Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. Debian vs. Clear Linux Comparison
Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions. All distributions were cleanly installed and updated. Stock compiler flags used as were the other OS defaults too 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
Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
Fedora 23
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
Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10. SELinux: Enabled.
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
Compiler Notes: --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 Notes: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.6.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libvtv --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada,go --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-multilib --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
Debian Linux 8.2
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: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --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=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.9.
LZMA Compression
Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Compile Bench
Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and reading kernel trees. It indirectly measures how well filesystems can maintain directory locality as the disk fills up and directories age. This current test is setup to use the makej mode with 10 initial directories Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
FLAC Audio Encoding
This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC format three times. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
LAME MP3 Encoding
LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed MAFFT Alignment
Himeno Benchmark
The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
PostMark
This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed Apache Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build the Apache HTTP Server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
x264
GnuPG
Smallpt
Apache Benchmark
This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Redis
Redis is an open-source data structure server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
SQLite
This is a simple benchmark of SQLite. At present this test profile just measures the time to perform a pre-defined number of insertions on an indexed database. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
PostgreSQL pgbench
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
Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
Testing initiated at 8 January 2016 17:30 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --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
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 9 January 2016 10:50 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --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 Notes: CFQ / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw,seclabel
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.5. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 9 January 2016 15:49 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.6.
Testing initiated at 9 January 2016 18:50 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libvtv --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada,go --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-multilib --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
Testing initiated at 10 January 2016 17:44 by user .
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance
System Notes: Python 2.7.10.
Testing initiated at 10 January 2016 21:16 by user root.
Debian Linux 8.2
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: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --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=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: Python 2.7.9.
Testing initiated at 11 January 2016 09:12 by user phoronix.