Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora 25 vs. openSUSE - Steam Intel Linux Steam Linux benchmarks plus a few extra OpenGL reference standalone tests. All on the same Intel Kaby Lake system. Tests for a future article. Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 25, Kernel: 4.9.3-200.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.30, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20161221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 20170112, Kernel: 4.9.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.32, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170108, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux 12760, Kernel: 4.9.4-294.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ....... 27.59 |======================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 .... 28.50 |======================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev . 22.91 |=================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ... 34.10 |============================ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 34.76 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 36.29 |======================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 36.52 |======================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 35.97 |======================= Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 36.96 |======================== Dota 2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 35.87 |=================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 41.17 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 39.73 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 36.70 |=================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 45.23 |======================== Dota 2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 38.48 |==================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 41.60 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 37.63 |=================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 47.23 |======================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 15.23 |===================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 16.07 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 15.40 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 14.87 |==================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 17.57 |======================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 13.27 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 13.57 |=================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 14.03 |==================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 17.23 |======================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 57.57 |===================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 63.83 |======================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 63.33 |======================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 63.84 |======================= Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 65.67 |======================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 66.17 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 75.73 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 64.00 |================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 75.63 |==================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 89.07 |======================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ....... 58.50 |======================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 .... 60.05 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev . 63.59 |=========================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ... 67.12 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 ........... 154.47 |=================== openSUSE Tumbleweed - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 13.0.3 . 165.77 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0.3 ........ 167.43 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0-dev ..... 163.08 |==================== Clear Linux - Linux 4.9 + Mesa 17.0-dev ....... 187.01 |=======================