Intel 2011 Sandy Bridge Graphics
A future article by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.com looking at the Intel Sandy Bridge (Core i5 2500K) Linux graphics performance made during the 2011 calendar year. Testing from respective Intel quarterly package versions plus Git as of 8 December along with an RC6-enabled test of Sandy Bridge.
2011Q1
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2011Q3
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-0300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2011Q4
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.4-030104-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2 (git-ea72e3c), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2011-12-08 Git
2011-12-08 Git + RC6
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-24e6484), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Smokin Guns
Urban Terror
World of Padman
OpenArena
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Lightsmark
VDrift
Warsow
Nexuiz
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Doom 3
2011Q1
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 9 December 2011 01:09 by user phoronix.
2011Q3
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-0300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 8 December 2011 23:55 by user phoronix.
2011Q4
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.4-030104-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2 (git-ea72e3c), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 8 December 2011 23:07 by user phoronix.
2011-12-08 Git
Testing initiated at 8 December 2011 20:38 by user phoronix.
2011-12-08 Git + RC6
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-24e6484), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 8 December 2011 21:44 by user phoronix.