Clear Linux vs. Fedora vs. CentOS vs. Ubuntu
Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article of several different Linux 2016 distributions on the same system.


SOY2016: Clear Linux: 

	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

SOY2016: Fedora: 

	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

SOY2016: CentOS: 

	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: 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

SOY2016: openSUSE: 

	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

SOY2016: Ubuntu: 

	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: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EOY2018: Fedora: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

	OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.19.9-300.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.6, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181215, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EOY2018: Ubuntu: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 6200 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

EOY2018: openSUSE: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20181218, Kernel: 4.19.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181108 [gcc-8-branch revision 265914], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 1560 |==================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 706  |=======================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 706  |=======================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 825  |==========================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 795  |=========================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 636  |====================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 713  |=======================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 674  |======================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 393 |===================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 285 |=====================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 191 |=========================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 255 |=================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 396 |===================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 254 |=================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 376 |================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 229 |=============================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 7426 |==================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 6756 |=============================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 6413 |===========================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 6250 |==========================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 7142 |================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 5555 |=====================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 5557 |=====================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 6578 |============================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 4.20 |==============================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 4.30 |===============================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 4.53 |=================================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 4.58 |==================================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 4.23 |==============================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 4.43 |================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 4.58 |==================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 4.53 |=================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 2104 |================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 2116 |================================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 2017 |==============================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 2109 |================================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 2086 |===============================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 2092 |===============================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 2205 |==================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 2204 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 22.58 |================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 22.61 |================================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 22.66 |================================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 22.71 |================================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 22.59 |================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 23.24 |=================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 23.21 |=================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 23.22 |=================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 23 |===============
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 73 |===============================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 79 |===================================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 80 |====================================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 73 |===============================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 72 |===============================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 72 |===============================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 72 |===============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 12.44 |==============================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 11.66 |===========================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 13.21 |=================================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 13.00 |================================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 12.48 |==============================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 9.76  |====================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 9.72  |====================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 9.69  |====================================


FFmpeg 2.8.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 9.08  |=========================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 9.23  |=========================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 9.33  |==========================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 9.35  |==========================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 10.81 |================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 10.84 |================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 10.96 |=================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 3626 |==================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 3598 |==================================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 2704 |=====================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 2633 |====================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 3604 |==================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 3558 |=================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 3607 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 3961 |=================================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 3947 |=================================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 2634 |=================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 2450 |==============================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 3892 |================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 3977 |=================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 4041 |==================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 2831179 |===============================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 2026981 |==================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 2032916 |==================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 2418980 |========================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 2107672 |===================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 2114190 |===================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 2351969 |=======================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 2147474 |====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 1976903 |===============================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 1496305 |====================================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 1585420 |======================================
SOY2016: openSUSE .... 1687807 |========================================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 1600043 |======================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 1574343 |=====================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 1717422 |=========================================
EOY2018: openSUSE .... 1600044 |======================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
SOY2016: Clear Linux . 34671 |=======================================
SOY2016: Fedora ...... 22605 |=========================
SOY2016: CentOS ...... 20834 |=======================
SOY2016: Ubuntu ...... 43740 |=================================================
EOY2018: Fedora ...... 14203 |================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ...... 26203 |=============================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 1529 |===================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 1253 |==========================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 1587 |=====================================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 549229 |==================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 560975 |===================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 562967 |===================================================


Rust Prime Benchmark
Prime Number Test To 200,000,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 35.88 |===================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 36.61 |====================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 36.63 |====================================================


Rust Mandelbrot
Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot
Seconds < Lower Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 70.00 |====================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 69.93 |====================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 66.75 |==================================================


Node.js Octane Benchmark

Score > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 42159 |===================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 38018 |==============================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 42823 |====================================================


Zstd Compression 1.3.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19
Seconds < Lower Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 32.60 |====================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 32.26 |===================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 29.43 |===============================================


ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 111 |==================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 119 |======================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 118 |======================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora . 96.96  |==================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu . 103.34 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 209 |=====================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 213 |======================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 214 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
EOY2018: Fedora ... 167 |====================================================
EOY2018: Ubuntu ... 173 |======================================================
EOY2018: openSUSE . 172 |======================================================