Intel UXA SNA Ivy Bridge 15 July Benchmarking comparing the performance of Intel UXA and SNA 2D acceleration architectures for X.Org Server in Ubuntu Linux on Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge HD 4000 graphics hardware. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Intel UXA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-15ca9d1), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel SNA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-15ca9d1), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 237.52 |====================================================== Intel SNA . 259.69 |=========================================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 201.21 |================================================ Intel SNA . 248.65 |=========================================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 18.85 |========= Intel SNA . 119.29 |=========================================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 66.15 |=========================================== Intel SNA . 91.98 |============================================================ cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 2.98 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 0.81 |================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 34.11 |============================================================ Intel SNA . 13.58 |======================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 7.61 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 1.61 |============= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 1102.90 |========================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 14.35 |========================================================== Intel SNA . 14.80 |============================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 1.66 |============================================================ Intel SNA . 1.68 |============================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 2.84 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 2.81 |============================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 8.06 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 8.02 |============================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 8.70 |========================================================= Intel SNA . 9.37 |============================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 0.04 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 0.04 |============================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 934.16 |=========================================================== Intel SNA . 931.45 |=========================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 44.31 |============================================================ Intel SNA . 12.44 |================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel UXA . 3.56 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 0.85 |=============== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 38.97 |============================================================ Intel SNA . 38.95 |============================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 27.23 |============================================================ Intel SNA . 26.80 |=========================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 3807 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 3153 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 7583 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 5807 |=============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 2863333 |========================== Intel SNA . 6503333 |========================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 1.30 | Intel SNA . 155.00 |=========================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 2900 |= Intel SNA . 204333 |=========================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 7540 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 5757 |=============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 7673 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 5963 |=============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 7440 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 6580 |====================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 7517 |============================================================= Intel SNA . 5423 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel UXA . 107.86 |=========================================================== Intel SNA . 105.22 |==========================================================