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.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Desktop Comparison,
"Doom 3 1.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",30.1,30.6,30.7
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",31.8,32.4,32.4
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",12.7942422,12.8693137,12.9213918
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",13.2869522,13.3310179,13.2614839
"sna/bare",55.2764618,55.5273515,55.582213
"sna/gnome-shell",53.766341,53.9948254,55.5208712
"uxa/bare",53.7858544,53.7836193,53.8641137
"uxa/gnome-shell",54.0452523,54.186397,54.1043308
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",112.3,112.7,112.6
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",120.6,113.8,108.7,108.6,107,108.2
"sna/bare",184.2,184.9,185.1
"sna/gnome-shell",169,180.4,184.5,181.1,185,180
"uxa/bare",176.4,176.6,176.1
"uxa/gnome-shell",177.6,177.9,178.5
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",24.2,23.6,23.3
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",25.3,21.4,21.3,21.2,20.8,19.5
"sna/bare",34.9,34.9,34.9
"sna/gnome-shell",34.4,32,29.9,28.7,28.1,28.3
"uxa/bare",34.5,33.5,30.4,28.9,28,27.7
"uxa/gnome-shell",34.5,33.2,30.8,28.9,28.1,27.6
"Prey 1.4.119 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",19.1,18.2,18.9
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",19.5,19,19.4
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",32.8,33.5,33.4
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",32.9,30.4,33.4,29.8,33.3,29.5
"sna/bare",43.9,43.2,41.2
"sna/gnome-shell",38.3,37.4,37.8
"uxa/bare",37.6,37.1,37.2
"uxa/gnome-shell",34.1,34,32.9
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",60.903175,58.7782468,58.3763328
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",67.2022991,67.8165011,66.8457249
"sna/bare",148.4677633,142.2137422,137.2060299,131.51875,129.4599796,127.8986305
"sna/gnome-shell",139.4016736,130.7749458,128.851642,126.3803794,122.974832,121.6181502
"uxa/bare",131.199465,123.8102714,122.4469575,121.0233451,120.1044892,118.7577452
"uxa/gnome-shell",128.3785077,122.1341884,112.7121044,117.5657676,116.9971512,116.4427098
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.2.0",31.888614,31.889581,31.9120963
"Unity 2D 6.2.0",33.3519592,33.998195,33.8637131
"sna/bare",49.9897319,49.8061319,50.16464
"sna/gnome-shell",49.1511305,50.0279197,50.5939721
"uxa/bare",49.2217597,49.1140248,48.8795785
"uxa/gnome-shell",48.1428276,47.9004884,48.3983964