BSDs vs. Linux Performance 2021 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. CentOS Linux 8: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.80GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Steel Legend (P1.30 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV132 11GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: CentOS Linux 8, Kernel: 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.1.5, Compiler: GCC 8.5.0 20210514, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Clear Linux 35320: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.80GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Steel Legend (P1.30 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV132 11GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Clear Linux OS 35320, Kernel: 5.15.4-1100.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.3.0, Compiler: GCC 11.2.1 20211122 releases/gcc-11.2.0-460-gf3c9581964 + Clang 11.1.0 + LLVM 11.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 3.00GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: NVME-PCIe, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_SPT_I219_V2 7.6.2 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 6.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 8.3, File-System: hammer2 FreeBSD 13.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 3.00GHz (36 Cores), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Audio: Intel Kaby Lake-H HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 13.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 11.0.1, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 NetBSD 9.2: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 3.00GHz (36 Cores), Memory: 32GB, Disk: 439GB OS: NetBSD 9.2/amd64, Kernel: 9.2 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 7.5.0, File-System: ffs OpenBSD 7.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 2.99GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Steel Legend, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 296GB OS: OpenBSD, Kernel: 7.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: Clang 11.1.0 + LLVM 11.1.0, File-System: ffs Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.80GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Steel Legend (P1.30 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: nouveau, Vulkan: 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 21.10: Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.80GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X299 Steel Legend (P1.30 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.13.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, Vulkan: 1.1.182, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 21.10 |= Clear Linux 35320 .. 13.29 | DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 85.83 |=== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 38.18 |= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 1389.78 |================================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 182.10 |====== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 12.32 | Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 13.61 | OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 14.514129 |============= Clear Linux 35320 .. 11.929671 |=========== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 29.982726 |=========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 4.506906 |==== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 9.393692 |========= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 51.612854 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 13.620059 |============ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 13.686021 |============ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 34.09 |== Clear Linux 35320 .. 32.99 |= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 30.32 |= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 68.98 |=== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 426.74 |=================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1102.49 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 39.36 |== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 36.17 |== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 27.32 |==== Clear Linux 35320 .. 26.07 |==== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 24.08 |=== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 45.12 |====== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 148.20 |===================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 351.15 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 31.55 |==== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 29.56 |==== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 80.62 |============ Clear Linux 35320 .. 68.02 |========== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 37.16 |===== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 31.79 |===== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 38.01 |===== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 348.13 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 77.69 |=========== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 78.23 |=========== BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3.72 |===================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 3.74 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 4.57 |============================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 4.74 |=============================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 5.23 |==================================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 5.14 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3.75 |===================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3.76 |===================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3484 |=========================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 3406 |=========================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 3336 |========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 3606 |============================ OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 5007 |======================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4586 |==================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6666 |==================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3404 |================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 3321 |================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 5169 |=========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 5361 |============================ OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 9807 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3980 |===================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4111 |====================== Renaissance 0.12 Test: Scala Dotty ms < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 750.1 |========================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 693.0 |======================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 966.7 |================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 1082.8 |====================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1427.5 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 972.2 |================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 980.0 |================================== Renaissance 0.12 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 10154.5 |============================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 9576.9 |========================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 11049.6 |============================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 17957.1 |================================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 15786.7 |=========================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 11171.9 |============================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 11022.0 |============================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3938.8 |============================================= Clear Linux 35320 .. 4411.8 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 376.2 |==== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 355.4 |==== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 2019.4 |======================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1686.0 |=================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3537.6 |======================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3464.8 |======================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 576.2 |============================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 449.7 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 22.6 |== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 20.3 |== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 437.9 |=================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 637.5 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 516.1 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 564.4 |============================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3205.0 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 3428.9 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 2709.3 |======================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2402.9 |=================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 2880.0 |========================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 2033.7 |============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3184.2 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3089.0 |============================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 55.30 |============================================= Clear Linux 35320 .. 63.20 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 2.63 |== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2.35 |== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 54.10 |============================================ OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 42.30 |================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 52.10 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 57.30 |============================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 2748.2 |================================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 2852.9 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 2330.5 |========================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2119.3 |===================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 2349.5 |========================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1677.6 |============================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2685.0 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2691.1 |=============================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 13.70 |============== Clear Linux 35320 .. 48.60 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 3.28 |=== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2.91 |=== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 31.70 |================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 34.30 |==================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 12.00 |============= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 39.10 |========================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 2929.0 |================================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 2948.3 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 2413.6 |========================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2156.9 |===================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 2511.5 |=========================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1757.6 |============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2930.5 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2690.1 |============================================== LibRaw 0.20 Post-Processing Benchmark Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 39.15 |=================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 57.08 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 29.88 |=========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 26.94 |======================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 19.93 |================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 4.36 |==== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 29.79 |=========================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 32.83 |============================= Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 10.81 |================================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 11.12 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 8.11 |===================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 9.85 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 9.80 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.37 |=========================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 42.47 |================================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 43.27 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 30.21 |==================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 41.78 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 35.81 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 18.79 |====================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 21.95 |=========================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 26.19 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 14.54 |============================ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 22.42 |============================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 19.60 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 16.29 |================================ Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 39.25 |============================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 45.42 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 21.03 |======================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 38.47 |=========================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 35.84 |======================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 30.90 |=================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 83.75 |============================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 97.34 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 49.58 |========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 89.41 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 71.67 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 32.41 |================= x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 22.88 |================================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 23.51 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 21.68 |=============================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 21.62 |=============================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 19.17 |========================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 9.20 |==================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 21.97 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 21.14 |============================================== x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 68.23 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 67.71 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 59.19 |============================================ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 65.06 |================================================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 48.00 |==================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 34.60 |========================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 59.12 |============================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 29.79 |====================== Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 707805.15 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 664229.06 |============================================ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 449987.50 |============================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 510461.33 |================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 611039.63 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 626335.91 |========================================== Stockfish 13 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 51531957 |================================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 50623798 |=============================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 40501083 |====================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 49342392 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 50175594 |=============================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 18.57 |=============== Clear Linux 35320 .. 21.73 |================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 22.45 |=================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 61.63 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 23.21 |=================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 20.14 |================= Timed FFmpeg Compilation 4.4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 33.19 |==================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 34.74 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 37.63 |========================================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 46.54 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 38.14 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 34.20 |===================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 13.0 Build System: Ninja Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 344.75 |================ DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 376.85 |================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 407.91 |=================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 467.56 |====================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1046.44 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 395.52 |=================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 364.70 |================= Timed LLVM Compilation 13.0 Build System: Unix Makefiles Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 388.88 |======= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 428.51 |======== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 470.76 |========= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 512.24 |========= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 2676.46 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 449.58 |======== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 402.03 |======= Timed PHP Compilation 7.4.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 44.68 |============================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 51.84 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 48.19 |=============================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 35.08 |=================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 48.33 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 46.53 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 38.01 |==================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 30.04 |================ DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 39.64 |===================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 60.32 |================================ NetBSD 9.2 ......... 44.97 |======================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 97.23 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 37.67 |==================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 39.72 |===================== Primesieve 7.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 11.60 |======================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 11.55 |======================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 13.86 |============================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 18.07 |====================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 14.67 |=============================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 24.50 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 11.74 |======================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 11.67 |======================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 18.50 |================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 17.73 |=============================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 20.65 |==================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 22.68 |======================================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 29.55 |=================================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 28.87 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 19.85 |================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 20.29 |=================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.3 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 17.50 |===================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 15.48 |================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 20.17 |======================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 24.25 |============================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 32.15 |====================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 42.73 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 17.38 |===================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 16.72 |==================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 8.968 |=============== Clear Linux 35320 .. 8.759 |============== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 30.519 |================================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 14.388 |======================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 10.247 |================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 18.476 |============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 9.048 |=============== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.414 |=============== Helsing 1.0-beta Digit Range: 12 digit Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 3.233 |=========================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 2.904 |========================= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 3.114 |========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 4.852 |========================================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 3.167 |=========================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 5.998 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3.387 |============================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3.319 |============================ Helsing 1.0-beta Digit Range: 14 digit Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 320.03 |============================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 282.25 |========================= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 324.74 |============================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 474.41 |========================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 304.83 |=========================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 568.88 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 331.16 |============================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 336.85 |============================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 0.09943970 |========================= Clear Linux 35320 .. 0.09965131 |========================= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 0.12863042 |================================ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 0.18632822 |============================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 0.13567428 |================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.10144532 |========================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.10209317 |========================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 0.00112480 |===================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 0.00094395 |================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 0.00187436 |=================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 0.00189465 |==================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 0.00245352 |============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.00116953 |====================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.00103487 |=================== OpenSSL 3.0 Algorithm: SHA256 byte/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 5955371673 |============================================= Clear Linux 35320 .. 6041739093 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 5886392800 |============================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 4742085283 |==================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 5789648853 |============================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 5942335863 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 5966909227 |============================================= OpenSSL 3.0 Algorithm: RSA4096 sign/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 5217.9 |================================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 5230.0 |================================================ DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 5462.5 |================================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 4091.6 |===================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 5222.4 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 5147.4 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 5166.6 |=============================================== OpenSSL 3.0 Algorithm: RSA4096 verify/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 343052.7 |============================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 344488.9 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 358049.5 |================================================ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 272715.1 |===================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 343735.9 |============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 338700.6 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 337344.8 |============================================= libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.1.0 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 214.96 |================================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 221.63 |================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 180.18 |========================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 137.72 |=============================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 170.86 |======================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 97.58 |====================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 205.59 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 206.86 |=============================================== SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 55.23 |====== Clear Linux 35320 .. 55.35 |====== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 84.33 |========= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 131.30 |============= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 488.36 |================================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 243.10 |========================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 58.09 |====== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 58.26 |====== Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 61313.89 |==================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 78137.21 |============================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 10338.21 |====== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 37604.24 |====================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 5446.99 |=== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 1971.79 |= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 70825.23 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 81445.61 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 33060.30 |================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 37475.06 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 38550.78 |===================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 49559.74 |================================================ NetBSD 9.2 ......... 34943.47 |================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 21528.94 |===================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 34892.15 |================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 39005.40 |====================================== Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 109528.29 |============================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 84139.72 |==================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 111147.69 |=============================================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 84606.60 |==================================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 87331.25 |===================================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 51348.15 |====================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 102041.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 97049.71 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 57829.86 |======================================== Clear Linux 35320 .. 69484.26 |================================================ DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 59648.61 |========================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 64333.06 |============================================ NetBSD 9.2 ......... 55920.10 |======================================= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 39652.86 |=========================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 60540.14 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 64566.53 |============================================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 1088 |======= Clear Linux 35320 .. 932 |====== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 1456 |========= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 2158 |============= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 8523 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 948 |====== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 977 |====== PyPerformance 1.0.0 Benchmark: chaos Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 110.0 |====== Clear Linux 35320 .. 88.6 |===== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 164.0 |========= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 246.0 |============== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 178.0 |========== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 929.0 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 92.0 |===== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 92.5 |===== PyPerformance 1.0.0 Benchmark: pathlib Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 17.6 |====== Clear Linux 35320 .. 13.6 |===== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 29.8 |========== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 38.0 |============= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 34.1 |============ OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 148.0 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 15.5 |===== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 15.1 |===== PyPerformance 1.0.0 Benchmark: json_loads Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 26.4 |======== Clear Linux 35320 .. 24.5 |======== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 36.4 |=========== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 51.9 |================ NetBSD 9.2 ......... 43.2 |============== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 163.0 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 21.1 |======= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 21.4 |======= PyPerformance 1.0.0 Benchmark: python_startup Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 9.70 |========= Clear Linux 35320 .. 8.13 |======== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 12.90 |============ FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 14.00 |============== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 13.30 |============= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 52.80 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 13.90 |============= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.09 |========= PyPerformance 1.0.0 Benchmark: django_template Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 65.0 |========= Clear Linux 35320 .. 37.2 |===== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 69.0 |========= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 105.0 |============== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 77.1 |========== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 381.0 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 40.9 |===== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 41.2 |====== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 697089 |================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 1055611 |================================================= DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 716898 |================================= FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 440359 |==================== NetBSD 9.2 ......... 289230 |============= OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 92336 |==== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 767060 |==================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 821891 |====================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 51.68 |============ Clear Linux 35320 .. 53.27 |============ DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 79.46 |================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 83.33 |=================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 223.18 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 50.33 |=========== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 52.72 |============ Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - BSDs vs. Linux Performance 2021 Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better CentOS Linux 8 ..... 64.83 |============================================ Clear Linux 35320 .. 75.55 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 6.0.1 . 39.00 |========================== FreeBSD 13.0 ....... 37.09 |========================= NetBSD 9.2 ......... 37.80 |========================== OpenBSD 7.0 ........ 20.46 |============== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 65.01 |============================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 67.54 |==============================================