Cairo NVIDIA blob perf-trace Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. NVIDIA Quadro With Blob: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA Quadro With Blob . 30.57 |============================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA Quadro With Blob . 5.43 |=============================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA Quadro With Blob . 2.99 |===============================================