Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Power Consumption Lenovo ThinkPad W510 notebook with Intel Core i7 processor measuring the battery power consumption under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS back through Ubuntu 10.10. Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com.
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Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Power Consumption Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 ext4 1600x900 string: Software Rasterizer 1024MB (550/950MHz) Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 GCC 4.5.2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz) Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6.1 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-14-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.2.0 X Server 1.11.3 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Ubuntu 10.10: This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 11.04: This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 11.10: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 12.04: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Power Consumption nexuiz: 1600 x 900 - No - Off c-ray: Total Time Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 127.13 116.46 25.94 116.92 1 116.91 OpenBenchmarking.org
System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 18561 45871 57374 Ubuntu 10.10 22008 49892 60836 Ubuntu 11.10 29517 54145 68775 Ubuntu 11.04 29083 55288 66377 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 25.94 1.00
Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 18561 21629 27890 Ubuntu 10.10 22008 23064 25344 Ubuntu 11.04 29083 30503 34815 Ubuntu 11.10 29517 31935 40930 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor 11K 22K 33K 44K 55K
Nexuiz System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 11.10 33139 42110 44917 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 System Power Consumption Monitor 12K 24K 36K 48K 60K
C-Ray System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 31068 55573 57374 Ubuntu 10.10 24020 58773 60836 Ubuntu 11.04 35692 64275 66377 Ubuntu 11.10 37261 64449 66517 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
Smallpt System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 11.10 51543 64219 68775 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 116.46 116.91 116.92 127.13
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