Clear Linux vs. Fedora vs. CentOS vs. openSUSE Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Clear Linux 6430: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Clear Linux 6430, Kernel: 4.4.2-171.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 23: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.3.5-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 7: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenSUSE 42.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.15-8-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 1560.30 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 705.64 |======================= CentOS 7 ......... 705.85 |======================= OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 824.76 |=========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 393.00 |==================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 285.24 |====================================== CentOS 7 ......... 190.84 |========================= OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 254.88 |================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 7426 |====================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 6756 |================================================= CentOS 7 ......... 6413 |=============================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 6250 |============================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 5840.31 |================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 5784.56 |================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 5920.35 |=================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 5916.43 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 4.20 |================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 4.30 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 4.53 |===================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 4.58 |====================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 8098 |=========== Fedora 23 ........ 9069 |============ CentOS 7 ......... 40652 |===================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 16935049 |============ Fedora 23 ........ 16995584 |============ CentOS 7 ......... 72682333 |================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 3719732 |=============== Fedora 23 ........ 3709354 |=============== CentOS 7 ......... 12256463 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 2104.06 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 2115.96 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 2017.48 |================================================= OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 2109.11 |=================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 30.05 |===================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 25.43 |============================================= CentOS 7 ......... 24.06 |========================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 23.73 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 22.58 |===================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 22.61 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 22.66 |===================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 22.71 |===================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 23 |================ Fedora 23 ........ 73 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 79 |======================================================= OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 80 |======================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 12.44 |================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 11.66 |=============================================== CentOS 7 ......... 13.21 |===================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 13.00 |==================================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 9.08 |===================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 9.23 |===================================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 9.33 |====================================================== R Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 0.2062 |============== Fedora 23 ........ 0.7922 |==================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.2f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 1129.27 |=================================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 4MB Array, 64 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 6.16 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........ 6.78 |====================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 6.11 |================================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 49.22 |================================================= Fedora 23 ........ 52.87 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 48.91 |================================================= Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stride ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 49.11 |==================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 50.05 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 48.97 |==================================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 50.84 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 53.04 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 50.47 |================================================== Multichase Pointer Chaser Test: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 4 Threads ns < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 54.61 |==================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 56.11 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 53.54 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 3625.80 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 3597.78 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 2704.11 |====================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 2632.91 |===================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 3960.86 |=================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 3947.09 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ......... 2633.50 |================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 2449.93 |================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 2831178.92 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........ 2026980.61 |================================== CentOS 7 ......... 2032916.25 |================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 2418980.48 |========================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 1976902.79 |================================================ Fedora 23 ........ 1496305.06 |==================================== CentOS 7 ......... 1585420.08 |====================================== OpenSUSE 42.1 .... 1687806.62 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 6430 . 34671.47 |================================================== Fedora 23 ........ 22605.32 |================================= CentOS 7 ......... 20833.71 |============================== OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 ..... 1123.67 |====================================================== CentOS 7 ...... 674.30 |================================ OpenSUSE 42.1 . 677.43 |=================================