Ivy Bridge SNA xf86-video-intel 2.20.6 Intel Ivy Bridge Linux benchmarking between SNA and UXA when using Intel HD 2500 graphics on xf86-video-intel 2.20.6 DDX. Also using latest Mesa 9.0-devel and Linux 3.6 development code. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. UXA: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 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 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-0b90da3), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SNA IvyBridge: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 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 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-0b90da3), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/bare: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc4+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 uxa/bare: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc4+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/compiz: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc4+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/gnome-shell: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc4+ (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/xcompmgr: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc4+ (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/kwin: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc3+ (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/kwin-xrender: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc3+ (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna/kwin-opengl: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 2.59GHz (8 Cores), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB INTEL SSDSC2MH25, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc3+ (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3.902 (1.12.4 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 198.39 |============================ SNA IvyBridge .... 218.71 |=============================== sna/bare ......... 370.99 |==================================================== uxa/bare ......... 259.30 |==================================== sna/compiz ....... 243.88 |================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 259.60 |==================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 231.46 |================================ sna/kwin ......... 372.82 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 327.86 |============================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 316.82 |============================================ Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 188.07 |================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 247.25 |========================================== sna/bare ......... 305.10 |==================================================== uxa/bare ......... 211.41 |==================================== sna/compiz ....... 299.09 |=================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 303.07 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 273.31 |============================================== sna/kwin ......... 306.85 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 282.36 |================================================ sna/kwin-opengl .. 281.37 |================================================ Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 19.34 |========= SNA IvyBridge .... 117.24 |==================================================== sna/bare ......... 95.29 |========================================== uxa/bare ......... 21.18 |========= sna/compiz ....... 95.00 |========================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 94.88 |========================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 94.13 |========================================== sna/kwin ......... 89.33 |======================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 86.26 |====================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 85.86 |====================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 70.44 |========== SNA IvyBridge .... 57.70 |======== sna/bare ......... 321.66 |=============================================== uxa/bare ......... 93.01 |============== sna/compiz ....... 355.49 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 344.00 |================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 296.77 |=========================================== sna/kwin ......... 341.00 |================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 288.97 |========================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 311.62 |============================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 171.16 |=================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 206.46 |========================================== sna/bare ......... 216.20 |============================================ uxa/bare ......... 234.07 |=============================================== sna/compiz ....... 257.93 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 243.98 |================================================= sna/xcompmgr ..... 241.16 |================================================= sna/kwin ......... 225.44 |============================================= sna/kwin-xrender . 237.13 |================================================ sna/kwin-opengl .. 241.45 |================================================= QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 271.25 |=============================== SNA IvyBridge .... 258.14 |============================= sna/bare ......... 455.73 |==================================================== uxa/bare ......... 456.12 |==================================================== sna/compiz ....... 456.93 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 452.12 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 445.96 |=================================================== sna/kwin ......... 457.32 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 451.80 |=================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 445.91 |=================================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 708.72 |========= SNA IvyBridge .... 628.47 |======== sna/bare ......... 4151.82 |=================================================== uxa/bare ......... 3335.54 |========================================= sna/compiz ....... 4129.51 |=================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 3737.64 |============================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 2687.47 |================================= sna/kwin ......... 4055.22 |================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 3983.26 |================================================= sna/kwin-opengl .. 3994.72 |================================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 177.44 |================================= SNA IvyBridge .... 182.57 |================================== sna/bare ......... 282.19 |==================================================== uxa/bare ......... 277.87 |=================================================== sna/compiz ....... 282.81 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 275.88 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 280.61 |==================================================== sna/kwin ......... 277.59 |=================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 275.16 |=================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 276.42 |=================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 193.39 |================================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 195.41 |================================================= sna/bare ......... 195.70 |================================================= uxa/bare ......... 207.70 |==================================================== sna/compiz ....... 206.91 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 204.35 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 208.44 |==================================================== sna/kwin ......... 194.46 |================================================= sna/kwin-xrender . 201.35 |================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 198.38 |================================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 872.45 |============================== SNA IvyBridge .... 880.81 |============================== sna/bare ......... 1480.55 |=================================================== uxa/bare ......... 1398.92 |================================================ sna/compiz ....... 1394.70 |================================================ sna/gnome-shell .. 999.19 |================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 1388.14 |================================================ sna/kwin ......... 1422.44 |================================================= sna/kwin-xrender . 1362.91 |=============================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 1377.60 |=============================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 3757 |============================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 4170 |================================================= sna/bare ......... 4617 |====================================================== uxa/bare ......... 3553 |========================================== sna/compiz ....... 3288 |====================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 3274 |====================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 2630 |=============================== sna/kwin ......... 4443 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 3797 |============================================ sna/kwin-opengl .. 2897 |================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 7457 |================================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 6457 |========================================= sna/bare ......... 7070 |============================================= uxa/bare ......... 7110 |============================================= sna/compiz ....... 8427 |====================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 8427 |====================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 8420 |====================================================== sna/kwin ......... 6720 |=========================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 8473 |====================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 8340 |===================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 3263333 |========= SNA IvyBridge .... 7553333 |==================== sna/bare ......... 18833333 |================================================== uxa/bare ......... 2970000 |======== sna/compiz ....... 6326667 |================= sna/gnome-shell .. 6330000 |================= sna/xcompmgr ..... 14100000 |===================================== sna/kwin ......... 6903333 |================== sna/kwin-xrender . 4376667 |============ sna/kwin-opengl .. 4410000 |============ x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 1.50 | SNA IvyBridge .... 150.00 |============================================= sna/bare ......... 172.00 |==================================================== uxa/bare ......... 1.10 | sna/compiz ....... 171.00 |==================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 168.00 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 166.00 |================================================== sna/kwin ......... 171.00 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 170.00 |=================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 171.00 |==================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 2680 |= SNA IvyBridge .... 188000 |==================================================== sna/bare ......... 140667 |======================================= uxa/bare ......... 1970 |= sna/compiz ....... 138333 |====================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 140000 |======================================= sna/xcompmgr ..... 136000 |====================================== sna/kwin ......... 138000 |====================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 139000 |====================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 139667 |======================================= x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 7390 |================================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 6350 |========================================= sna/bare ......... 7090 |============================================== uxa/bare ......... 7070 |============================================= sna/compiz ....... 8370 |====================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 8370 |====================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 8370 |====================================================== sna/kwin ......... 6750 |=========================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 8400 |====================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 8287 |===================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 7393 |================================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 6390 |========================================= sna/bare ......... 8370 |====================================================== uxa/bare ......... 8370 |====================================================== sna/compiz ....... 8377 |====================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 8370 |====================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 8377 |====================================================== sna/kwin ......... 8370 |====================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 8377 |====================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 8370 |====================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 7380 |======================= SNA IvyBridge .... 6053 |=================== sna/bare ......... 12800 |======================================= uxa/bare ......... 8380 |========================== sna/compiz ....... 17267 |===================================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 16767 |=================================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 17200 |===================================================== sna/kwin ......... 12500 |====================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 15167 |=============================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 12483 |====================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better UXA .............. 7393 |=========================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 6330 |===================================== sna/bare ......... 7090 |========================================== uxa/bare ......... 7070 |========================================== sna/compiz ....... 8370 |================================================= sna/gnome-shell .. 8370 |================================================= sna/xcompmgr ..... 8370 |================================================= sna/kwin ......... 6743 |======================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 9190 |====================================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 7363 |=========================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 3.31 |================================================ SNA IvyBridge .... 0.89 |============= sna/bare ......... 0.98 |============== uxa/bare ......... 3.70 |====================================================== sna/compiz ....... 0.97 |============== sna/gnome-shell .. 0.97 |============== sna/xcompmgr ..... 0.97 |============== sna/kwin ......... 1.07 |================ sna/kwin-xrender . 1.02 |=============== sna/kwin-opengl .. 1.05 |=============== Render Bench Phoronix Test Suite v4.0.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 16.47 |================================= SNA IvyBridge .... 18.26 |==================================== sna/bare ......... 19.03 |====================================== uxa/bare ......... 18.98 |====================================== sna/compiz ....... 19.14 |====================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 19.06 |====================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 26.75 |===================================================== sna/kwin ......... 19.13 |====================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 19.33 |====================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 19.55 |======================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 16.48 |==================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 16.64 |===================================================== sna/bare ......... 13.57 |=========================================== uxa/bare ......... 14.12 |============================================= sna/compiz ....... 11.81 |====================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 12.06 |====================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 11.43 |==================================== sna/kwin ......... 16.17 |==================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 13.58 |=========================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 13.96 |============================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 1.68 |===================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 1.70 |====================================================== sna/bare ......... 1.26 |======================================== uxa/bare ......... 1.27 |======================================== sna/compiz ....... 1.27 |======================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 1.37 |============================================ sna/xcompmgr ..... 1.26 |======================================== sna/kwin ......... 1.31 |========================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 1.31 |========================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 1.30 |========================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 2.89 |====================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 2.89 |====================================================== sna/bare ......... 1.87 |=================================== uxa/bare ......... 1.86 |=================================== sna/compiz ....... 1.86 |=================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 1.88 |=================================== sna/xcompmgr ..... 1.87 |=================================== sna/kwin ......... 1.90 |==================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 1.92 |==================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 1.90 |==================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 8.42 |====================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 8.41 |====================================================== sna/bare ......... 1.30 |======== uxa/bare ......... 1.28 |======== sna/compiz ....... 1.28 |======== sna/gnome-shell .. 1.33 |========= sna/xcompmgr ..... 1.28 |======== sna/kwin ......... 1.30 |======== sna/kwin-xrender . 1.29 |======== sna/kwin-opengl .. 1.30 |======== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 10.27 |================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 9.53 |============================================== sna/bare ......... 8.12 |======================================= uxa/bare ......... 8.87 |=========================================== sna/compiz ....... 7.66 |===================================== sna/gnome-shell .. 9.00 |============================================ sna/xcompmgr ..... 7.41 |==================================== sna/kwin ......... 10.94 |===================================================== sna/kwin-xrender . 9.42 |============================================== sna/kwin-opengl .. 9.81 |================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA .............. 3.18 |================================================== SNA IvyBridge .... 0.79 |============ sna/bare ......... 0.32 |===== uxa/bare ......... 3.44 |====================================================== sna/compiz ....... 0.40 |====== sna/gnome-shell .. 0.53 |======== sna/xcompmgr ..... 0.37 |====== sna/kwin ......... 0.33 |===== sna/kwin-xrender . 0.56 |========= sna/kwin-opengl .. 0.75 |============