T430 - integrated vs dedicated - cpu without compositor integrated - nouveau: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: NVIDIA GF108M [NVS 5400M] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: aufs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 desktop: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 320GB Seagate ST3320311CS + 250GB Seagate ST3250823AS + 160GB SAMSUNG SP1614C, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.11.6-3-ARCH (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170621, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 dedicated - nvidia: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: NVS 5400M 1024MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.66, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 integrated: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.6, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: aufs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 26243.14 |========================================= desktop .............. 29688.97 |============================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 26209.26 |========================================= integrated ........... 26233.79 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 1128.96 |===================================== desktop .............. 1419.66 |=============================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 1109.19 |===================================== integrated ........... 1116.48 |===================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 473.23 |====================================== desktop .............. 602.20 |================================================ dedicated - nvidia ... 475.82 |====================================== integrated ........... 472.09 |====================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 234.94 |===================================== desktop .............. 306.69 |================================================ dedicated - nvidia ... 220.73 |=================================== integrated ........... 229.95 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 1958.36 |====================================== desktop .............. 2427.84 |=============================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 1928.23 |===================================== integrated ........... 1930.22 |===================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 1927.52 |==================================== desktop .............. 2518.07 |=============================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 1872.18 |=================================== integrated ........... 1899.84 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 1050.74 |======================================== desktop .............. 1243.50 |=============================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 1048.97 |======================================== integrated ........... 1050.33 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau . 10134 |============================ desktop .............. 17894 |================================================= dedicated - nvidia ... 10063 |============================ integrated ........... 10228 |============================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau . 339.47 |================================================ desktop .............. 181.77 |========================== integrated ........... 315.48 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau . 66.53 |================================================= desktop .............. 29.77 |====================== integrated ........... 63.37 |=============================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau . 13.34 |================================================= desktop .............. 10.84 |======================================== dedicated - nvidia ... 13.43 |================================================= integrated ........... 13.36 |================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau . 81.55 |================================================= desktop .............. 65.02 |======================================= integrated ........... 81.65 |=================================================