Intel 2011 Sandy Bridge Graphics A future article by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.com looking at the Intel Sandy Bridge (Core i5 2500K) Linux graphics performance made during the 2011 calendar year. Testing from respective Intel quarterly package versions plus Git as of 8 December along with an RC6-enabled test of Sandy Bridge. 2011Q1: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2011Q3: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-0300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2011Q4: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.4-030104-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2 (git-ea72e3c), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2011-12-08 Git: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-24e6484), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2011-12-08 Git + RC6: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-24e6484), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 11.78 |================================== 2011Q3 ............... 12.05 |=================================== 2011Q4 ............... 15.33 |============================================= 2011-12-08 Git ....... 15.10 |============================================ 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 16.80 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 2.52 |===== 2011Q3 ............... 14.14 |========================== 2011Q4 ............... 22.42 |========================================== 2011-12-08 Git ....... 22.75 |========================================== 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 26.24 |================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q3 ............... 18.80 |================================== 2011Q4 ............... 23.90 |=========================================== 2011-12-08 Git ....... 27.30 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 27.00 |================================================ VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 19.60 |============================ 2011Q3 ............... 18.15 |========================== 2011Q4 ............... 21.10 |============================== 2011-12-08 Git ....... 34.11 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 34.14 |================================================= Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 8.51 |================ 2011Q3 ............... 21.54 |======================================== 2011Q4 ............... 23.57 |=========================================== 2011-12-08 Git ....... 22.81 |========================================== 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 26.57 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 38.95 |=============================== 2011Q3 ............... 35.20 |============================ 2011Q4 ............... 41.12 |================================= 2011-12-08 Git ....... 61.55 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 61.85 |================================================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 34.53 |================================= 2011Q3 ............... 34.70 |================================= 2011Q4 ............... 41.30 |======================================= 2011-12-08 Git ....... 51.63 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 51.83 |================================================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 30.77 |============================= 2011-12-08 Git ....... 51.10 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 51.47 |================================================= Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 2011Q1 ............... 37.07 |============================================ 2011-12-08 Git ....... 41.60 |================================================= 2011-12-08 Git + RC6 . 41.67 |=================================================