Compiz Testing Does Compiz still cause a performance hit? Here's tests with multiple GPUs and drivers with Metacity and Compiz. More information in upcoming Phoronix.com article. Metacity: Gallium - X1950PRO: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1950 Pro, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Gallium - HD 4670: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Gallium - HD 5450: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Catalyst - HD 4670: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4600 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 3.3.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Catalyst - HD 5450: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Gallium - 8600GT: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: Gallium - GT 220: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: NVIDIA - 8600GT: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metacity: NVIDIA - GT 220: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Gallium - X1950PRO: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1950 Pro, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Gallium - HD 4670: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Gallium - HD 5450: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Catalyst - HD 4670: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4600 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 3.3.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5450: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Gallium - 8600GT: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Gallium - GT 220: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: NVIDIA - 8600GT: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: NVIDIA - GT 220: Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770: Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR TA890GXB HD, Chipset: AMD RS780, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Monitor: DELL 2209WA OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 10.12, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Metacity: Gallium - X1950PRO . 59.90 |============== Metacity: Gallium - HD 4670 .. 57.67 |============= Metacity: Gallium - HD 5450 .. 22.90 |===== Metacity: Catalyst - HD 4670 . 136.10 |=============================== Metacity: Catalyst - HD 5450 . 61.13 |============== Metacity: Gallium - 8600GT ... 116.90 |=========================== Metacity: Gallium - GT 220 ... 63.73 |=============== Metacity: NVIDIA - 8600GT .... 174.37 |======================================== Metacity: NVIDIA - GT 220 .... 156.17 |==================================== Compiz: Gallium - X1950PRO ... 105.93 |======================== Compiz: Gallium - HD 4670 .... 88.07 |==================== Compiz: Gallium - HD 5450 .... 26.90 |====== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 4670 ... 137.97 |================================ Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5450 ... 61.43 |============== Compiz: Gallium - 8600GT ..... 75.27 |================= Compiz: Gallium - GT 220 ..... 33.80 |======== Compiz: NVIDIA - 8600GT ...... 134.37 |=============================== Compiz: NVIDIA - GT 220 ...... 113.83 |========================== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770 ... 55.63 |============= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Metacity: Gallium - X1950PRO . 59.47 |================ Metacity: Gallium - HD 4670 .. 53.17 |============== Metacity: Gallium - HD 5450 .. 22.53 |====== Metacity: Catalyst - HD 4670 . 110.00 |============================= Metacity: Catalyst - HD 5450 . 78.83 |===================== Metacity: Gallium - 8600GT ... 88.07 |======================= Metacity: Gallium - GT 220 ... 60.80 |================ Metacity: NVIDIA - 8600GT .... 153.20 |======================================== Metacity: NVIDIA - GT 220 .... 148.43 |======================================= Compiz: Gallium - X1950PRO ... 95.90 |========================= Compiz: Gallium - HD 4670 .... 63.30 |================= Compiz: Gallium - HD 5450 .... 26.07 |======= Compiz: Catalyst - HD 4670 ... 108.00 |============================ Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5450 ... 78.70 |===================== Compiz: Gallium - 8600GT ..... 50.40 |============= Compiz: Gallium - GT 220 ..... 34.87 |========= Compiz: NVIDIA - 8600GT ...... 127.53 |================================= Compiz: NVIDIA - GT 220 ...... 120.40 |=============================== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770 ... 59.95 |================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Metacity: Gallium - X1950PRO . 29.29 |================ Metacity: Gallium - HD 4670 .. 27.45 |=============== Metacity: Gallium - HD 5450 .. 10.24 |====== Metacity: Catalyst - HD 4670 . 73.43 |======================================== Metacity: Catalyst - HD 5450 . 16.50 |========= Metacity: Gallium - 8600GT ... 34.17 |================== Metacity: Gallium - GT 220 ... 21.23 |=========== Metacity: NVIDIA - 8600GT .... 40.42 |====================== Metacity: NVIDIA - GT 220 .... 29.36 |================ Compiz: Gallium - X1950PRO ... 8.99 |===== Compiz: Gallium - HD 4670 .... 34.48 |=================== Compiz: Gallium - HD 5450 .... 10.72 |====== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 4670 ... 76.08 |========================================= Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5450 ... 16.50 |========= Compiz: Gallium - 8600GT ..... 28.15 |=============== Compiz: Gallium - GT 220 ..... 17.60 |========= Compiz: NVIDIA - 8600GT ...... 36.21 |==================== Compiz: NVIDIA - GT 220 ...... 26.39 |============== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770 ... 57.83 |=============================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Metacity: Gallium - X1950PRO . 48.50 |=========================== Metacity: Gallium - HD 4670 .. 39.67 |====================== Metacity: Gallium - HD 5450 .. 21.53 |============ Metacity: Catalyst - HD 4670 . 58.03 |================================= Metacity: Catalyst - HD 5450 . 57.67 |================================ Metacity: Gallium - 8600GT ... 49.00 |============================ Metacity: Gallium - GT 220 ... 45.97 |========================== Metacity: NVIDIA - 8600GT .... 72.97 |========================================= Metacity: NVIDIA - GT 220 .... 72.87 |========================================= Compiz: Gallium - X1950PRO ... 54.90 |=============================== Compiz: Gallium - HD 4670 .... 39.87 |====================== Compiz: Gallium - HD 5450 .... 24.50 |============== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 4670 ... 58.13 |================================= Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5450 ... 56.90 |================================ Compiz: Gallium - 8600GT ..... 43.23 |======================== Compiz: Gallium - GT 220 ..... 34.87 |==================== Compiz: NVIDIA - 8600GT ...... 71.53 |======================================== Compiz: NVIDIA - GT 220 ...... 70.43 |======================================== Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770 ... 53.47 |==============================