IBM R52 ThinkPad Ubuntu 10.10 12.04 LTS Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz testing with a IBM 18494WU and AMD Mobility Radeon X300 128MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 1.87GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 18494WU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 0.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 18494WU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 0.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 18494WU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X300 128MB, Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 Ubuntu 10.10: Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 1.87GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 18494WU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X300 (300/230MHz), Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.1, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 Ubuntu 10.04: Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.86GHz @ 0.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: IBM 18494WU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML + ICH6M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9AT00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X300 (300/230MHz), Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 22129 AVG: 23115 MAX: 24251 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 21408 AVG: 22825 MAX: 29014 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 20695 AVG: 21269 MAX: 22931 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 21653 AVG: 22300 MAX: 24142 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 19913 AVG: 20437 MAX: 20735 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 761 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 763 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 735 |========================================================= Ubuntu 10.10 . 705 |======================================================= Ubuntu 10.04 . 711 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 23076 AVG: 27016 MAX: 29101 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 22551 AVG: 27115 MAX: 28863 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 20968 AVG: 26362 MAX: 27245 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 22377 AVG: 26379 MAX: 27187 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 20706 AVG: 25585 MAX: 26099 GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 9 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 . 9 |============================================================= Ubuntu 11.04 . 9 |============================================================= Ubuntu 10.10 . 9 |============================================================= Ubuntu 10.04 . 9 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 24899 AVG: 26210 MAX: 28050 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 24643 AVG: 26074 MAX: 26611 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 23858 AVG: 25599 MAX: 26034 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 24694 AVG: 25625 MAX: 26116 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 23627 AVG: 24827 MAX: 25059 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 22129 AVG: 26105 MAX: 29101 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 21408 AVG: 26098 MAX: 29609 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 20695 AVG: 25294 MAX: 27245 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 21653 AVG: 25499 MAX: 27187 Ubuntu 10.04 . MIN: 19913 AVG: 24513 MAX: 26099