Radeon X300 Mobile Power Consumption

Testing of CPU usage and power consumption under different ATI/AMD Radeon Linux driver configurations over the years on Ubuntu for an old crusty Mobility Radeon X300 found on an IBM ThinkPad R52 notebook. For a future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1201163-BY-ATIX300PO44.

Radeon X300 Mobile Power ConsumptionProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10Ubuntu 11.10 - UpdatedIntel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 1.87GHz (1 Core)ThinkPad R52Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M2048MB80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00AMD Radeon Mobility M300Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRWBroadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/WirelessUbuntu 6.062.6.15-26-386 (i686)GNOME 2.14.3X Server 7.0.0fglrx 8.25.182.0.5814GCC 4.0.3ext31400x1050Intel Pentium M @ 1.86GHz (1 Core)IBM 18494WUATI MOBILITY RADEON X300Ubuntu 8.102.6.27-7-generic (i686)GNOME 2.24.1X Server 1.5.2fglrx 8.54.32.1.8087GCC 4.3.2Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 0.80GHz (1 Core)AMD Mobility Radeon X300 128MBUbuntu 11.103.2.1-030201-generic-pae (i686)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-faa90ab) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2)ext4OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18: This was running on battery power.- Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.- Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.

Radeon X300 Mobile Power Consumptionwarsow: 800 x 600DifferenceStandard ErrorStandard DeviationUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated4.671.00x0.072.47%24.735.30x0.120.84%9.922.12x0.205.04%OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed Idle

CPU Usage Monitor

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.180.00.912.0Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.100.06.9100.0Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated0.01.512.4OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterTimed IdleCPU Usage Monitor20406080100

Timed Idle

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18186661914620190Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10166071737619446Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated208882125424045OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed IdleSystem Power Consumption Monitor6K12K18K24K30K

Warsow

Resolution: 800 x 600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.5Resolution: 800 x 600Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated612182430SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 64.6724.739.92

Warsow

CPU Usage Monitor

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.1840.498.9100.0Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.100.053.9100.0Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated10.045.0100.0OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterWarsow 0.5CPU Usage Monitor20406080100

Warsow

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18207752563929669Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10189263234735397Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated233432880132318OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwatts, Fewer Is BetterWarsow 0.5System Power Consumption Monitor10K20K30K40K50K

CPU Usage Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.180.080.1100.0Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.100.041.6100.0Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated0.039.9100.0OpenBenchmarking.orgPercentCPU Usage MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring20406080100

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

MinAvgMaxUbuntu 6.06.1 LTS - fglrx 8.25.18186662436329669Ubuntu 8.10 - Catalyst 8.10166072807935397Ubuntu 11.10 - Updated208882788032318OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliwattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring10K20K30K40K50K

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