Comparing Unity, KDE, GNOME Shell, GNOME Classic, Xfce, and LXDE on Ubuntu 12.10 Linux x86_64 from an Intel Ivy Bridge system. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 2D tests to come shortly.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores) CompuLab Intense-PC Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM 8192MB 500GB Hitachi HCC54755 Intel 3rd Gen Core Realtek ALC888 VA2431 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-13-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.4.0 X Server 1.12.99.905 (1.13.0 RC 5) intel 2.20.3 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1080 KDE 4.9.00 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME 3.5.5 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - UXA System Details - Unity 6.4: Compiz was running on this system.
Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking doom3: 1920 x 1080 - Low doom3: 1280 x 1024 - Low lightsmark: 1920 x 1080 lightsmark: 1280 x 1024 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 prey: 1920 x 1080 prey: 1280 x 1024 reaction: 1920 x 1080 urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 1920 x 1080 padman: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 31.17 29.63 40.95 36.12 9.83 80.13 16.27 16.83 22.78 39.48 40.00 27.98 52.30 47.68 25.71 55.11 27.77 34.07 44.66 45.39 9.73 64.60 17.08 17.30 26.87 38.60 41.13 27.43 53.23 46.96 26.45 62.90 35.17 40.87 68.23 63.88 12.79 142.00 26.53 21.72 34.17 57.50 57.57 34.37 105.17 76.21 35.52 100.06 34.73 35.77 47.88 39.79 9.94 141.70 26.60 19.30 27.07 51.00 57.50 28.35 100.30 54.85 32.12 63.23 35.13 35.03 47.41 50.21 10.12 127.43 18.82 18.43 27.58 49.10 57.57 30.23 85.33 66.81 31.52 88.21 34.17 40.90 46.79 50.37 10.12 126.70 21.17 19.25 30.18 55.03 53.97 33.20 89.55 74.88 34.24 96.64 35.10 39.62 50.58 53.05 10.15 127.60 20.00 19.70 30.72 54.23 57.97 31.52 90.90 70.82 33.69 100.84 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 35.13 34.73 27.77 35.17 35.10 31.17 34.17
Doom 3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 2.60, N = 6 SE +/- 2.41, N = 6 SE +/- 1.89, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 6 SE +/- 0.53, N = 6 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 35.03 35.77 34.07 40.87 39.62 29.63 40.90
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 2.78, N = 6 SE +/- 2.46, N = 6 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 2.95, N = 6 SE +/- 2.96, N = 6 SE +/- 2.25, N = 6 47.41 47.88 44.66 68.23 50.58 40.95 46.79
Lightsmark Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 6 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 5 50.21 39.79 45.39 63.88 53.05 36.12 50.37
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 10.12 9.94 9.73 12.79 10.15 9.83 10.12
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 5.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 127.43 141.70 64.60 142.00 127.60 80.13 126.70
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 6 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 6 18.82 26.60 17.08 26.53 20.00 16.27 21.17
Prey Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.34, N = 6 SE +/- 0.30, N = 5 SE +/- 0.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 2.78, N = 6 18.43 19.30 17.30 21.72 19.70 16.83 19.25
Prey Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 6 SE +/- 1.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 SE +/- 0.70, N = 6 27.58 27.07 26.87 34.17 30.72 22.78 30.18
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 3.75, N = 6 SE +/- 2.90, N = 6 SE +/- 2.28, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.19, N = 6 SE +/- 3.30, N = 6 SE +/- 1.16, N = 6 49.10 51.00 38.60 57.50 54.23 39.48 55.03
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 6 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 3.28, N = 6 57.57 57.50 41.13 57.57 57.97 40.00 53.97
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 6 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.40, N = 5 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 30.23 28.35 27.43 34.37 31.52 27.98 33.20
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.30, N = 6 SE +/- 4.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 12.00, N = 6 85.33 100.30 53.23 105.17 90.90 52.30 89.55
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.98, N = 4 SE +/- 2.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 4 SE +/- 0.69, N = 6 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 66.81 54.85 46.96 76.21 70.82 47.68 74.88
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 6 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 31.52 32.12 26.45 35.52 33.69 25.71 34.24
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 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.4 Xfce 4.10 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.25, N = 6 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 3.06, N = 6 SE +/- 2.98, N = 6 SE +/- 2.57, N = 6 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 3.97, N = 6 88.21 63.23 62.90 100.06 100.84 55.11 96.64
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