Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. CentOS vs. Clear Linux Comparison Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 15.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Fedora 23: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 CentOS 7 1511: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 20160108, Kernel: 4.3.3-5-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux 5700: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux 5700, Kernel: 4.3.3-157 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.41 |====================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.63 |======================================= Fedora 23 .......... 25.50 |======================================== CentOS 7 1511 ...... 32.46 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 24.51 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 810.78 |======================= Fedora 23 ........... 696.87 |==================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 717.95 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 394.86 |=========== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 856.51 |======================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 1680.01 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 408.83 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........... 268.79 |================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 199.34 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 369.24 |============================================ OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 271.84 |================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 400.64 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6881 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........... 6410 |============================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 6151 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 6522 |============================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 6199 |=========================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 7356 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 14727.13 |============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 14344.90 |============================================= CentOS 7 1511 ....... 14840.52 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 14929.67 |============================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 15105.94 |=============================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 14847.83 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 2679.08 |============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 2683.51 |============================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 2645.23 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2669.60 |============================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 2584.88 |============================================ Clear Linux 5700 .... 2801.21 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 283.37 |============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 296.05 |================================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 260.51 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 259.01 |========================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 292.99 |=============================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 303.73 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 8120.30 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 8027.17 |============================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 8062.79 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 8198.90 |=============================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 8299.16 |================================================ Clear Linux 5700 .... 8261.15 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 244.31 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........... 235.84 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 244.39 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 244.39 |================================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 242.33 |================================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 232.76 |=============================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 22.50 |================================================== Fedora 23 .......... 22.73 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1511 ...... 21.50 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 21.64 |================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 9.91 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........... 9.66 |================================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 9.92 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 9.87 |=================================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 9.50 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 4.69 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........... 4.68 |================================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 4.92 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5.00 |=================================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 4.80 |================================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 4.51 |============================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 185.39 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........... 187.27 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 185.47 |================================================ OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 188.25 |================================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 185.98 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1957.41 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........... 1807.15 |============================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1755.58 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 1726.65 |========================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1971.30 |================================================ Clear Linux 5700 .... 1862.60 |============================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 28.17 |============================================= Fedora 23 ........... 26.09 |========================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 25.14 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 26.90 |=========================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 27.11 |=========================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 31.36 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 113.64 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 113.80 |================================================== Fedora 23 .......... 106.34 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1511 ...... 103.02 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 108.88 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 23.50 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 23.51 |================================================== Fedora 23 ........... 23.54 |================================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 23.60 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 23.61 |================================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 23.51 |================================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 23.51 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 9.41 |================================================== Fedora 23 .......... 9.47 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1511 ...... 9.74 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 9.29 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 77 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........... 76 |================================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 84 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 84 |===================================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 76 |================================================ Clear Linux 5700 .... 27 |================= PBZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 . 9.46 |========================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 9.39 |========================================================= Fedora 23 .... 9.50 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6.06 |========================================== Fedora 23 ........... 6.14 |=========================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 7.32 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 7.26 |=================================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 5.96 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 11.73 |============================================= Fedora 23 ........... 11.80 |============================================= CentOS 7 1511 ....... 12.98 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 12.79 |================================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 11.81 |============================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 12.69 |================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 73.28 |=========================================== Fedora 23 ........... 86.11 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 73.57 |=========================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 73.94 |=========================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 77.32 |============================================= GnuPG Linux 4.3 Package File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 14.28 |= Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 14.25 |= Fedora 23 .......... 15.26 |== CentOS 7 1511 ...... 483.37 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 14.03 |= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 597.50 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........... 595.50 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 600.27 |================================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 595.93 |================================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 594.87 |================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 0.04 | Fedora 23 ........... 1177.53 |=========================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1060.53 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2058.16 |================================================ OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1168.71 |=========================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 1933.36 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 2992.59 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........... 2564.02 |========================================= CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1806.26 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2540.62 |========================================= OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1846.75 |============================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 2495.63 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6830.45 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 6946.76 |================================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 4781.27 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5369.55 |===================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 4582.49 |================================ Clear Linux 5700 .... 6837.80 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 7515.36 |============================================== Fedora 23 ........... 7813.28 |================================================ CentOS 7 1511 ....... 6262.57 |====================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5825.41 |==================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 6121.99 |====================================== Clear Linux 5700 .... 7474.23 |============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 2282625.67 |================================== Fedora 23 ........... 2077648.42 |=============================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 2332405.83 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2349485.63 |=================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 2643030.04 |======================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 3012212.17 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1668520.91 |======================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1706687.96 |========================================= Fedora 23 ........... 1596901.71 |====================================== CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1633045.81 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 1825584.37 |=========================================== OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1710857.08 |========================================= Clear Linux 5700 .... 1891009.96 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 37189.48 |======================================== Fedora 23 .......... 22865.71 |========================= CentOS 7 1511 ...... 20153.06 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 44428.37 |================================================ Clear Linux 5700 ... 31959.66 |===================================