Ubuntu 12.04 Idling NVIDIA
Idling power consumption on battery of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit PAE on Lenovo ThinkPad W510 when testing stock Nouveau, nomodeset to VESA fallback, and the NVIDIA binary driver in Ubuntu Precise repository.
Stock - Nouveau
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), 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: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
VESA
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 2D 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: 1024x768
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: This was running on battery power.
NVIDIA Binary Blob
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Timed Idle
Stock - Nouveau
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), 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: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Testing initiated at 7 April 2012 13:22 by user phoronix.
VESA
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 2D 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: 1024x768
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: This was running on battery power.
Testing initiated at 7 April 2012 13:29 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA Binary Blob
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Testing initiated at 7 April 2012 13:40 by user phoronix.