Windows Server 2019 vs. Linux Benchmarks - Intel Xeon 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 Ubuntu 18.10: 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: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection 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, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 7.6: 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: 95232MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Leap 15.0: 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: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE Leap 15.0, Kernel: 4.12.14-lp150.12.28-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.6, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.2 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180323 [gcc-7-branch revision 258812], File-System: xfs, 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 |============ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 41.74 |============= CentOS 7.6 .............. 58.78 |================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 41.46 |============ 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 107000 |======================================= CentOS 7.6 .......... 109000 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 .. 110000 |========================================= 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 309250 |================================================= CentOS 7.6 .......... 180667 |============================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 .. 233000 |===================================== 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 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 560 |================== CentOS 7.6 .......... 558 |================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 .. 558 |================== 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 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 1467 |=================================================== CentOS 7.6 .......... 1469 |=================================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 .. 1469 |=================================================== 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 |====================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 404 |====================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 868 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 885 |================================================ 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 |============================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 2478529 |========================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 3031769 |============================== 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 |===================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 20889441138 |======================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 22311523831 |======================== 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 859815 |================================ openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 1115094 |========================================== 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 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 2242 |=============================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 2156 |============================================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 1860 |======================================= 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 |=============== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 3922 |================ CentOS 7.6 .............. 4415 |================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 10999 |============================================== 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 |============ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 12693 |============================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 12005 |============================================ 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 12730 |============================================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 12984 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 12086 |=========================================== 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 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 588 |============= CentOS 7.6 .............. 610 |============== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 529 |============ 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 7392097 |========================================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 7525680 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 6351901 |==================================== 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 113.36 |=========================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 98.00 |====================================== 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 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 212 |=========================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 219 |============================================= 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 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 197 |============================================ CentOS 7.6 .............. 213 |================================================ 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 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 229 |================================================ CentOS 7.6 .............. 226 |=============================================== 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 146543 |========================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 154222 |============================================ openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 151745 |=========================================== 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 67990274 |======================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 71962824 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 73598167 |=========================================== 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 984378 |============================================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 454533 |===================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 951153 |=========================================== 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 36760 |=========================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 22434 |========================== 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 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 10.27 |======================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 11.82 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 10.51 |========================================= 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 |======================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 28.18 |======================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 28.14 |======================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 28.25 |======================= 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 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 54.42 |========================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 53.93 |========================================== 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 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 75.29 |============================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 72.16 |============================================ 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 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 120 |======================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 120 |======================================== 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 |================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 0.12032158 |================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 0.13648480 |==================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 0.27341609 |========================================= 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 |== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 0.00319840 |===== CentOS 7.6 .............. 0.00292759 |===== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 0.00415440 |======= 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 |======================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 0.7955 |============================================= 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 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 159 |================================================ openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 144 |=========================================== 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 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 3.63 |================================================= 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 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 7.88 |================================================ 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 |======================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 77.24 |======================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 77.22 |======================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 80.91 |========================= 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 |======================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 165 |======================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 164 |======================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 170 |========================= 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 |========================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 118 |=========================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 118 |=========================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 120 |=========================== 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 |========================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 374 |========================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 363 |========================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 373 |========================== 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 |======================== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 202 |========================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 201 |======================== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 202 |========================= 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 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 593052 |===================================== CentOS 7.6 .............. 204006 |============= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 158619 |========== 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 |================ Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 6.28 |================= CentOS 7.6 .............. 6.47 |================= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 8.46 |======================= 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 |= Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 15.59 |= openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 44.46 |== 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 |========== Ubuntu 18.10 ............ 26.18 |============== openSUSE Leap 15.0 ...... 20.00 |===========