Testing desktop rendering performance Running pts/qgears2-1.0.1, pts/gtkperf-1.2.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3: Processor: Intel Core i5 660 @ 3.47GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 0B40h, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Hitachi HDS72105, Graphics: ATI FirePro V3800 (FireGL V) 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC262, Monitor: SMB2240W, Network: Intel 82578DM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.15.3, OpenGL: 4.2.12428, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30: Processor: Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.06GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 0AE4h, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Hitachi HDS72105, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2048MB (1006/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC262, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.30, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 HP ZBook 14: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 198F, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB MTFDDAK256MAM-1K, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 OpenGL + Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 373.58 |================== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 663.94 |================================ HP ZBook 14 .......................... 388.21 |=================== QGears2 XRender + Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 177.74 |===================== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 173.23 |==================== HP ZBook 14 .......................... 272.71 |================================ QGears2 XRender + Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 188.77 |====================== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 197.79 |======================= HP ZBook 14 .......................... 274.07 |================================ QGears2 OpenGL + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 1013.77 |====== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 4894.79 |=============================== HP ZBook 14 .......................... 1114.15 |======= QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 639.27 |=============== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 975.56 |====================== HP ZBook 14 .......................... 1364.93 |=============================== GtkPerf 0.40 GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 33.85 |====== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 171.25 |================================ HP ZBook 14 .......................... 19.61 |==== GtkPerf 0.40 GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 4.38 |================================== 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 4.15 |================================ HP ZBook 14 .......................... 3.68 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better FirePro V3800 under Catalyst 13.15.3 . 0.78 |================ 560 Ti under nVidia 313.30 ........... 1.61 |================================== HP ZBook 14 .......................... 0.61 |=============