Get the latest tech news

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself


Here’s a little benchmark complements of Jann Horn. It’s unexpectedly slow on Linux.

OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself, as the time utility is missing sufficient precision to even record nonzero. I’d love to see the system and benchmark where Linux outperforms here. Usually it’s the weirdo benchmark that shows OpenBSD being 10x slower, so this one is definitely going in the collection.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Hacker News

Read more on:

Photo of Linux

Linux

Photo of OpenBSD 10x

OpenBSD 10x

Related news:

News photo

Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash

News photo

The Plan For Linux After Torvalds Has a Kernel of Truth: There Isn't One

News photo

DM-PCACHE Poised For Linux 6.18 As High Throughput, Low Latency DAX Cache