Microsoft Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 - Intel OpenGL Comparing Microsoft Windows 8 graphics performance to Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Benchmarking with ASUS Ultrabook bearing Intel Ivy Bridge processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Microsoft Windows 8: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 187GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.4, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.4, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4e8f5c5), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 43.07 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 18.16 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 36.16 |========================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 39.89 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 16.04 |==================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 32.55 |========================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 39.96 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 15.94 |==================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 32.10 |======================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 50.37 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 24.89 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 45.13 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 155.77 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 111.73 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 115.80 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 139.10 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 138.73 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 141.43 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 140.60 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 132.77 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 136.90 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 179.43 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 158.17 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 162.53 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 45.20 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 55.97 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 60.37 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 37.73 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 41.87 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 45.70 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 35.47 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 38.87 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 42.60 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 65.07 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 80.30 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 87.57 |================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 85.57 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 84.53 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 88.37 |================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 79.73 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 76.33 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 80.43 |================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 77.77 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 73.30 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 76.53 |================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 106.60 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 111.33 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 114.57 |================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 71.98 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 69.63 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 67.14 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 110.19 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 94.67 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 98.96 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 33.52 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 31.72 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 23.85 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 53.15 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 51.66 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 46.54 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 66.09 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 63.11 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 59.51 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 103.51 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 91.66 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 86.73 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 28.98 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 25.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 19.17 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 48.66 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 44.76 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 40.15 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 63.27 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 61.93 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 59.35 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 102.74 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 90.05 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 90.28 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 27.60 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 25.71 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 18.98 |================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 47.09 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 44.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 39.60 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 80.69 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 79.13 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 77.69 |================================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 117.59 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 110.81 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 108.05 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 44.56 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 43.10 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 34.06 |====================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Microsoft Windows 8 . 62.01 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 61.22 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 58.57 |===============================================