MB File CompressionUbuntu 15.10Fedora 233691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 39.399.50

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12256MB File CompressionUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 15113691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 39.419.479.741. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 323.5023.5423.601. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

GnuPG

Linux 4.3 Package File Encryption

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPGLinux 4.3 Package File EncryptionUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511100200300400500SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 6SE +/- 175.69, N = 614.2515.26483.37

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionUbuntu 15.10Fedora 2320406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.63, N = 673.2886.11

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.8.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVFedora 23Ubuntu 15.103691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 39.849.911. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 151120406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 37677841. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 15118K16K24K32K40KSE +/- 255.62, N = 3SE +/- 50.20, N = 3SE +/- 131.46, N = 337189.4822865.7120153.061. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23130260390520650SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3597.50595.501. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Redis

Test: GET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: GETCentOS 7 1511Ubuntu 15.10Fedora 23500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 40109.72, N = 3SE +/- 37560.08, N = 3SE +/- 9474.67, N = 32332405.832282625.672077648.421. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops

Redis

Test: SET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: SETUbuntu 15.10CentOS 7 1511Fedora 23400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 29466.75, N = 6SE +/- 60417.48, N = 6SE +/- 30489.47, N = 31706687.961633045.811596901.711. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteFedora 23CentOS 7 1511Ubuntu 15.1030060090012001500SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31177.531060.530.041. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 15116001200180024003000SE +/- 86.62, N = 6SE +/- 92.89, N = 6SE +/- 24.36, N = 32992.592564.021806.261. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 151115003000450060007500SE +/- 25.64, N = 3SE +/- 18.21, N = 3SE +/- 16.54, N = 36946.766830.454781.271. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read WriteFedora 23Ubuntu 15.10CentOS 7 15112K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 9.30, N = 3SE +/- 10.25, N = 3SE +/- 37.63, N = 37813.287515.366262.571. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1e-fipsRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCentOS 7 1511130260390520650SE +/- 0.82, N = 3593.17

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.8.10.2Test Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu 15.10Fedora 23CentOS 7 1511816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 324.4125.5032.461. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

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