Gimp 2 x Intel Xeon X5560 testing with a IBM 49Y6512 and llvmpipe 16128MB on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. gimp: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: IBM 49Y6512, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 4096 MB 800MT/s, Disk: 64GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 160GB Seagate ST9160821AS + 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: llvmpipe 16128MB, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 post: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: IBM 49Y6512, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 2048 MB + 4096 MB 800MT/s, Disk: 64GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 160GB Seagate ST9160821AS + 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: llvmpipe 16128MB, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180104, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 GIMP 2.8.20 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better gimp . 5.44 |============================================== post . 7.85 |================================================================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better gimp . 9.86 |====================================================== post . 11.81 |================================================================= GIMP 2.8.20 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better gimp . 17.75 |=================================================== post . 22.65 |=================================================================