Intel Ivy Bridge Mesa 8.0 vs. 8.1-devel Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 and Intel Ivy Bridge on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 (git-e995b41), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 155223) + LLVM 3.1svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-8e90913), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 155223) + LLVM 3.1svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 32.30 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 32.60 |=========================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 58.85 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 58.54 |=========================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 37.72 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 38.07 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 120.70 |========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 121.07 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 27.30 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 27.30 |=========================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 72.30 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 72.00 |=========================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 72.76 |=========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 72.55 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 101.19 |========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 101.68 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 8.0.2 git-e995b41 ..... 46.37 |========================================== Mesa 8.1-devel git-8e90913 . 47.24 |===========================================