Intel HD Graphics Coffeelake - Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux Intel Core i7-8700K testing on Clear Linux for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Intel HD 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.13-041613-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.0-devel- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 22690: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 22690, Kernel: 4.16.12-573.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180514 + Clang 6.0.0 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 22690, Kernel: 4.16.12-573.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180514 + Clang 6.0.0 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 6.43 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 6.43 |============================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 6.45 |============================= Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 6.41 |============================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 28.92 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 28.94 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 28.75 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 28.93 |============================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 19.03 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 18.97 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 19.07 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 18.84 |============================ ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 115.30 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 115.57 |========================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 122.97 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 119.27 |========================== SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Basic - Karts: 6 - Scene: Cocoa Temple Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 224.14 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 224.45 |======================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 256.72 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 235.63 |========================= SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Basic - Karts: 6 - Scene: Antediluvian Abyss Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 237.60 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 227.70 |===================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 293.45 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 239.70 |====================== SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Basic - Karts: 6 - Scene: Zen Garden Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 342.96 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 334.39 |=================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 487.08 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 358.05 |==================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 71.47 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 71.66 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 69.00 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 72.71 |============================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 283.08 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 279.60 |======================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 329.01 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 296.80 |======================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 152.12 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 145.52 |======================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 163.72 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 149.83 |========================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 116.37 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 111.47 |========================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 122.61 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 114.41 |========================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 81.14 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 78.54 |========================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 84.20 |============================ Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 80.03 |=========================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 644.99 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 644.72 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 646.71 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 642.57 |=========================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 198.36 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 197.72 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 198.72 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 196.35 |=========================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 462.74 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 463.02 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 460.01 |=========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 462.85 |=========================== JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Test: Simple Blit - Size: 512x512 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 23628.09 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 23400.71 |======================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 25021.15 |========================= Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 24287.36 |======================== JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Test: 12pt Text LCD - Size: 512x512 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 105677.64 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 108339.63 |==================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 132812.51 |======================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 131553.75 |======================== JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Test: 12pt Text Grayscale - Size: 512x512 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 104135.91 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 104270.89 |=================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 130959.17 |======================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 130270.71 |======================== JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Test: Gradient+Temp Texture - Size: 512x512 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 4320.91 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 4196.80 |======================== Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 4594.64 |========================== Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 4047.62 |======================= JXRenderMark 1.0.1 Test: Linear Gradient Blend - Size: 512x512 Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .......................... 4920.80 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 18.2-dev + Linux 4.16 . 5305.39 |========================= Clear Linux 22690 ......................... 4900.25 |======================= Clear Linux 22690 - X.Org ................. 5514.74 |==========================