Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, Clear Linux - Intel Xeon Cascade Lake 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 testing of different Linux distributions for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 19.04 Beta: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 29: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.5-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 7: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.10.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 9.8: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic Device 8070 OS: Debian 9.8, Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 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 Clear Linux 28660: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 28660, Kernel: 5.0.6-726.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (LLVM 7.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190404 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2024823 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 1953253 |=============================================== Fedora 29 .......... 1847192 |============================================= CentOS 7 ........... 1623032 |======================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 1781218 |=========================================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 54132 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 52961 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 48482 |============================================== CentOS 7 ........... 11866 |=========== Clear Linux 28660 .. 46916 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1881 |==================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 1819 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 1654 |============================================== CentOS 7 ........... 1650 |============================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 1814 |================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 1788 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 606 |===================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 586 |=================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 398 |=================================== CentOS 7 ........... 257 |====================== Debian 9.8 ......... 545 |================================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 588 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2783 |================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2807 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 2656 |=============================================== CentOS 7 ........... 2053 |===================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 2686 |================================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 2914 |==================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 15.37 |======================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 7.49 |=================== Fedora 29 .......... 8.17 |===================== CentOS 7 ........... 20.14 |=================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 15.41 |======================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 7.72 |==================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 0.35838 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 0.36129 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 0.36067 |================================================= CentOS 7 ........... 0.36297 |================================================= Debian 9.8 ......... 0.35900 |================================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 0.36075 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 4.50 |========================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 4.99 |============================================== Fedora 29 .......... 5.61 |==================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 3.45 |================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 3.98 |===================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 2.40 |====================== Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 4989116 |===================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 5144799 |===================== Fedora 29 .......... 5434226 |====================== CentOS 7 ........... 11641811 |================================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 5289028 |====================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 5069193 |===================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1009 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 1024 |=================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 1009 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 961 |================================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 1037 |==================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 964 |================================================ SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 247 |==================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 263 |====================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 302 |============================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 365 |===================================================== SVT-VP9 2019-02-17 1080p 8-bit YUV To VP9 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 277 |===================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 274 |===================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 321 |=========================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 395 |===================================================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 32.84 |=========================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 32.69 |=========================== Debian 9.8 ......... 11.37 |========== Clear Linux 28660 .. 60.92 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2837 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2818 |=================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 2806 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 2779 |================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 2846 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 2887 |==================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 230976 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 233113 |=========================================== Fedora 29 .......... 231920 |=========================================== CentOS 7 ........... 261661 |================================================= Debian 9.8 ......... 238813 |============================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 269016 |================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 124773004 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 124748248 |============================================ Fedora 29 .......... 129227102 |============================================== CentOS 7 ........... 132797332 |=============================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 123663811 |============================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 129959366 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 22.12 |================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 21.26 |================================================ Fedora 29 .......... 22.51 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 20.20 |============================================= Debian 9.8 ......... 22.66 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 18.40 |========================================= Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 41.74 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 41.70 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 41.80 |================================================= CentOS 7 ........... 40.91 |================================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 43.12 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 41.33 |================================================= Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2.78 |==================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2.75 |=================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 2.52 |=============================================== CentOS 7 ........... 2.45 |============================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 2.43 |============================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 2.48 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 9.27 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 9.17 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 9.29 |================================================= CentOS 7 ........... 8.24 |============================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 9.76 |==================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 8.43 |============================================= OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 115.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 112.00 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 103.00 |============================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 85.98 |===================================== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 51.68 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 53.48 |=================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 44.87 |=========================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 24.48 |======================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 922704 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 914511 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 894553 |================================================ CentOS 7 ........... 580791 |=============================== Debian 9.8 ......... 937489 |================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 868195 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 8673 |==================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 10851 |============================================= Fedora 29 .......... 10856 |============================================= CentOS 7 ........... 11888 |================================================= Debian 9.8 ......... 12328 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 11726 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2708064 |============================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2555470 |=========================================== Fedora 29 .......... 2251072 |====================================== CentOS 7 ........... 1785898 |============================== Debian 9.8 ......... 2429228 |========================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 2918235 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2145257 |============================================ Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2323968 |================================================ Fedora 29 .......... 1878011 |======================================= CentOS 7 ........... 1411120 |============================= Debian 9.8 ......... 1876478 |======================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 2363538 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1632317 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 1663358 |============================================ Fedora 29 .......... 1605540 |========================================== CentOS 7 ........... 1174737 |=============================== Debian 9.8 ......... 1614023 |=========================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 1857129 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 2449607 |========================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 2497591 |========================================== Fedora 29 .......... 2215798 |===================================== CentOS 7 ........... 1625148 |=========================== Debian 9.8 ......... 2431179 |========================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 2910968 |================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 1751708 |=========================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 1835207 |============================================= Fedora 29 .......... 1679397 |========================================= CentOS 7 ........... 1313111 |================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 1661860 |======================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 2010857 |================================================= IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 6.18 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 6.18 |================================================= Debian 9.8 ......... 6.29 |================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 6.54 |==================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 10.11 |================================================= Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 9.89 |================================================ Debian 9.8 ......... 10.25 |================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 10.48 |=================================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 47.29 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 47.18 |=================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 47.40 |=================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 46.23 |================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 47.14 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 45.85 |================================================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 223 |===================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 222 |===================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 224 |===================================================== CentOS 7 ........... 217 |=================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 224 |===================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 213 |================================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Add Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 66628 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 63182 |================================================ Fedora 29 .......... 21692 |================= CentOS 7 ........... 17990 |============== Debian 9.8 ......... 64473 |================================================= Clear Linux 28660 .. 65877 |================================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 66273 |================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 64636 |================================================= Fedora 29 .......... 21741 |================ CentOS 7 ........... 18024 |============== Debian 9.8 ......... 67851 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 65655 |================================================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Append Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 74867 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 73147 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 26423 |================== CentOS 7 ........... 18063 |============ Debian 9.8 ......... 74134 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 73697 |================================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Prepend Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 74420 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 73299 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 26803 |================== CentOS 7 ........... 19959 |============== Debian 9.8 ......... 73699 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 73830 |=================================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Replace Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 74996 |=================================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 73477 |================================================== Fedora 29 .......... 26310 |================== CentOS 7 ........... 20799 |============== Debian 9.8 ......... 62396 |========================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 73517 |================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 28767 |======================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 34774 |============================= Fedora 29 .......... 35170 |============================= CentOS 7 ........... 12898 |=========== Debian 9.8 ......... 23513 |=================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 61811 |=================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 13.21 |==== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 10.49 |=== Debian 9.8 ......... 172.47 |================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 8.00 |== Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 Mode: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 20.90 |================================================ Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 20.86 |================================================ Fedora 29 .......... 21.04 |================================================ CentOS 7 ........... 21.83 |================================================== Debian 9.8 ......... 22.27 |=================================================== Clear Linux 28660 .. 21.12 |================================================ BRL-CAD 7.28.0 VGR Performance Metric VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS . 356778 |============================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Beta .. 334443 |=========================================== Fedora 29 .......... 335998 |============================================ Clear Linux 28660 .. 384669 |==================================================