Ubuntu 8.04 - 12.04 Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 testing with a LENOVO 6459CTO and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at Ubuntu 12.04 evolution going back to Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS. Ubuntu 8.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, Audio: Intel 82801H, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 8.04, Kernel: 2.6.24-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.4.0.90, Display Driver: nv 2.1.8, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2), Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Ubuntu 10.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.15, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 28236 AVG: 46242 MAX: 48407 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 22138 AVG: 44554 MAX: 48448 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 24338 AVG: 43576 MAX: 51027 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 26230 AVG: 45319 MAX: 49591 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 23758 AVG: 46142 MAX: 49915 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 30866 AVG: 48047 MAX: 51317 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 32783 AVG: 47073 MAX: 47707 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 25361 AVG: 43358 MAX: 46431 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 26306 AVG: 42468 MAX: 44225 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 27844 AVG: 44509 MAX: 46347 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 29155 AVG: 46026 MAX: 48164 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 26988 AVG: 44184 MAX: 47571 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 27956 AVG: 44764 MAX: 49598 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 34066 AVG: 44329 MAX: 47107 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 32032 AVG: 45540 MAX: 48668 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 30705 AVG: 45406 MAX: 48246 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 32003 AVG: 44501 MAX: 48056 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 21580 AVG: 22630 MAX: 25040 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 21179 AVG: 23479 MAX: 31405 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 22644 AVG: 24656 MAX: 31514 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 24260 AVG: 25165 MAX: 27459 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 21893 AVG: 22684 MAX: 30035 OpenSSL 1.0.0e System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 32703 AVG: 38706 MAX: 40454 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 32138 AVG: 38489 MAX: 40238 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 32619 AVG: 39591 MAX: 41498 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 36794 AVG: 40094 MAX: 41592 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 35348 AVG: 38607 MAX: 41067 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 . 46.33 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04 . 59.83 |========================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. 11601.07 |====================================================== Ubuntu 10.04 . 9520.32 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.04 . 9948.27 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 10934.99 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04 . 11050.25 |=================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. 4072 |======================================================== Ubuntu 10.04 . 4205 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 4231 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 3961 |====================================================== Ubuntu 12.04 . 4089 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. 39.20 |======================================================== Ubuntu 10.04 . 39.48 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.04 . 39.55 |========================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 39.45 |========================================================= Ubuntu 12.04 . 39.50 |========================================================= System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Ubuntu 8.04 .. MIN: 21580 AVG: 41940 MAX: 51027 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 21179 AVG: 42911 MAX: 49591 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 22644 AVG: 43842 MAX: 49915 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 24260 AVG: 45337 MAX: 51317 Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 21893 AVG: 42585 MAX: 48448 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 8.04 .. 244.09 |======================================================== Ubuntu 10.04 . 205.71 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 189.27 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 179.29 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04 . 169.42 |=======================================