Testing of xf86-video-intel DDX Git master as of 19 April with stock UXA, Intel SNA (--enable-sna), and Intel DDX with Git master of GLAMOR acceleration enabled as of 19 April 2012 along with Git master of Mesa and the latest Linux 3.4 development kernel throughout. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the performance impact of stock UXA 2D X.Org acceleration versus SNA (Sandy Bridge New Acceleration) versus Glamor OpenGL acceleration. Intel Ivy Bridge benchmarks of these 2D acceleration means on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS are forthcoming on Phoronix.
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Intel Sandy Bridge UXA SNA GLAMOR
Testing of xf86-video-intel DDX Git master as of 19 April with stock UXA, Intel SNA (--enable-sna), and Intel DDX with Git master of GLAMOR acceleration enabled as of 19 April 2012 along with Git master of Mesa and the latest Linux 3.4 development kernel throughout. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the performance impact of stock UXA 2D X.Org acceleration versus SNA (Sandy Bridge New Acceleration) versus Glamor OpenGL acceleration. Intel Ivy Bridge benchmarks of these 2D acceleration means on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS are forthcoming on Phoronix.
Stock UXA:
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 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-b328949), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Intel SNA:
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 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-b328949), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GLAMOR:
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 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-b328949), Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
i5-2500 sna:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Debian Linux Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 3.4.0-rc6+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-f2f5ddc), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 2.9, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 82.70 |==============
Intel SNA ... 81.23 |==============
i5-2500 sna . 341.53 |=========================================================
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Poppler
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 5.44 |=================================
Intel SNA ... 0.98 |======
GLAMOR ...... 9.67 |===========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 0.84 |=====
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 14.59 |=============================================
Intel SNA ... 2.13 |=======
GLAMOR ...... 18.80 |==========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 2.36 |=======
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Radial Gradient Paint - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 6878.99 |=============================
Intel SNA ... 9243.87 |========================================
GLAMOR ...... 5835.37 |=========================
i5-2500 sna . 12827.92 |=======================================================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Transformed Blit Bilinear - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 26904.24 |===
Intel SNA ... 50372.64 |=====
GLAMOR ...... 31306.43 |===
i5-2500 sna . 500586.89 |======================================================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 82.46 |=======
Intel SNA ... 52.93 |=====
GLAMOR ...... 641.71 |=========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 10.50 |=
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Gradient+Temp Texture - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 4344.46 |
Intel SNA ... 15990.56 |==
GLAMOR ...... 3420.91 |
i5-2500 sna . 546892.85 |======================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px PutImage Square
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 2305 |========================
Intel SNA ... 2913 |===============================
GLAMOR ...... 880 |=========
i5-2500 sna . 5573 |===========================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 2877 |===================================================
Intel SNA ... 2493 |============================================
GLAMOR ...... 2900 |===================================================
i5-2500 sna . 3350 |===========================================================
QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 107.60 |========================
Intel SNA ... 105.91 |========================
GLAMOR ...... 145.99 |=================================
i5-2500 sna . 256.04 |=========================================================
QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 350.74 |============
Intel SNA ... 436.52 |===============
GLAMOR ...... 404.64 |==============
i5-2500 sna . 1656.39 |========================================================
QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 102.58 |==================
Intel SNA ... 105.15 |==================
GLAMOR ...... 126.95 |======================
i5-2500 sna . 328.82 |=========================================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gradients
FPS > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 66.91 |=======
Intel SNA ... 75.33 |========
i5-2500 sna . 547.16 |=========================================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Charts
FPS > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 13.11 |=====
Intel SNA ... 13.78 |=====
i5-2500 sna . 155.44 |=========================================================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 2.82 |==========================================================
Intel SNA ... 2.83 |==========================================================
GLAMOR ...... 2.87 |===========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 1.03 |=====================
x11perf 1.5
Test: Char in 80-char aa line
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 1826667 |===================
Intel SNA ... 3566667 |=====================================
GLAMOR ...... 1140000 |============
i5-2500 sna . 5466667 |========================================================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 22.28 |==========================================================
Intel SNA ... 22.21 |==========================================================
GLAMOR ...... 20.76 |======================================================
i5-2500 sna . 1.04 |===
x11perf 1.5
Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 1.15 |
Intel SNA ... 153.00 |=========================================================
GLAMOR ...... 1.15 |
i5-2500 sna . 150.00 |========================================================
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gears
FPS > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 110.54 |===============
Intel SNA ... 161.22 |=======================
i5-2500 sna . 408.13 |=========================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 3773 |========================================================
Intel SNA ... 3130 |===============================================
GLAMOR ...... 3785 |=========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 3940 |===========================================================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Linear Gradient Blend - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 4509.94 |
Intel SNA ... 104975.23 |========
GLAMOR ...... 3436.89 |
i5-2500 sna . 669216.73 |======================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 4030 |======================================================
Intel SNA ... 3140 |==========================================
GLAMOR ...... 3923 |=====================================================
i5-2500 sna . 4387 |===========================================================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Transformed Blit Linear - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 776196.88 |===================
Intel SNA ... 732731.10 |==================
GLAMOR ...... 103392.11 |===
i5-2500 sna . 2144956.09 |=====================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 3123 |============================================
Intel SNA ... 3125 |============================================
GLAMOR ...... 4217 |===========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 3963 |=======================================================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Transformed Texture Paint - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 27786.44 |==
Intel SNA ... 31466.07 |==
GLAMOR ...... 31087.64 |==
i5-2500 sna . 699547.16 |======================================================
x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 3807 |=========================================================
Intel SNA ... 3133 |===============================================
GLAMOR ...... 3798 |=========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 3940 |===========================================================
cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 52.05 |==========================================================
Intel SNA ... 16.83 |===================
i5-2500 sna . 19.70 |======================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Simple Blit - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 1052687.15 |===================
Intel SNA ... 743342.45 |=============
GLAMOR ...... 80661.20 |=
i5-2500 sna . 2919403.31 |=====================================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 26.80 |==================================
Intel SNA ... 26.87 |==================================
i5-2500 sna . 45.61 |==========================================================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: 12pt Text LCD - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 15548.20 |=======
Intel SNA ... 125823.40 |======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 16827.09 |=======
i5-2500 sna . 69892.59 |==============================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkComboBox
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 26.61 |=======================================================
Intel SNA ... 26.87 |=======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 28.20 |==========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 11.63 |========================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Put Composition - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 23720.27 |===========================
Intel SNA ... 48416.70 |=======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 10521.09 |============
i5-2500 sna . 47376.45 |======================================================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 6.19 |===========================================================
Intel SNA ... 6.21 |===========================================================
GLAMOR ...... 5.87 |========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 1.54 |===============
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: Rects Composition - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 22410.67 |=================================
Intel SNA ... 37075.67 |=======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 2116.20 |===
i5-2500 sna . 16666.38 |=========================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 17.71 |==================================================
Intel SNA ... 19.20 |=======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 20.35 |==========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 7.79 |======================
JXRenderMark 1.0.1
Test: 12pt Text Grayscale - Size: 128x128
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 2728.39 |=
Intel SNA ... 159310.03 |======================================================
GLAMOR ...... 19983.87 |=======
i5-2500 sna . 71988.00 |========================
GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock UXA ... 5.52 |=======================================================
Intel SNA ... 1.38 |==============
GLAMOR ...... 5.94 |===========================================================
i5-2500 sna . 0.71 |=======
Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Fish
FPS > Higher Is Better
Stock UXA ... 1.20 |
Intel SNA ... 2.42 |
i5-2500 sna . 292.71 |=========================================================