is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux? (tedu@)

Contributed by Peter N. M. Hansteen on 2025-08-16 from the oh, fork! dept.

In a recent entry on his blog, OpenBSD developer Ted Unangst (tedu@) asks, is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux?. He explains,

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.

Go on, read the rest over at Ted's blog for some fun tidbits on performance and benchmarks.

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