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. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160121, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: AMD Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: AMD ATI Cypress HDMI Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 330.64 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 333.39 |=============================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 459.03 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 29.80 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 28.47 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 29.60 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 64.93 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 64.27 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 64.67 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 29.30 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 28.63 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 30.20 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 109.43 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 111.32 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 109.93 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 359.92 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 207.67 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 220.15 |========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 185.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 137.02 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 136.46 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 183.83 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 194.03 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 66.90 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 91.10 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 87.40 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 32.97 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 54.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 44.0 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.6 MAX: 49.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 82.54 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 79.78 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 155.67 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 148.21 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 102.01 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 87.87 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 71.38 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 64.39 |======================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 9962 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 9663 |============================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 887 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 696 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 68906 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 43650 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 20812 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 21252 |============================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 13953 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 14784 |============================================ Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 59.58 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 57.43 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 56.98 |========================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 81.03 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 82.50 |============================================ FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 4441.90 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 4538.98 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 4367.54 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 6068 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 5935 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 6284 |============================================= x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 107.86 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 112.30 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 517.37 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 512.70 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 395.46 |================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 50.33 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 52.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 49.84 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 126.68 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 138.53 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 123.25 |====================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 25.08 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 27.15 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 51.91 |============================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 14.96 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 14.97 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 15.14 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 26.82 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 27.65 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 27.51 |============================================ FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 25.87 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 31.67 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 41.46 |============================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 996091.46 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 885274.69 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 971285.44 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 734965.37 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 669691.96 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 732768.46 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203 . 16377.05 |====================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS .......... 15359.46 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .......... 17893.86 |=========================================