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.

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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","Unity 2D 6.2.0","sna/bare","sna/gnome-shell","uxa/bare","uxa/gnome-shell" Processor,,Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores) Motherboard,,CompuLab Intense-PC,CompuLab Intense-PC,,,, Chipset,,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM,Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB Disk,,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,500GB Hitachi HCC54755,250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25,250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25,250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25,250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25 Graphics,,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core,Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz),Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz),Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz),Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC888,Realtek ALC888,Intel 7 /C210,Intel 7 /C210,Intel 7 /C210,Intel 7 /C210 Monitor,,VA2431,VA2431,DELL P2210H,DELL P2210H,DELL P2210H,DELL P2210H Network,,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS,,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 12.10,Debian unstable,Debian unstable,Debian unstable,Debian unstable Kernel,,3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64),3.6.0-rc2+ (x86_64),3.6.0-rc2+ (x86_64),3.6.0-rc2+ (x86_64),3.6.0-rc2+ (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 6.2.0,Unity 2D 6.2.0,,GNOME Shell 3.4.2,,GNOME Shell 3.4.2 Display Server,,X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2),X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2),X Server 1.12.3,X Server 1.12.3,X Server 1.12.3,X Server 1.12.3 Display Driver,,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3,intel 2.20.3 OpenGL,,2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03),2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03),3.0 Mesa 8.0.4,3.0 Mesa 8.0.4,3.0 Mesa 8.0.4,3.0 Mesa 8.0.4 Compiler,,GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0,GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Unity 6.2.0","Unity 2D 6.2.0","sna/bare","sna/gnome-shell","uxa/bare","uxa/gnome-shell" "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,31.90,33.74,49.99,49.92,49.07,48.15 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,59.35,67.29,136.13,128.33,122.89,119.04 "Warsow - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,33.23,31.55,42.77,37.83,37.30,33.67 "Prey - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,18.73,19.30,,,, "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,23.70,21.58,34.90,30.23,30.50,30.52 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,112.53,111.15,184.73,180.00,176.37,178.00 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,12.86,13.29,55.46,54.43,53.81,54.11 "Doom 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,30.47,32.20,,,,