Tyan Server Xeon Gold Linux Distro Comparison Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Clear Linux 17210: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17210, Kernel: 4.12.8-379.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 CentOS Linux 7: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 95232MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 20170823, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.1.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170629 [gcc-7-branch revision 249772], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 openSUSE Leap 42.3: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Antergos 17.8: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.8-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.12.8-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170630, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Fedora 26: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170622, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 29.57 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 52.96 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 39.20 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 34.54 |=========================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 46.85 |==================================== Fedora 26 .................... 33.70 |========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 1.83 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.26 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 2.48 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2.33 |======================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2.57 |========================= Fedora 26 .................... 2.41 |======================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.82 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 7.82 |====================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 6.70 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 8.64 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 8.15 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 7.03 |================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 454.40 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 472.67 |======================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 477.35 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 395.27 |================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 481.04 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 485.14 |======================================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 Clear Linux 17210 ............ 0.41 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 0.81 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 0.94 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 0.64 |============================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 0.79 |=================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 0.61 |=========================== Fedora 26 .................... 0.62 |============================ lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 35 |====================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 33 |=================================================== Antergos 17.8 ...... 30 |============================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 91 |====================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 86 |=================================================== Antergos 17.8 ...... 89 |===================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 392 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 303 |========================================= Antergos 17.8 ...... 389 |===================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 507 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 396 |========================================= Antergos 17.8 ...... 498 |==================================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 14801 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 14134 |================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 17181 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 14927 |==================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 14093 |================================== Fedora 26 .................... 16236 |======================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.32 |============== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6.56 |============================ CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9.98 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5.19 |====================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.55 |=============== Antergos 17.8 ................ 5.64 |======================== Fedora 26 .................... 5.41 |======================= Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 4807164 |================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6436119 |====================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 11185193 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5975656 |==================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 11255537 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 5677558 |=================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 48000 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 32962 |========================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 50333 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 19376 |=============== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 35070 |============================ Antergos 17.8 ................ 51371 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 49640 |======================================== x264 2017-05-19 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 439.42 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 359.07 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 271.28 |========================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 363.49 |================================= Fedora 26 .................... 277.40 |========================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 2608.56 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 2370.11 |=================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 2520.09 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2571.64 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2453.30 |===================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 2412.54 |==================================== Fedora 26 .................... 2531.72 |====================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 416.71 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 719.27 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 670.48 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 791.48 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 685.27 |=================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 773.93 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 781.96 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 20.46 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 24.35 |===================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 23.95 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 24.76 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 24.41 |===================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 26.81 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 25.08 |====================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 6.13 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6.51 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 6.72 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5.99 |===================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 6.86 |========================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 6.81 |========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 6.16 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 11.09 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 15.88 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12.65 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 10.59 |=========================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 13.51 |=================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 12.15 |=============================== Fedora 26 .................... 10.65 |=========================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 4990.37 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 5016.13 |======================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 4955.97 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 4836.93 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 4967.47 |======================================= Antergos 17.8 ................ 4843.07 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 4946.43 |====================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.27 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 3.94 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.27 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.45 |===================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.27 |=================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 3.41 |==================================== Fedora 26 .................... 3.33 |=================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sqrt nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 8.99 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 20.31 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9.00 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 8.98 |================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 8.99 |================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 11.46 |======================= Fedora 26 .................... 10.21 |===================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: tanh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 21.78 |========= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 100.83 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 30.41 |============ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 28.12 |=========== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 30.46 |============ Antergos 17.8 ................ 31.10 |============ Fedora 26 .................... 28.57 |=========== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.27 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.15 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.27 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.45 |=================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.27 |================================= Antergos 17.8 ................ 3.63 |===================================== Fedora 26 .................... 3.53 |==================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.80 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.02 |===================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.80 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.86 |=================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.80 |=================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 4.60 |========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 3.94 |==================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3901.46 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 5487.57 |============================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 7166.89 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 7211.61 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 7311.47 |======================================= Antergos 17.8 ................ 5922.44 |================================ Fedora 26 .................... 6555.39 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 1595.38 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1459.92 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1536.48 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 1587.40 |======================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 1581.47 |======================================= Antergos 17.8 ................ 1430.05 |=================================== Fedora 26 .................... 1578.16 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3055034.08 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1934176.54 |======================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1693978.75 |==================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2078944.33 |======================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2314872.92 |=========================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 1780965.13 |===================== Fedora 26 .................... 1794091.98 |===================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 2178656.08 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1375060.86 |======================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1410857.29 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 1546869.92 |========================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 1566504.46 |========================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 1367027.09 |======================= Fedora 26 .................... 1393858.75 |======================= Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 505.89 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 563.83 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 467.22 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 484.67 |================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 472.46 |================================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 481.92 |================================== Fedora 26 .................... 489.87 |=================================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 6619373 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6888202 |============================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9237994 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 7168214 |============================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 7321301 |=============================== Antergos 17.8 ................ 6516926 |============================ Fedora 26 .................... 6317577 |=========================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 39422.34 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 28558.56 |=================================== CentOS Linux 7 ..... 18130.06 |====================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 .. 485629 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 418801 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ..... 208536 |==================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 . 159536 |=============== Antergos 17.8 ...... 501544 |=============================================== Fedora 26 .......... 528307 |==================================================