Windows Server vs. Linux OS Benchmarks Multi-OS Linux and Microsoft Windows benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Antergos 19.1: 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: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE OS: Antergos Linux 19.1-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.20.3-arch1-1-ARCH (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 18.3.1 (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 27400: 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: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE + Mellanox MT26448 OS: Clear Linux OS 27400, Kernel: 4.20.3-685.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 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 9.6: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.02.B20 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MHz Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE + Mellanox MT26448 OS: Debian 9.6, Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 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: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE + Mellanox MT26448 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 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: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE 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 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 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 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 OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.17763.1, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 openSUSE Tumbleweed: 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: 2 x Intel I210 + 2 x QLogic cLOM8214 1/10GbE OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190115, Kernel: 4.20.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.1 (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181108 [gcc-8-branch revision 265914], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 43.99 |================ Clear Linux 27400 ... 43.26 |================ Debian 9.6 .......... 40.66 |=============== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 40.46 |=============== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 42.69 |================ Windows Server 2016 . 131.09 |================================================= Windows Server 2019 . 90.80 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 102.32 |====================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 0.66163 |================================================ Clear Linux 27400 ... 0.66495 |================================================ Debian 9.6 .......... 0.66565 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 0.66034 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 0.66153 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed . 0.66125 |================================================ Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 7718 |============================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 7904 |=============================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 8448 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 8499 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 8380 |================================================== Windows Server 2016 . 7778 |=============================================== Windows Server 2019 . 5085 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 8006 |================================================ Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 2804345 |============================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 2767137 |============================== Debian 9.6 .......... 2672716 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 2583691 |============================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 2533018 |=========================== Windows Server 2016 . 4450815 |================================================ Windows Server 2019 . 4432136 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed . 2780469 |============================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 25599957861 |======================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 19149558914 |================== Debian 9.6 .......... 13899439031 |============= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 21723551337 |==================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 21016593573 |==================== Windows Server 2016 . 47043497633 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 . 36348773286 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 29975864874 |============================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 1048525 |========================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 1187160 |=============================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 1198346 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 868356 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 854583 |================================== Windows Server 2016 . 941535 |====================================== Windows Server 2019 . 931031 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 1200415 |================================================ Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 7399063 |============================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 7750708 |================================================ Debian 9.6 .......... 7345311 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 7152621 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 7390040 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 . 5321733 |================================= Windows Server 2019 . 7250557 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 6340931 |======================================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 140365 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 158917 |================================================= Debian 9.6 .......... 150537 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 137803 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 146625 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 . 79904 |========================= Windows Server 2019 . 75037 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 154139 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 69111782 |============================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 71340602 |============================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 69057122 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 69251215 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 68370321 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 . 69881470 |============================================= Windows Server 2019 . 70142889 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 72351083 |=============================================== asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 74516473 |============================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 78070642 |=============================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 74754136 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 74066798 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 75161910 |============================================= Windows Server 2016 . 74477931 |============================================= Windows Server 2019 . 74945898 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 76608093 |============================================== Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 12.73 |================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 11.76 |============================== Debian 9.6 .......... 11.30 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 12.33 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 12.12 |=============================== Windows Server 2016 . 19.38 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 17.48 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 12.50 |================================ AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 38.58 |===================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 51.49 |============================ Debian 9.6 .......... 51.47 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 43.60 |======================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 38.31 |===================== Windows Server 2016 . 92.35 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 67.98 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 59.32 |================================ XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 102.17 |============================================ Clear Linux 27400 ... 96.06 |========================================= Debian 9.6 .......... 110.75 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 102.46 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 100.85 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 . 114.93 |================================================= Windows Server 2019 . 104.57 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 99.53 |========================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 10.71 |============================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 10.80 |=============================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 11.18 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 9.23 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 11.22 |================================================ Windows Server 2016 . 11.59 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 11.16 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed . 10.05 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 10.40 |================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 10.10 |================================= Debian 9.6 .......... 9.56 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 10.75 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 10.30 |================================== Windows Server 2016 . 15.36 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 9.98 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed . 10.56 |================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 32.23 |================================================ Clear Linux 27400 ... 10.05 |=============== Debian 9.6 .......... 32.16 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 32.57 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 32.52 |================================================= Windows Server 2016 . 17.68 |========================== Windows Server 2019 . 11.74 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 33.51 |================================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 0.11691133 |==================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 0.11509630 |==================== Debian 9.6 .......... 0.12043648 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 0.11821141 |==================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 0.11981682 |==================== Windows Server 2016 . 0.25248802 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 . 0.18278081 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 0.26454859 |============================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 0.00411150 |======= Clear Linux 27400 ... 0.00127398 |== Debian 9.6 .......... 0.00263910 |==== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 0.00335639 |====== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 0.00324464 |===== Windows Server 2016 . 0.02657384 |============================================= Windows Server 2019 . 0.01516058 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 0.00499877 |======== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 159.00 |================================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 159.15 |================================================= Debian 9.6 .......... 160.38 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 152.98 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 160.00 |================================================= Windows Server 2016 . 112.00 |================================== Windows Server 2019 . 151.00 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 151.00 |============================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 77.97 |======================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 77.03 |======================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 78.42 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 78.83 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 77.98 |======================================== Windows Server 2016 . 96.32 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 93.05 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed . 77.39 |======================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 164 |======================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 163 |======================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 172 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 164 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 165 |======================================== Windows Server 2016 . 212 |==================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 211 |==================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 165 |======================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 118 |========================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 118 |========================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 118 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 118 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 118 |========================================== Windows Server 2016 . 146 |==================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 141 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 118 |========================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 376 |========================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 364 |======================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 378 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 378 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 376 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 . 476 |==================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 462 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 371 |========================================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 203 |============================================ Clear Linux 27400 ... 203 |============================================ Debian 9.6 .......... 206 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 205 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 203 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 . 239 |==================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 236 |=================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 199 |=========================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 1262 |=========== Clear Linux 27400 ... 1079 |========= Debian 9.6 .......... 1465 |============= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 1134 |========== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 1133 |========== Windows Server 2016 . 2143 |================== Windows Server 2019 . 1616 |============== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 5909 |=================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 631050 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 718962 |================================================= Debian 9.6 .......... 484640 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 596871 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 590605 |======================================== Windows Server 2016 . 222008 |=============== Windows Server 2019 . 304856 |===================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 172847 |============ Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 6.13 |=================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 6.04 |================== Debian 9.6 .......... 6.17 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 6.47 |==================== Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 6.27 |=================== Windows Server 2016 . 16.53 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 13.06 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 7.82 |======================== Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 Mode: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 31.30 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27400 ... 31.28 |========================================== Debian 9.6 .......... 32.62 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 32.39 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 31.32 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 . 35.73 |================================================= Windows Server 2019 . 36.82 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 31.90 |=========================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 23.38 |============== Clear Linux 27400 ... 18.28 |=========== Debian 9.6 .......... 18.06 |=========== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 29.32 |================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 26.59 |================ Windows Server 2016 . 85.52 |================================================== Windows Server 2019 . 34.59 |==================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 24.81 |=============== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Antergos 19.1 ....... 101.00 |========================================= Clear Linux 27400 ... 69.12 |============================ Debian 9.6 .......... 94.22 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 96.94 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ........ 98.19 |======================================== Windows Server 2016 . 115.85 |=============================================== Windows Server 2019 . 100.13 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 121.00 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