XMir vs. X.Org Server - Intel Iris Pro Testing XMir and Xorg Server Tests on Xfce, Unity, and KDE testing of Ubuntu 13.10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com. XMir: Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 XMir: Unity 7.1.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 XMir: KDE 4.11.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.1, Display Server: Unity-System-Compositor 0.0.1 + X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 264.67 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 258.55 |========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 248.40 |======================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 258.12 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 235.42 |====================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 241.34 |======================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 268.79 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 270.86 |========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 276.37 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 262.25 |========================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 195.45 |============================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 200.89 |=============================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 830.68 |====================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 773.46 |==================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 1484.76 |======================================= XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 1600.22 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 521.86 |============== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 544.83 |============== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 5013 |============================================ X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 5153 |============================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 5067 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 4420 |======================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 5070 |============================================ X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 5130 |============================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 8203 |============================================= X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 8113 |============================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 7713 |========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 7537 |========================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 7727 |========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 7577 |========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 157 |============================================= X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 158 |============================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 159 |============================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 153 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 158 |============================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 158 |============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 593000 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 590000 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 580000 |========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 589333 |=========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 587667 |=========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 572667 |========================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 7430 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 7373 |========================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 7713 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 7443 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 8023 |============================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 8023 |============================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 7893 |============================================ X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 7983 |============================================ X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 8107 |============================================= XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 7553 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 8070 |============================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 8093 |============================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 10218 |================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 13025 |======================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 24500 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 20333 |===================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 9002 |================ X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 8805 |================ x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 27033 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 27433 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 27767 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 27700 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 10500 |================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 9733 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 336.40 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 343.50 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 330.30 |========================================= XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 325.35 |========================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 307.22 |====================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 335.33 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 70.13 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 71.07 |============================================ X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 70.97 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 69.27 |=========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 66.47 |========================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 68.13 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.3 MAX: 37.0 X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 36.0 X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.3 MAX: 37.0 XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.5 MAX: 36.0 XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.1 MAX: 36.0 X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.8 MAX: 40.0 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 291.07 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 298.03 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 294.17 |========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 284.67 |========================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 268.18 |======================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 288.57 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 112.93 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 115.43 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 115.63 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 114.30 |=========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 113.37 |========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 113.93 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 20.0 X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 20.0 X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 20.0 XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.7 MAX: 20.0 XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 22.0 X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.7 MAX: 21.0 Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 100.70 |======================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 102.97 |========================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 107.47 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 105.07 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 99.83 |======================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 104.30 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 247.59 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 252.43 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 248.69 |========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 241.86 |========================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 235.40 |======================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 244.40 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 124.67 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 126.22 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 125.80 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 122.86 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 119.39 |========================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 122.67 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 75.46 |============================================ X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 75.61 |============================================ X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 75.61 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 75.21 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 72.98 |========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 74.90 |============================================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 5442 |========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 5539 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 5795 |============================================= XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 5704 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 5435 |========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 5678 |============================================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 614 |==== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 629 |==== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 639 |==== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 642 |==== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 2535 |=============== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 7595 |============================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 84028 |========================================= X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 83801 |========================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 88267 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 89220 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 64361 |================================ X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 86123 |========================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 158 |===== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 156 |===== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 159 |===== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 158 |===== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 158 |===== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 1366 |============================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 484 |== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 486 |== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 488 |== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 485 |== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 9529 |============================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 485 |== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 11.64 |======== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 11.46 |======== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 11.96 |======== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 12.69 |========= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 62.64 |============================================ X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 60.08 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 1.80 |================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 1.81 |================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 1.93 |==================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 1.94 |===================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 2.37 |============================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 2.38 |============================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 2.86 |======================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 2.86 |======================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 3.09 |=========================================== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 3.22 |============================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 2.58 |==================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 2.42 |================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 2.48 |========================================= X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 2.53 |========================================= X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 2.69 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 2.75 |============================================= XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 2.39 |======================================= X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 2.22 |==================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 7.66 |==== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 7.39 |==== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 7.40 |==== XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 8.30 |==== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 91.51 |============================================ X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 87.64 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 27.59 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 27.41 |=========================================== X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 27.78 |============================================ XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 28.03 |============================================ XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 27.30 |=========================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 27.79 |============================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better XMir: Xfce 4.10 ........... 0.39 |=================================== X.Org Server: Xfce 4.10 ... 0.35 |================================ X.Org Server: Unity 7.1.0 . 0.45 |========================================= XMir: Unity 7.1.0 ......... 0.47 |========================================== XMir: KDE 4.11.1 .......... 0.42 |====================================== X.Org Server: KDE 4.11.1 .. 0.50 |=============================================