2 x AMD Opteron 2384 benchmarks on Ubuntu LTS Linux of 16.04 vs. 14.04 vs. 12.04 vs. 10.04 vs. 8.04. Linux performance tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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Ubuntu 16.04 To Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Linux Benchmarks,
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 12",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",161.306,160.175,159.828
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",47.0915,46.5754,46.5514
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",111.694,108.871,109.237
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",111.418,111.29,111.246
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",109.605,109.279,109.412
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",79.716,79.456,79.451
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",58.074,57.991,57.991
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",51.875,51.891,51.952
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",27.166,27.161,27.129
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",24.897,25.142,25.197
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",67,66.6,67.1
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",193.7,192.7,195.7
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",179.9,184.4,187.2
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: GET",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",361663.62,362318.84,346981.28
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",945179.62,938967.06,965250.94
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",980392.19,957854.38,975609.75
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",895255.19,878734.62,881834.25
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",966183.62,990099,1031991.75
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",79.6,79.4,79.2
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",30.3,29.6,29.3
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",29.9,29.5,29.4
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",28.6,28.4,28.4
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",30.2,29.9,29.3
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",79.6,79.2,79.3
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",29,28.6,28.4
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",30.2,30.2,30.2
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",29,28.7,28.2
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",29.2,29.3,29.4
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",33.1,33,32.8
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",88.8,86.5,86.9
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",89.2,92.8,91.3
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SET",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",310848.62,296735.91,307408.53
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",648508.44,643500.62,644329.88
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",720461.06,730460.19,747384.12
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",672043,661813.38,675219.5
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",751314.81,720980.56,732600.75
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",213.95,210.94,208.27
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",424.41,422.22,423.16
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",213.75,226.37,220.33
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",208.33,208.18,206.51
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",361.32,358.45,359.98
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",83.6,83.9,82.6
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",50.4,50,49.2
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",64.8,64.4,64.8
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",64.8,64,64
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",65.6,64,65.2
"FFmpeg 2.8.1 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",44.369515895844,42.514991044998,42.34440612793
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",41.673681020737,41.710858106613,40.993009090424
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",32.370202064514,31.321895837784,31.309946060181
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",25.756783008575,25.658749103546,26.189085960388
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",43652,43647,43650
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",68895,68903,68921
"SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",461.68597793579,462.81951093674,461.68905687332
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",457.75529694557,460.44184613228,458.90108394623
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",334.33878278732,334.07636499405,331.76577091217
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",331.74820208549,331.55488395691,328.63104081154
"Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",40.030378818512,39.470708847046,39.701812028885
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",46.691004991531,46.644841909409,46.721804141998
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",49.84428691864,49.851383924484,49.811891078949
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",52.628857135773,52.414259910583,52.764031887054
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",50.300609111786,50.32555103302,50.358929157257
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",420.193331,419.957,420.763804
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",466.448487,466.393119,466.740667
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",390.96564,396.1183,399.286945
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",516.104095,508.265706,513.723862
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",522.176274,520.827683,509.111792
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",696,696,696
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",887,887,887
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",14025.36,14174.49,14071.79
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",15798.31,15447.27,15225.19
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",17737.87,17733.96,18209.76
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",15300.15,15429.66,15348.57
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",16508.51,16748.01,15874.62
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",87.5967797,87.9464886,88.0799404
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",102.1945657,101.7775403,102.0624128
"Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",64.735638141632,63.985553979874,63.908077955246
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",56.891069889069,56.713520050049,57.322998046875
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",57.685478925705,57.454293966293,57.155123949051
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",60.051973104477,59.507984876633,59.177505970001
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",135.23601794243,131.62730288506,131.05895996094
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",125.80064582825,122.893835783,121.04241299629
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",147.88770294189,135.24202013016,137.21796679497,136.65914106369,137.29703783989,136.89490604401
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",130.17747092247,125.60953021049,124.25781416893
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",29.939227104187,30.128039836884,30.063585042953,30.085813999176,29.998774051666
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",27.535587072372,27.458055973053,27.777689933777,27.366852998734,27.532670021057
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",27.582344055176,27.497478961945,27.52161693573,27.481683969498,27.447481870651
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",27.657023906708,27.615295886993,27.605816841125,27.672250986099,27.683282852173
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",26.957414150238,26.770815134048,26.739024877548,26.769735813141,26.874123096466
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",63.48751,64.543465,65.1380466
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",71.1886089,71.6177059,71.3337463
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",14748,14774,14830
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",13967,13937,13956
"John The Ripper 1.8.0 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",6016,6028,6028
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",6093,6105,6105
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",6240,6304,6307
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",5942,5932,5930
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",6055,6076,6074
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",149.5553837,147.2684965,147.800852
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",155.3172852,155.7422714,155.9515254
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",79.82508,79.80187,79.70312
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",82.27312,82.65923,82.70093
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",9663,9664,9663
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",9961,9962,9962
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",21233,21176,21348
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",20612,20850,20975
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",15.1572701931,15.096075057983,15.074489831924,15.052253961563,15.034961938858
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",15.294836997986,15.103523015976,15.094910860062,15.102689027786,15.122709035873
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",15.505372047424,14.835960149765,14.845045089722,14.846459150314,14.824961900711
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",15.00204706192,14.944760084152,14.961403846741,14.949721813202,14.949651002884
"FFTW 3.3.4 - Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",4665.6,4709.7,4706.7,4677.9,4699.4
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",4564.7,4574.3,4560.8,4587.8,4583.3
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",3550,4411.4,4507.2,4494.1,4463.8,4442.9,4421,4503.8,4386.9,4494.3
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",4631.9,4625.3,3742.2,4636.5,4629.1,4608.7,4648.8,4621.1,4614,4632.2
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",4450.2,4445.9,4435.9,4449.9,4427.6
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS",133.1,148.51,155.57
"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS",178.11,176.87,177.13
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",131.74,141.64,135.99
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",131.77,138.66,140.63
"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160203",185.42,186.66,185.72