Mesa 8.1-devel On Intel Sandy Bridge
Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 161C and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 using Linux 3.4 DRM development code from -next tree as of 6 March. This comparison is for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing Mesa 8.0 branched Git and Mesa git master (Mesa 8.1-devel) as of today on a Sandy Bridge graphics HP EliteBook notebook.


Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c: 

	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

Mesa 8.0.1: 

	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 8.0.1 (git-a308098), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 29.39 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 33.57 |===========================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 24.94 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 23.77 |=========================================


Xonotic 0.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 33.45 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 33.43 |===========================================


Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 32.12 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 31.75 |===========================================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 49.51 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 49.60 |===========================================


Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1440 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 33.40 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 33.03 |===========================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 79.60 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 80.23 |===========================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.1-devel git-ef3e26c . 76.83 |===========================================
Mesa 8.0.1 ................. 77.30 |===========================================