Linux KVM Continues Offering Much Better Out-Of-The-Box Performance Than VirtualBox

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 30 December 2018 at 08:06 AM EST. Page 3 of 3. 34 Comments.
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks

Unfortunately there are no Xen benchmarks as part of this comparison due to the Xen-enabled kernel having issues on this particular system.

VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks
VirtualBox 6.0 vs. KVM vs. Bare Linux Benchmarks

In the new year will be a larger and more thorough round of Linux virtualization benchmarks on different hardware platforms. But for now, those wishing to dig through the rest of this data can find it on OpenBenchmarking.org.

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