Mesa 8.0 Intel i945G Gallium3D
Benchmarking the VMware Intel i915 Gallium3D driver under Mesa 8.0 branched Git on an Intel i945G integrated graphics processor. Performance being compared the Mesa 8.0 i915 DRI classic driver from same Mesa Git revision. Using the same Linux 3.2 kernel, xf86-video-intel X.Org DDX, and other components aside from changing out the Mesa/Gallium3D Intel driver.  Testing for a future article by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.com. Prost!


Intel i915 Classic DRI: 

	Processor: Intel Atom 330 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7467, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG HD253GJ, Graphics: Intel 82945G/GZ IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0-rc1 (git-19f8867), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel i915 Gallium3D: 

	Processor: Intel Atom 330 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7467, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG HD253GJ, Graphics: Intel 82945G/GZ IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.0 Mesa 8.0-rc1 (git-19f8867) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 12.73 |===============================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 11.03 |=========================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 9.77 |================================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 7.17 |===================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 7.17 |================================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 3.50 |=======================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 9.26 |================================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 2.12 |===========


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 24.07 |===============================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 13.83 |===========================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel i915 Classic DRI . 14.67 |===============================================
Intel i915 Gallium3D ... 8.57  |===========================