Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA GeForce - Unity Nouveau XMir
Intel Core i7 720Q NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB graphics doing early Unity XMir benchmarking compared to a vanilla Xorg server when using Nouveau driver. packages as of 28 June. benchmarking by michael larabel for a future article on phoronix.


Unity+XMir On Nouveau: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-0-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Unity+Xorg On Nouveau: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-0-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 800 x 600 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 120 |========================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 253 |==================================================


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 86  |==============================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 143 |==================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 30.40 |========================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 36.23 |================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 120.60 |===============================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 107.30 |==========================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 82.20  |=============================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 132.13 |===============================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 36.40 |=======================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 44.70 |================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 36.40 |=======================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 44.70 |================================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 121.43 |===========================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 209.53 |===============================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 82.20  |==============================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 130.67 |===============================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 94.27  |=======================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 113.50 |===============================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity+XMir On Nouveau . 72.40  |=================================
Unity+Xorg On Nouveau . 102.07 |===============================================