Ubuntu 16.04 vs. 14.04 vs. 12.04 Linux 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 benchmarks on Ubuntu LTS Linux of 16.04 vs. 14.04 vs. 12.04 so far. Linux performance tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.
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Ubuntu 16.04 vs. 14.04 vs. 12.04 Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores) TYAN S2932/S2932-E NVIDIA MCP55 16384MB 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB AMD Cypress HDMI Audio SyncMaster Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-2-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.4.0 X Server 1.17.3 radeon 7.6.1 3.3 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.3.1 20160121 ext4 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.0 X Server 1.15.1 radeon 7.3.0 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8.4 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB AMD ATI Cypress HDMI Audio Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203: --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 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: --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 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr Processor Details - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Scaling Governor: powernow-k8 ondemand Graphics Details - EXA System Details - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203: Python 2.7.11. - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Python 2.7.6. - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Python 2.7.3.
Ubuntu 16.04 vs. 14.04 vs. 12.04 Linux sqlite: Default Test Directory fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size dbench: 12 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create openarena: 2560 x 1600 openarena: 1920 x 1080 tesseract: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Low xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics lammps: Rhodopsin Protein fftw: Float + SSE - 2D FFT Size 2048 john-the-ripper: Blowfish x264: H.264 Video Encoding himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver build-apache: Time To Compile build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV redis: GET redis: SET apache: Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 330.64 29.80 64.93 29.30 109.43 359.92 185.93 183.83 91.10 82.54 155.67 102.01 71.38 9962 887 68906 20812 13953 59.58 81.03 4441.90 6068 107.86 517.37 50.33 126.68 25.08 14.96 26.82 25.87 996091.46 734965.37 16377.05 333.39 28.47 64.27 28.63 111.32 207.67 137.02 194.03 87.40 79.78 148.21 87.87 64.39 9663 696 43650 21252 14784 57.43 82.50 4538.98 5935 112.30 512.70 52.60 138.53 27.15 14.97 27.65 31.67 885274.69 669691.96 15359.46 459.03 29.60 64.67 30.20 109.93 220.15 136.46 66.90 32.97 56.98 4367.54 6284 395.46 49.84 123.25 51.91 15.14 27.51 41.46 971285.44 732768.46 17893.86 OpenBenchmarking.org
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 330.64 333.39 459.03 -lcurses 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -ldl -lpthread
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 29.80 28.47 29.60 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 64.93 64.27 64.67 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 29.30 28.63 30.20 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Dbench Client Count: 12 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 109.43 111.32 109.93 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 3.64, N = 3 359.92 207.67 220.15
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 2.69, N = 3 SE +/- 2.87, N = 3 185.93 137.02 136.46
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 2.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 183.83 194.03 66.90
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 91.10 87.40 32.97 MIN: 4 / MAX: 166 MIN: 4 / MAX: 169 MIN: 3 / MAX: 245
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 11 22 33 44 55 Min: 4 / Avg: 10.71 / Max: 54 Min: 5 / Avg: 11.24 / Max: 44 Min: 3 / Avg: 29.56 / Max: 49
Tesseract Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 82.54 79.78
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 155.67 148.21 MIN: 73 / MAX: 297 MIN: 71 / MAX: 253
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 102.01 87.87 MIN: 48 / MAX: 210 MIN: 41 / MAX: 170
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 71.38 64.39 MIN: 30 / MAX: 144 MIN: 28 / MAX: 127
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 9962 9663
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 887 696
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 15K 30K 45K 60K 75K SE +/- 7.69, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 68906 43650
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 106.47, N = 3 SE +/- 50.58, N = 3 20812 21252
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 8.76, N = 3 SE +/- 24.19, N = 3 13953 14784
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 59.58 57.43 56.98
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 81.03 82.50 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
FFTW Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 4.41, N = 5 SE +/- 88.60, N = 10 SE +/- 91.81, N = 10 4441.90 4538.98 4367.54 -std=gnu99 -std=gnu99 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -lm
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 6.69, N = 3 SE +/- 3.71, N = 3 SE +/- 21.85, N = 3 6068 5935 6284 1. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.86, N = 5 SE +/- 0.64, N = 5 107.86 112.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -march=native -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 4.15, N = 3 SE +/- 2.32, N = 3 SE +/- 2.42, N = 3 517.37 512.70 395.46 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 50.33 52.60 49.84
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 SE +/- 1.90, N = 6 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 126.68 138.53 123.25
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 25.08 27.15 51.91 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.13, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 14.96 14.97 15.14 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -fvisibility=hidden -logg -lm
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 26.82 27.65 27.51 -lncurses 1. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -O3 -march=native -lm
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 25.87 31.67 41.46 -lXv -lXext -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-render -lxcb-shape -lsndio -llzma -lXv -lXext -lxcb-xfixes -lxcb-render -lxcb-shape -llzma -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -lX11 -lxcb -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -O3 -march=native -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize
Redis Test: GET OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 200K 400K 600K 800K 1000K SE +/- 19232.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5069.84, N = 3 SE +/- 6855.97, N = 3 996091.46 885274.69 971285.44 -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl
Redis Test: SET OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 160K 320K 480K 640K 800K SE +/- 8836.20, N = 3 SE +/- 4044.61, N = 3 SE +/- 7857.24, N = 3 734965.37 669691.96 732768.46 -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 260.55, N = 3 SE +/- 37.78, N = 3 SE +/- 157.95, N = 3 16377.05 15359.46 17893.86 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native
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