Intel Core i5-2520M Sandy Bridge benchmarks under clean x86_64 installations of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Besides comparing stock Ubuntu 11.10 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux performance, also added in Git master tests of the Intel Linux graphics stack - Linux 3.4 Git, Mesa 8.1-devel, libdrm, xf86-video-intel Git DDX. Also a GCC 4.8 snapshot. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com in May by Michael Larabel.
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Intel Sandy Bridge - Ubuntu 11.10 vs. Ubuntu 12.04
Intel Core i5-2520M Sandy Bridge benchmarks under clean x86_64 installations of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Besides comparing stock Ubuntu 11.10 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux performance, also added in Git master tests of the Intel Linux graphics stack - Linux 3.4 Git, Mesa 8.1-devel, libdrm, xf86-video-intel Git DDX. Also a GCC 4.8 snapshot. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com in May by Michael Larabel.
Ubuntu 11.10:
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 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Ubuntu 12.04:
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: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master:
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: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7bf3fe8), Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20120429, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gears
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 61.45 |========================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 98.90 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 111.81 |===========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 14.67 |==============================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 21.13 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 21.40 |============================================
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 20.97 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 34.03 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 35.40 |============================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 13.64 |======================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 25.66 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 26.73 |============================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 42.90 |=======================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 80.30 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 82.23 |============================================
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 61.75 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 50.97 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 51.15 |====================================
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 19.04 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 13.48 |===============================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 13.86 |================================
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Poppler
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 7.34 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 5.27 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 5.34 |=================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gradients
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 45.61 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 68.36 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 65.91 |==========================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Charts
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 12.00 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 11.95 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 13.15 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 38.99 |============================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 60.85 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 62.38 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 18.32 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 31.16 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 32.10 |============================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 7323 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 7829 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 7844 |=============================================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 22.42 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 22.17 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 22.23 |============================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 204.81 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 203.00 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 324.33 |===========================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 16.05 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 16.04 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 16.04 |============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 101 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 102 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 103 |==============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 128 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 129 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 129 |==============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 41 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 41 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 41 |===============================================
x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 57.22 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 58.71 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 58.62 |============================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 119.47 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 116.41 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 115.66 |==========================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 241 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 230 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 230 |============================================
NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 28365.09 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 26110.60 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 27672.75 |========================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 17873.46 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 19358.34 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 19945.25 |=========================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Fish
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 1.04 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 1.12 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 1.26 |=============================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 .............. 2647.83 |=======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 .............. 2888.33 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 + Git Master . 2744.96 |========================================