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.
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Sandy Bridge Linux Kernels Intel Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 2048MB 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP Cirrus Logic CS4206 Acer P243W Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n Ubuntu 12.10 3.6.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.2.0 X Server 1.12.99.904 (1.13.0 RC 4) intel 2.20.4 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-bee2edb) GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 ext4 1920x1200 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64) 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.3.8-030308-generic (x86_64) 3.2.28-030228-generic (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - UXA System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
Sandy Bridge Linux Kernels Intel xonotic: 800 x 600 - High lightsmark: 1920 x 1200 xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - High doom3: 1920 x 1200 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - High prey: 1280 x 1024 xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - Low prey: 1920 x 1200 padman: 1920 x 1200 warsow: 1920 x 1200 corebreach: 1920 x 1200 - 0 openarena: 1920 x 1200 xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low openarena: 1920 x 1200 nexuiz: 1920 x 1200 - Yes - On xonotic: 800 x 600 - Low prey: 800 x 600 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 84.50 35.43 49.87 21.93 34.40 23.10 77.98 15.03 87.33 34.00 124 86.50 93.49 22.37 9.29 128.67 49.87 85.10 35.17 49.80 21.93 34.41 23.03 78.08 15.03 87.30 34.20 127 86.30 93.89 22.43 9.29 131.59 45.50 71.13 32.79 42.93 20.13 30.80 21.70 69.23 14.50 82.03 33.43 120 86.00 90.73 21.90 9.09 132.22 38.32 56.72 24.39 34.58 15.73 24.93 17.13 58.57 11.43 66.87 26.20 99 69.03 76.05 18.30 7.65 118.69 30.60 56.56 24.42 34.40 15.67 24.85 17.10 58.57 11.43 66.93 26.23 99 68.93 76.00 18.20 7.62 118.23 30.57 OpenBenchmarking.org
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 84.50 85.10 71.13 56.72 56.56
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 35.43 35.17 32.79 24.39 24.42
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 49.87 49.80 42.93 34.58 34.40
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: Low Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 21.93 21.93 20.13 15.73 15.67
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 34.40 34.41 30.80 24.93 24.85
Prey Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 23.10 23.03 21.70 17.13 17.10
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 77.98 78.08 69.23 58.57 58.57
Prey Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 15.03 15.03 14.50 11.43 11.43
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 87.33 87.30 82.03 66.87 66.93
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 34.00 34.20 33.43 26.20 26.23
CoreBreach Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - FSAA: 0 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better CoreBreach 1.1.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - FSAA: 0 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 2.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.41, N = 6 124 127 120 99 99
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 86.50 86.30 86.00 69.03 68.93
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 93.49 93.89 90.73 76.05 76.00
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 22.37 22.43 21.90 18.30 18.20
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 9.29 9.29 9.09 7.65 7.62
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 128.67 131.59 132.22 118.69 118.23
Prey Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 800 x 600 Linux 3.6 Git Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.3.8 Linux 3.2.28 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 4.50, N = 6 SE +/- 3.07, N = 6 SE +/- 1.52, N = 6 SE +/- 1.51, N = 6 49.87 45.50 38.32 30.60 30.57
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