JFTR there seem to be some issues with the Phoronix benchmark (mostly missing patches). Have a look at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2011/11/29/baremetal-vs-xen

JFTR there seem to be some issues with the Phoronix benchmark (mostly missing patches). Have a look at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2011/11/29/baremetal-vs-xen-vs-kvm-redux/ http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2011/11/29/baremetal-vs-xen-vs... for an updated benchmark within a PVHVM environment