Cross-Distro Dell XPS 9380 Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Laptop Benchmarks Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Dell Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1030-oem (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 18.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac 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: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumblweed: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Point-LP Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: openSUSE 20190126, Kernel: 4.20.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190103 [gcc-8-branch revision 267549], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora Workstation 28: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181215, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Antergos 19.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Antergos Linux 19.1-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.20.6-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 27600: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Point-LP Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Clear Linux OS 27600, Kernel: 4.20.6-690.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.1.96, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180502 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 888590 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 966244 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed . 824409 |===================================== Antergos 19.1 ...... 987196 |============================================ Clear Linux 27600 .. 1092494 |================================================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 1158373 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 1141760 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed . 1016398 |======================================= Antergos 19.1 ...... 1171653 |============================================= Clear Linux 27600 .. 1263028 |================================================= Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1414 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1475 |================================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 1441 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 1249 |========================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 1438 |================================================ SVT-AV1 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ..... 0.64 |==================================================== Clear Linux 27600 . 0.65 |===================================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 715 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 754 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 780 |================================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 721 |============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 719 |============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 697 |============================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 235 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 260 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 229 |========================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 270 |================================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 220 |========================================= SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 51.10 |================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 55.03 |================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 143.26 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 52.35 |================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 60.66 |==================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 59.19 |=================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 6989137 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 6694091 |========================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 6819056 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 7297456 |============================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 7045925 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 7456814 |============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 65.18 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 64.17 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 58.32 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 69.47 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 63.54 |============================================ Clear Linux 27600 ..... 66.15 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 103.00 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 107.00 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 97.18 |===================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 99.33 |====================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 122.94 |=============================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 163.00 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 163.00 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 135.00 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 161.00 |============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 160.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 93.58 |=========================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 1807363 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 1759109 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed . 1614722 |=========================================== Antergos 19.1 ...... 1816171 |================================================= Clear Linux 27600 .. 1821212 |================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 85.96 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 84.67 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 72.29 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 92.54 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 83.03 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 87.68 |============================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 213 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 209 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 207 |================================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 204 |================================================ Clear Linux 27600 ..... 178 |========================================== GLmark2 276 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Score > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 519 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 502 |===================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 644 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 686 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 103.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 102.00 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 87.20 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 112.73 |=============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 100.93 |========================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 105.14 |============================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 152 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 145 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 140 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 152 |================================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 152 |================================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 154 |================================================== Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 75.75 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 77.90 |============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 80.45 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 75.39 |============================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 75.27 |============================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 73.74 |============================================ OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 79.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 82.80 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 78.18 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 68.06 |======================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 61.71 |==================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 55.83 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 56.20 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 51.85 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 56.56 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 54.81 |=============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 43.54 |===================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 17084 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 17411 |================================================= openSUSE Tumblweed . 6210 |================= Antergos 19.1 ...... 18232 |=================================================== Clear Linux 27600 .. 16705 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 59.72 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 60.20 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 51.64 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 59.00 |============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 60.19 |=============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 61.12 |================================================ SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 19.1 ..... 58.19 |=================================================== Clear Linux 27600 . 59.86 |==================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1007 |========= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1010 |========= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 5396 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 1215 |=========== Antergos 19.1 ......... 1130 |========== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 931 |======== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 518 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 510 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 492 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 541 |================================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 537 |================================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 517 |================================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5.17 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 5.08 |============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 4.91 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 5.39 |================================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 5.36 |================================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 5.15 |=============================================== Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 33.56 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 35.59 |============================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 37.82 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 34.69 |============================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 33.83 |=========================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 33.93 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 129 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 123 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 117 |======================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 116 |======================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 148 |================================================== Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 41468 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 40357 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 26983 |============================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 44814 |=============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 44099 |=============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 45403 |================================================ LuaJIT 2.1-git Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1421 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1422 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 1344 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 1423 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 1441 |================================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 1428 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 29.04 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 30.07 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 32.67 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 28.72 |========================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 28.89 |========================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 8.02 |============ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 9.26 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 9.45 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 9.80 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.42 |=============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 9.37 |=============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 8.42 |========================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 189 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 191 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 164 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 192 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 202 |================================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 191 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 18.11 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 18.32 |============================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 15.76 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 18.46 |============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 19.36 |================================================ Clear Linux 27600 ..... 18.35 |============================================= OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 91.40 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 89.44 |======================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 106.18 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 91.28 |======================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 92.31 |========================================= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 57.12 |========================= OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 17.68 |================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 24.89 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 19.15 |===================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 20.79 |======================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 12.53 |=============== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 12.84 |================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 39.71 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 23.76 |============================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 14.51 |================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 11.99 |============== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 9.13 |================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 10.01 |===================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 12.99 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.41 |=================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 10.07 |===================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 8.68 |================================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 35.09 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 38.85 |================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 55.19 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 47.78 |========================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 45.92 |======================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 44.50 |======================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 392 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 396 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 379 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 398 |=============================================== Antergos 19.1 ......... 405 |================================================ Clear Linux 27600 ..... 421 |================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 24.52 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 24.77 |============================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 23.71 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 24.86 |============================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 25.31 |============================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 26.29 |================================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3265 |==================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 3255 |==================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 8118 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 2366 |============== Antergos 19.1 ......... 1676 |========== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 2116 |============= Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 26253 |===================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 25046 |==================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 35622 |============================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 60956 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 2650 |== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 2684 |== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 7860 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 7886 |==================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 10626 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 8541 |======================================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 7807 |=================================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 8036 |==================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 22191 |================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 22339 |================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 32967 |=========================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 59072 |================================================ Antergos 19.1 ......... 1168 |= Clear Linux 27600 ..... 409 | Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 4062 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 2707 |================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 2655 |================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 1884 |======================= Antergos 19.1 ......... 1482 |================== Clear Linux 27600 ..... 2275 |===========================