NVIDIA Quadro FX vs. Intel Broadwell HD Graphics 5500
Preview of ThinkPad W510 with NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M graphics compared to ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Broadwell HD Graphics 5500. Intel Core i7 CPUs used in each system. Basic comparison -- other interesting data coming soon by Michael Larabel.


ThinkPad X1 Carbon - Intel HD Graphics 5500: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ThinkPad W510 - NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: Lenovo Limited, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.125, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1400 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ThinkPad X1 Carbon - Intel HD Graphics 5500 . 47.72 |=======================
ThinkPad W510 - NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M ....... 54.72 |==========================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ThinkPad X1 Carbon - Intel HD Graphics 5500 . 74.81  |=================
ThinkPad W510 - NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M ....... 110.25 |=========================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ThinkPad X1 Carbon - Intel HD Graphics 5500 . 55.96 |==========================
ThinkPad W510 - NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M ....... 48.83 |=======================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
ThinkPad X1 Carbon - Intel HD Graphics 5500 . 39.06 |==========================
ThinkPad W510 - NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M ....... 29.08 |===================