Intel Sandy Bridge Graphics History vs. Ubuntu 16.10 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 Ubuntu 16.10: 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 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-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 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161020, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 |======================= Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 123.50 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 131.13 |============================ 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 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 26.77 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 27.13 |============================= 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 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 48.19 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 49.07 |============================ 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 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 32.68 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 33.08 |============================ 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 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 3403 |============================== Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 3432 |============================== 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 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 263 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 266 |=============================== 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 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 22091 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 23658 |============================= 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 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 51 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-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 |============================== Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 204 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 204 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 37.3 MAX: 85.0 Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.9 + Mesa 12.1-dev . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.8 MAX: 86.0