Intel Sandy Bridge Graphics History Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 15.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150606, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-9538902 2015-06-07 vivid-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS ........ 80.67 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 84.00 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 130.33 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 133.40 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 128.60 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 59.97 |=================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 112.13 |==================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 110.90 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS ........ 20.97 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 21.70 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 27.13 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 27.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 27.47 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 25.67 |========================================= Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 25.10 |======================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 24.87 |======================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS ........ MIN: 41 AVG: 48 MAX: 75 Ubuntu 12.10 .............. MIN: 5 AVG: 46 MAX: 94 Ubuntu 13.04 .............. MIN: 7 AVG: 37 MAX: 79 Ubuntu 13.10 .............. MIN: 6 AVG: 36 MAX: 78 Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ MIN: 6 AVG: 36 MAX: 78 Ubuntu 14.10 .............. MIN: 7 AVG: 39 MAX: 87 Ubuntu 15.04 .............. MIN: 8 AVG: 40 MAX: 90 Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . MIN: 7 AVG: 40 MAX: 98 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 19.17 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 15.58 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 25.47 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 23.90 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 13.93 |======================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 14.23 |========================= Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 24.10 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS ........ 31.45 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 38.95 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 11.50 |========== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 49.83 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 49.97 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 49.31 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 48.03 |========================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 47.24 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.0 LTS ........ 22.68 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 28.36 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 10.73 |============== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 33.33 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 34.45 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 33.25 |========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 32.51 |========================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 31.84 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 3160 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 864 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 3437 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 3440 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 3297 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 3266 |=========================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 3261 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 181 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 163 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 205 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 266 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 246 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 244 |========================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 244 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 16321 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 929 |== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 23286 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 23844 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 3606 |======= Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 23535 |=========================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 23410 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 34 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 48 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 48 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 49 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 49 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 50 |============================================== Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 51 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .............. 132 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 144 |================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .............. 194 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS ........ 192 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .............. 191 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.04 .............. 194 |============================================= Linux 4.1 + Mesa 10.7-dev . 197 |==============================================