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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1103194-IV-1103109IV54&grt&rdt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompiz Gallium - GT 220 Gallium - GT 220 Gallium - 8600GT Gallium - 8600GT Gallium - HD 4670 Gallium - HD 4670 Gallium - X1950PRO Gallium - X1950PRO Gallium - HD 5450 Gallium - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 4670 Catalyst - HD 4670 NVIDIA - 8600GT NVIDIA - 8600GT NVIDIA - GT 220 NVIDIA - GT 220 Catalyst - HD 5770AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores)ECS A790GXM-A v1.0AMD RS780 + SB700/SB8004096MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASNVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz)Realtek ALC888DELL S2409WUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.5ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz)AMD Radeon HD 4670 (750/1100MHz)radeon 6.14.99AMD Radeon X1950 ProAMD Radeon HD 5450 (650/400MHz)ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB (650/400MHz)2.6.35-27-generic (x86_64)fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.24.1.10524ATI Radeon HD 4600 512MB (750/1100MHz)3.3.10524NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/700MHz)2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 270.303.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz)AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores)BIOSTAR TA890GXB HDAMD RS7808192MB1000GB Seagate ST31000528ASATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz)DELL 2209WAFedora release 14 (Laughlin)2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64)X Server 1.9.4fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 10.124.1.10524GCC 4.5.11680x1050OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz: Catalyst - HD 5770: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system. SELinux: Enabled. AMD CnQ was enabled.

nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offopenarena: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 1920 x 1080padman: 1920 x 1080CompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompizMetacityCompiz Gallium - GT 220 Gallium - GT 220 Gallium - 8600GT Gallium - 8600GT Gallium - HD 4670 Gallium - HD 4670 Gallium - X1950PRO Gallium - X1950PRO Gallium - HD 5450 Gallium - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 5450 Catalyst - HD 4670 Catalyst - HD 4670 NVIDIA - 8600GT NVIDIA - 8600GT NVIDIA - GT 220 NVIDIA - GT 220 Catalyst - HD 577017.6033.8034.8734.8721.2363.7345.9760.8028.1575.2743.2350.4034.17116.9049.0088.0734.4888.0739.8763.3027.4557.6739.6753.178.99105.9354.9095.9029.2959.9048.5059.4710.7226.9024.5026.0710.2422.9021.5322.5316.5061.4356.9078.7016.5061.1357.6778.8373.43136.1058.03110.0076.08137.9758.13108.0036.21134.3771.53127.5340.42174.3772.97153.2029.36156.1772.87148.4326.39113.8370.43120.4057.8355.6353.4759.95OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off

CompizMetacityOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: OffGT 220Gallium8600GTGalliumHD 4670GalliumX1950PROGalliumHD 5450GalliumHD 5450CatalystHD 4670Catalyst8600GTNVIDIAGT 220NVIDIAHD 5770Catalyst20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 317.6028.1534.488.9910.7216.5076.0836.2126.3957.8321.2334.1727.4529.2910.2416.5073.4340.4229.36

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

CompizMetacityOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080GT 220Gallium8600GTGalliumHD 4670GalliumX1950PROGalliumHD 5450GalliumHD 5450CatalystHD 4670Catalyst8600GTNVIDIAGT 220NVIDIAHD 5770Catalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 6SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 2.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 333.8075.2788.07105.9326.9061.43137.97134.37113.8355.6363.73116.9057.6759.9022.9061.13136.10174.37156.17

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

CompizMetacityOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080GT 220Gallium8600GTGalliumHD 4670GalliumX1950PROGalliumHD 5450GalliumHD 5450CatalystHD 4670Catalyst8600GTNVIDIAGT 220NVIDIAHD 5770Catalyst1632486480SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 6SE +/- 6.49, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 334.8743.2339.8754.9024.5056.9058.1371.5370.4353.4745.9749.0039.6748.5021.5357.6758.0372.9772.87

World of Padman

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

CompizMetacityOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GT 220Gallium8600GTGalliumHD 4670GalliumX1950PROGalliumHD 5450GalliumHD 5450CatalystHD 4670Catalyst8600GTNVIDIAGT 220NVIDIAHD 5770Catalyst306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 5SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 334.8750.4063.3095.9026.0778.70108.00127.53120.4059.9560.8088.0753.1759.4722.5378.83110.00153.20148.43


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