Intel Linux 3.4 Kernel DRM - Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 161C and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS daily snapshot from 6 March 2012. Testing of the Linux 3.2, 3.3 Git, and 3.3 + drm-next kernels as of 6 March. Using the Ubuntu mainline kernel PPA. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the performance impact of the upcoming Intel Sandy Bridge DRM driver changes for the Linux 3.4 kernel. 3.4 drm-next: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-ef3e26c), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-ef3e26c), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-ef3e26c), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 24.09 |======================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 24.82 |========================================================= Linux 3.2 .... 21.23 |================================================= Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 33.41 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 33.04 |======================================================== Linux 3.2 .... 30.67 |==================================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 32.12 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 31.51 |======================================================== Linux 3.2 .... 28.79 |=================================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 49.52 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 47.72 |======================================================= Linux 3.2 .... 40.59 |=============================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 46.63 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 45.37 |======================================================= Linux 3.2 .... 40.10 |================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 31.67 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 30.83 |======================================================= Linux 3.2 .... 27.00 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 139.13 |======================================================== Linux 3.3 .... 128.17 |==================================================== Linux 3.2 .... 134.27 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 79.53 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 77.63 |======================================================== Linux 3.2 .... 65.90 |=============================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.4 drm-next . 76.90 |========================================================= Linux 3.3 .... 74.80 |======================================================= Linux 3.2 .... 62.63 |==============================================