Here are contest (http://contest.kolivas.net) benchmarks with the osdl
(http://www.osdl.org) hardware up to 2.5.54:
noload:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 70.0 96 0 0 1.05
2.5.50 [5] 69.9 96 0 0 1.05
2.5.51 [2] 69.8 96 0 0 1.05
2.5.52 [3] 70.2 96 0 0 1.05
2.5.53 [7] 70.1 96 0 0 1.05
2.5.54 [5] 70.0 96 0 0 1.05
cacherun:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 67.4 99 0 0 1.01
2.5.50 [5] 67.3 99 0 0 1.01
2.5.51 [2] 67.2 99 0 0 1.01
2.5.52 [3] 67.5 99 0 0 1.01
2.5.53 [7] 67.6 99 0 0 1.01
2.5.54 [5] 67.6 99 0 0 1.01
process_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 85.2 79 17 20 1.28
2.5.50 [5] 84.8 79 17 19 1.27
2.5.51 [2] 85.2 79 17 20 1.28
2.5.52 [3] 84.4 79 17 19 1.26
2.5.53 [7] 86.9 77 18 21 1.30
2.5.54 [5] 85.5 78 17 19 1.28
dbench_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 210.5 37 2 50 3.15
2.5.50 [5] 189.2 40 2 49 2.83
2.5.51 [12] 195.8 39 2 50 2.93
2.5.52 [3] 222.3 36 2 53 3.33
2.5.54 [5] 216.8 37 2 52 3.25
ctar_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 106.1 82 2 9 1.59
2.5.50 [5] 107.5 81 3 9 1.61
2.5.51 [7] 107.0 81 3 9 1.60
2.5.52 [3] 109.8 81 2 8 1.64
2.5.53 [7] 107.4 81 3 9 1.61
2.5.54 [4] 102.7 82 3 9 1.54
xtar_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 184.8 70 3 8 2.77
2.5.50 [5] 189.5 61 4 9 2.84
2.5.51 [7] 163.7 67 3 8 2.45
2.5.52 [3] 161.4 69 3 8 2.42
2.5.53 [7] 151.0 69 3 8 2.26
2.5.54 [4] 159.3 71 3 8 2.39
io_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 127.4 57 14 13 1.91
2.5.50 [5] 142.6 54 19 14 2.14
2.5.51 [7] 125.6 58 14 12 1.88
2.5.52 [7] 120.9 60 13 12 1.81
2.5.53 [7] 113.9 63 12 12 1.71
2.5.54 [4] 121.0 61 13 12 1.81
io_other:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 97.4 75 7 11 1.46
2.5.50 [5] 106.9 69 10 11 1.60
2.5.51 [7] 105.1 69 9 11 1.57
2.5.52 [7] 94.9 76 7 10 1.42
2.5.53 [7] 99.5 73 8 10 1.49
2.5.54 [4] 96.0 74 8 9 1.44
read_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 88.2 80 15 6 1.32
2.5.50 [5] 88.5 80 15 7 1.33
2.5.51 [2] 88.4 80 15 7 1.32
2.5.52 [3] 88.1 80 15 7 1.32
2.5.53 [7] 88.2 80 15 6 1.32
2.5.54 [4] 87.7 81 14 6 1.31
list_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 81.4 85 0 8 1.22
2.5.50 [5] 81.2 85 0 8 1.22
2.5.51 [2] 80.8 85 0 8 1.21
2.5.52 [3] 81.0 86 0 9 1.21
2.5.53 [7] 81.5 85 0 9 1.22
2.5.54 [4] 81.3 85 0 9 1.22
mem_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.5.49 [5] 98.1 76 43 2 1.47
2.5.50 [5] 98.3 76 44 2 1.47
2.5.51 [7] 99.3 76 45 2 1.49
2.5.52 [3] 100.0 78 45 2 1.50
2.5.53 [7] 98.7 80 44 2 1.48
2.5.54 [4] 98.2 80 45 2 1.47
A slight speedup in ctar_load but overall no significant change.
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