Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Desktop Comparison
Comparing Unity and Unity 2D desktops on Ubuntu 12.10 with latest Intel Ivy Bridge Linux graphics drivers to look at latest performance differences now that Unity 2D is being dropped... benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.


Unity 6.2.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Unity 2D 6.2.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 30.47 |====================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 32.20 |=======================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 12.86 |=====================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 13.29 |=======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 112.53 |======================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 111.15 |=====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 23.70 |=======================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 21.58 |==================================================


Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 18.73 |=====================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 19.30 |=======================================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 33.23 |=======================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 31.55 |====================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 59.35 |=================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 67.29 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.2.0 .... 31.90 |====================================================
Unity 2D 6.2.0 . 33.74 |=======================================================