Testing of various Linux desktop environments from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS repository as of 7 February 2012 with NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards using different open and closed-source graphics driver options. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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Ubuntu Desktop Environments,
"Doom 3 1.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",33.9,34,34
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",33.5,33.6,33.6
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",37.2,37.5,37.4
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",34.5,34.6,34.5
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",32.5,32.5,32.6
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",37.4,37.4,37.4
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",122,123.1,122.8
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",145.2,147.5,148
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",162,156.5,156.9
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",152.2,154.3,152.4
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",147.6,148.2,148.1
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",162,163.5,164.4
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",33.4,34,34.2
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",35.9,35.8,36.3
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",37.6,37.8,38
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",35.6,36.5,37.1
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",31.7,35.7,35.8,35.9,35.8,35.8
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",38,37.9,38
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 5.2.0",197.9,201.5,201.9
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 2D 5.2.0",197.8,202.3,200.2
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",197.2,200.7,200.3
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",196.3,200,201.4
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: KDE Plasma 4.8",198.5,203.3,202.4
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Xfce 4.8",200.2,202.4,203.5
"Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",45.84,45.79,45.84
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",42.03,42.02,42.01
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",50.86,50.91,50.84
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",46.57,46.63,46.52
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",42.26,42.22,42.07
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",50.79,50.84,50.84
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",338.08,336.45,337.71
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",263.33,264.64,265.51
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",457.54,454.05,457.48
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",347.75,347.86,345.22
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",328.88,328.75,329.68
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",470.15,470.75,473.68
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",90.69,89.67,90.53
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",86.72,86.67,86.71
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",102.46,102.48,102.52
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",99.86,99.41,99.67
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",91.77,91.76,91.73
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",101.88,101.85,101.87
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",133.5,133.5,133.4
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",113.9,113.9,113.8
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",176.4,176.4,176.4
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",141.5,141.2,141.3
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",123.2,122.9,123.7
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",175.9,175.8,175.9
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",454,450.4,444.2
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",357,352.5,353.4
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",549.8,541.2,542.2
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",462.4,467,462.3
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",431.1,436.4,436.2
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",561.1,553.5,561.6
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",144.4,145.2,143.9
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",136.4,136.3,135.4
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",166.9,167.2,166.6
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",160.7,161.4,160.9
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",150.3,150.7,150.9
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",167.4,166.5,167.2
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 5.2.0",360,358.1,362.1
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 2D 5.2.0",358.8,358.5,360
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",359.2,359.1,359
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",364.1,362.8,359.8
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: KDE Plasma 4.8",364.6,362.9,362.1
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Xfce 4.8",357.4,354.9,358.5
"VDrift 2010-06-30 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",80.6623,80.5574,80.5694
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",66.339,65.9307,65.9559
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",84.3592,84.3799,84.3742
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",81.1068,81.0646,81.0469
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",67.897,68.0343,68.0054
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",84.4352,84.3447,84.4302
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",39.7185,39.7436,39.8448
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",33.7873,33.7873,33.8168
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",43.8175,43.7806,43.7457
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",40.4611,40.5278,40.5051
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",40.7171,40.8125,40.7088
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",35.5757,35.5279,35.5337
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",19.7505,58.6391,58.6834,44.8675,65.6062,65.6015
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",66.617,66.6458,66.6567
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",20.189,73.519,73.6,73.4969,73.4894,73.474
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",71.7232,20.2549,71.7376,71.7216,71.2345,71.6934
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",68.0573,68.0972,46.3878,46.3471,60.8656,60.9044
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",73.5761,73.5824,73.5314
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 5.2.0",50.6853,50.6719,50.6537
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 2D 5.2.0",50.6723,50.6849,50.698
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",50.7319,50.7378,50.742
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",50.6946,50.6891,50.698
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: KDE Plasma 4.8",50.704,50.7141,50.7074
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Xfce 4.8",50.7341,50.7438,50.7122
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",72.3,72.3,72.1
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",61.2,61.2,61.4
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",69,69.2,69.1
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",73.3,73.3,72.9
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",62.6,62.5,62.2
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",76.7,76.5,76.3
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",213.2,212.6,213.9
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",182.9,182.9,183.1
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",223,222.9,224
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",223.4,224.6,224.8
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",213.2,213.6,213
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",255.4,256.2,255.7
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",25.1,24.9,25.1
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",25.3,25.5,25.5
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",24,24.2,24.2
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",26.1,26.3,26.2
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",25.8,25.8,25.8
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",26.3,26.8,26.7
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 5.2.0",234.7,235.1,233.9
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 2D 5.2.0",233,234.5,233.8
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",119.7,119.9,119.9
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",232.8,234.8,234.5
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: KDE Plasma 4.8",233.5,234.8,234.5
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Xfce 4.8",234.9,235.2,234.3
"World of Padman 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 5.2.0",141.1,141.3,141.4
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Unity 2D 5.2.0",109.7,110.6,110.7
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",167.7,167.9,167.5
"9800GTX - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",144.7,145,145
"9800GTX - Nouveau: KDE Plasma 4.8",108.2,108.1,108.9
"9800GTX - Nouveau: Xfce 4.8",167.3,167.1,167.4
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 5.2.0",423.2,416.9,425.4
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Unity 2D 5.2.0",364.9,364,366.2
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",489.6,475,475.6
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",462.3,453.5,450.2
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: KDE Plasma 4.8",439.4,432.4,433.5
"9800GTX - NVIDIA: Xfce 4.8",491.5,497.3,484
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 5.2.0",147.8,147.1,148.1
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Unity 2D 5.2.0",140.6,140.7,140.7
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",174.1,178.5,178.4
"HD 5770 - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",165.3,164.5,165.8
"HD 5770 - Radeon: KDE Plasma 4.8",44.8,44.7,44.4
"HD 5770 - Radeon: Xfce 4.8",178.1,178.2,178.2
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 5.2.0",284.9,282.3,285.5
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Unity 2D 5.2.0",283.5,285.5,287.4
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1",283.2,283.3,280.8
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.2.1",283.9,287.3,288.2
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: KDE Plasma 4.8",287.3,289.1,286.9
"HD 5770 - Catalyst: Xfce 4.8",284.1,285.6,287.1