Intel Sandy Bridge Linux 3.9-rc1 Intel Sandy Bridge Linux 3.9 kernel Mesa 9.2-devel benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.10-030710-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-e291247), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.8: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-030800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-e291247), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.9-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-rc1 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-e291247), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 129.37 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 ..... 126.52 |====================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 130.00 |======================================================= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 33.77 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 33.27 |======================================================= Linux 3.9-rc1 . 33.23 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 26.88 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 ..... 27.20 |======================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 27.20 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 89.17 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 88.78 |======================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 89.28 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 17.74 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 17.80 |======================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 17.76 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 43.44 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 43.42 |======================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 43.31 |======================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.7 ..... 60.57 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 60.43 |======================================================== Linux 3.9-rc1 . 60.43 |========================================================