Sandy Bridge Linux Kernels Intel Intel Core i5-2415M testing with a Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 and Intel Sandy Bridge graphics when testing mainline/vanilla Linux kernel releases from Linux 3.1 through Linux 3.6 Git. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.2.28: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.2.28-030228-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.3.8: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.3.8-030308-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.4: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.5: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Linux 3.6 Git: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4), Display Driver: intel 2.20.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 CoreBreach 1.1.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - 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