Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu Linux 2017 Tests for a future article. Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-59-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 18.04 20171227: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GP108, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.14.9-041409-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux 12410: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR4-3000MHz CMK8GX4M2B3000C15, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek Generic OS: Clear Linux 12410, Kernel: 4.8.12-287.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux 19950: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR4-3000MT/s CMK8GX4M2B3000C15, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 19950, Kernel: 4.14.7-497.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171126 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 228.69 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 143.78 |============================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 126.28 |========================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 123.30 |========================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 16.93 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 9.93 |============================ Clear Linux 12410 ..... 9.62 |=========================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 7.60 |====================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 29.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 23.98 |======================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 25.60 |========================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 25.51 |========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 151.89 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 154.62 |=============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 145.95 |============================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 65.09 |==================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 57.23 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 39.06 |================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 49.81 |========================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 39.86 |================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 36.76 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 22.38 |============================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 33.93 |============================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 22.13 |============================= GNU GMP GMPbench 6.1.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 5676.30 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 5707.50 |============================================ Clear Linux 12410 ..... 5592.70 |=========================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 5997.30 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 13360 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 5827 |===================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 5497 |==================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 5652 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 12524936 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 10637830 |====================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 12695909 |============================================= Clear Linux 19950 ..... 10595309 |====================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 12669477039 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 10578322152 |=================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 9663590456 |================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 10443330508 |=================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 2511002 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 2161930 |================================ Clear Linux 12410 ..... 3061296 |============================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 2152172 |================================ x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 223.35 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 231.90 |=============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 228.41 |============================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 231.71 |=============================================== asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 16132639 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 15929873 |============================================ Clear Linux 12410 ..... 16329206 |============================================= Clear Linux 19950 ..... 16083223 |============================================ Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 66.41 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 66.75 |======================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 80.61 |================================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 80.08 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 19.09 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 18.35 |============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 19.08 |================================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 15.65 |======================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 8.92 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 8.11 |============================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 8.14 |============================================= Clear Linux 19950 ..... 7.85 |=========================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 5.01 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 4.83 |=============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 4.85 |=============================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 4.73 |============================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 13430.00 |================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 36490.00 |============================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 10596.90 |============= Clear Linux 19950 ..... 8309.60 |========== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 2330 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 2680 |================================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 1688 |=============================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 1579 |============================= Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 3490.00 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 5400.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 11.20 | Clear Linux 19950 ..... 12.00 | Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 6840.00 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 7040.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 12410 ..... 6662.50 |============================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 6133.80 |======================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 76.00 | Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 21360.00 |============================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 2235.00 |===== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 584.60 |= Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 ...... 540950 |========================================= Clear Linux 12410 . 673683 |=================================================== Clear Linux 19950 . 72207 |===== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 ...... 2148690 |========================================= Clear Linux 12410 . 2616957 |================================================== Clear Linux 19950 . 164352 |=== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 97.95 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 80.52 |======================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 99.99 |================================================ Clear Linux 19950 ..... 46.53 |====================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 108170.48 |= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 3908295.50 |======================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 3288360.58 |================================= Clear Linux 19950 ..... 4317678.00 |=========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 106623.94 |== Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 2681916.25 |======================================= Clear Linux 12410 ..... 2369748.00 |=================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 2944899.92 |=========================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 1193 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 20171227 . 1075 |============================================ Clear Linux 12410 ..... 1033 |========================================== Clear Linux 19950 ..... 1008 |=========================================