Intel OpenGL Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Benchmarking Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge and Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge processors for a future article on Phoronix.com. Looking at OpenGL scaling performance under Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Build 7600 with the Intel Intel 8.15.10.2696 Windows Ivy Bridge graphics driver and with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on the Linux x86_64 side with then upgrading to Linux 3.4 kernel, Mesa 8.1-devel, xf86-video-intel DDX, and libdrm all from Git as of late April. Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B 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 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e6aad9b), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B 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 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e6aad9b), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 56GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 72.73 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 97.37 |================================= Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 96.77 |================================= Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 101.93 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 54.63 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 71.80 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 70.60 |=================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 70.87 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 41.57 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 54.58 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 47.13 |=============================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 46.60 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 28.57 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 37.27 |================================ Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 42.23 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 42.17 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 24.93 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 31.03 |=============================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 36.53 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 35.93 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 23.07 |========================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 28.68 |================================= Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 31.73 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 31.33 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 45.23 |===================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 74.72 |=================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 48.08 |====================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 77.58 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 39.68 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 65.45 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 38.40 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 63.78 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 29.57 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 47.96 |=================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 28.60 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 48.69 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 23.63 |=================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 38.08 |============================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 26.85 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 45.41 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 23.63 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 38.08 |================================= Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 24.17 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 41.65 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 23.63 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 38.04 |==================================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 21.74 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 37.74 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 76.00 |================= Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 127.01 |============================ Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 106.77 |======================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 157.02 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 57.97 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 92.16 |======================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 93.85 |========================= Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 131.85 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 40.65 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 64.16 |======================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 72.00 |=========================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 97.16 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 30.13 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 46.69 |=================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 66.44 |=========================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 89.27 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 30.13 |============== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 47.08 |===================== Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 59.21 |=========================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 80.01 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i5 2500K . 30.13 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: Intel Core i7 3770K . 45.37 |======================= Windows 7: Intel Core i5 2500K .... 53.50 |=========================== Windows 7: Intel Core i7 3770K .... 72.31 |====================================