kernel-comparison Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 testing with a Sony VAIO and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3400 256MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. linux-3.5-rc2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 400GB FUJITSU MHZ2400B, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3400 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC262, Network: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit + Intel WiFi Link 5100 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-rc2 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 linux-3.4.2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 400GB FUJITSU MHZ2400B, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3400 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC262, Network: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit + Intel WiFi Link 5100 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.4.2 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 linux-3.3.8: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 400GB FUJITSU MHZ2400B, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3400 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC262, Network: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit + Intel WiFi Link 5100 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.3.8 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better linux-3.5-rc2 . 9.41 |========================================================= linux-3.4.2 ... 9.20 |======================================================== linux-3.3.8 ... 9.40 |=========================================================