Intel Windows Server 2019 vs. Clear Linux - Dual Xeon 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 testing with a TYAN S7106 (V1.02.B20 BIOS) and llvmpipe 93GB on Clear Linux OS 26850 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Tests for a future article. Windows Server 2019: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB 2666MHz Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 233GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection + Intel I210 Gigabit Connection #2 OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.17763.1, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Windows Server 2019 WSL: Processor: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (20 Cores / 40 Threads), Memory: 65536MB, Disk: 233GB OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-17763-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: wslfs Windows Server 2016: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB 2666MHz Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 233GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection + Intel I210 Gigabit Connection #2 + Microsoft ISATAP + Microsoft ISATAP #2 OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Build 14393, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.14393.0, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux 26850: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.02.B20 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 93GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 26850, Kernel: 4.19.11-673.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.0-devel (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180502 + Clang 7.0.0 + LLVM 7.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 90.85 |=========================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 150.25 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 82.01 |========================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 39.63 |============ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 133000 |================================================= Windows Server 2016 . 129667 |================================================ Clear Linux 26850 ... 122000 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 147333 |========================== Windows Server 2016 . 145333 |========================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 277333 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 558 |================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 1555 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 1467 |=================================================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 1468 |=================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 710 |================================================ Windows Server 2019 WSL . 701 |=============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 711 |================================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 405 |=========================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 4397804 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 WSL . 4235566 |========================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 4349913 |============================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 2839813 |============================ Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 36034092733 |======================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 26859902400 |============================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 36641736000 |======================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 19090320266 |===================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 912090 |================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 1018084 |====================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 932202 |=================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 1171475 |============================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 2182 |============================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 2217 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 2130 |============================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 2257 |=============================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 4609 |============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 4482 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 4677 |=============================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 3567 |==================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 4015 |================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 4286 |=================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 10299 |============================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 3337 |=============== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 12109 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 WSL . 12348 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 11923 |=========================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 12804 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 579 |============= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 584 |============= Windows Server 2016 ..... 575 |============= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 2085 |=============================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 7242616 |========================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 7287127 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 7143491 |======================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 7852391 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 17834 |================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 24997 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 17302 |================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 44890000 |======================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 84890000 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 17774333 |========= John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 279028 |==================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 643540 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 111285 |======== x264 2018-09-25 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 116.86 |============================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 96.58 |===================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 106.80 |========================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 117.43 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 153 |========================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 155 |========================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 147 |======================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 179 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 162 |================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 190 |======================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 157 |================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 236 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 90 |========================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 130 |==================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 89 |========================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 171 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 135 |================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 149 |====================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 135 |================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 190 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 161 |====================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 186 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 158 |====================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 202 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 187 |======================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 213 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 183 |======================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 227 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 74687 |===================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 59043 |================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 80309 |======================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 158228 |============================================= Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 68415431 |========================================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 36403185 |====================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 68280715 |========================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 71845579 |=========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 3235 | Windows Server 2019 WSL . 558870 |========================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 1347 | Clear Linux 26850 ....... 991788 |============================================= Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 39622 |============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 36906 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 36994 |=========================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 38649 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 9.91 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 10.53 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 10.30 |============================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 9.99 |============================================ m-queens 1.2 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 55.36 |============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 55.12 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 55.41 |============================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 28.13 |======================= Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 58.47 |============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 55.49 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 58.99 |============================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 53.89 |========================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 55.59 |================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 75.73 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 56.51 |================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 72.20 |============================================ Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 141 |=============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 122 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 143 |================================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 115 |======================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 0.18264875 |=================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 0.21433206 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 0.18684259 |==================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 0.11578715 |====================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 0.01501293 |======================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 0.00820246 |============= Windows Server 2016 ..... 0.02537739 |========================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 0.00125927 |== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 0.7360 |========================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 0.7879 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 0.7433 |========================================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 0.4075 |======================= libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 152 |============================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 152 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 151 |============================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 160 |================================================ IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 3.55 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 . 3.55 |================================================ Clear Linux 26850 ... 3.76 |=================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 8.37 |=================================================== Windows Server 2016 . 8.28 |================================================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 7.80 |================================================ Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 93.05 |============================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 144.14 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 ..... 93.13 |============================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 75.73 |======================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 212 |=============================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 325 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 212 |=============================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 164 |======================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 139 |=============================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 213 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 141 |================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 116 |========================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 461 |================================ Windows Server 2019 WSL . 686 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 464 |================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 364 |========================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 236 |============================= Windows Server 2019 WSL . 394 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 236 |============================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 201 |======================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 309413 |=================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 579683 |==================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 301934 |=================== Clear Linux 26850 ....... 720713 |============================================= Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 13.79 |===================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 17.29 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 12.01 |================================ Clear Linux 26850 ....... 6.00 |================ Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 0.99 |====================================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 1.24 |=============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 1.08 |========================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 1.02 |======================================= Tesseract OCR v4.0.0.20181030 Time To OCR 7 Images Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 . 62.56 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 . 70.14 |================================================== Windows Server 2016 . 69.89 |================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 1234.00 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 WSL . 1230.00 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ..... 262.00 |========= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 15.91 |= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 ..... 34.86 |=================== Windows Server 2019 WSL . 83.23 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ..... 81.14 |============================================= Clear Linux 26850 ....... 18.57 |========== Tesseract OCR 4.0.0-beta.1 Time To OCR 7 Images Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows Server 2019 WSL . 30.69 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 506 |==================================================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 476 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 567 |=========================== Clear Linux 26850 ... 1083 |===================================================