Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Desktop Comparison Comparing Unity and Unity 2D desktops on Ubuntu 12.10 with latest Intel Ivy Bridge Linux graphics drivers to look at latest performance differences now that Unity 2D is being dropped... benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. Unity 6.2.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unity 2D 6.2.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/bare: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc2+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 12.86 |============= Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 13.29 |============= sna/bare ....... 55.46 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 59.35 |======================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 67.29 |=========================== sna/bare ....... 136.13 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 112.53 |================================= Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 111.15 |================================ sna/bare ....... 184.73 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 31.90 |=================================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 33.74 |===================================== sna/bare ....... 49.99 |======================================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 33.23 |=========================================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 31.55 |========================================= sna/bare ....... 42.77 |======================================================= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 30.47 |==================================================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 32.20 |======================================================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 18.73 |===================================================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 19.30 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 6.2.0 .... 23.70 |===================================== Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 21.58 |================================== sna/bare ....... 34.90 |=======================================================