8gb-old-encode Xen HVM domU 4.4.1 testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2670 0: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.4.1, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8184 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.4.1 8gb-new-enc: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.59GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.4.0, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8184 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.4.0 8gb-old-same-enc: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU v4.4.0, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8184 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.4.0 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 . 18.74 |================================================= 8gb-new-enc .......... 18.34 |================================================ 8gb-old-same-enc ..... 18.25 |================================================