Ubuntu 12.10 Beta Desktop Benchmarking 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.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1209071-RA-UBUNTU12131&sor&grr&export=txt .
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 xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low prey: 1280 x 1024 lightsmark: 1280 x 1024 doom3: 1280 x 1024 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low warsow: 1920 x 1080 urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 reaction: 1920 x 1080 prey: 1920 x 1080 padman: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On lightsmark: 1920 x 1080 doom3: 1920 x 1080 - 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 55.11 22.78 36.12 29.63 25.71 47.68 27.98 40.00 39.48 16.83 52.30 16.27 80.13 9.83 40.95 31.17 62.90 26.87 45.39 34.07 26.45 46.96 27.43 41.13 38.60 17.30 53.23 17.08 64.60 9.73 44.66 27.77 100.06 34.17 63.88 40.87 35.52 76.21 34.37 57.57 57.50 21.72 105.17 26.53 142.00 12.79 68.23 35.17 63.23 27.07 39.79 35.77 32.12 54.85 28.35 57.50 51.00 19.30 100.30 26.60 141.70 9.94 47.88 34.73 88.21 27.58 50.21 35.03 31.52 66.81 30.23 57.57 49.10 18.43 85.33 18.82 127.43 10.12 47.41 35.13 96.64 30.18 50.37 40.90 34.24 74.88 33.20 53.97 55.03 19.25 89.55 21.17 126.70 10.12 46.79 34.17 100.84 30.72 53.05 39.62 33.69 70.82 31.52 57.97 54.23 19.70 90.90 20.00 127.60 10.15 50.58 35.10 OpenBenchmarking.org
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 LXDE 0.5.11 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 2.57, N = 6 SE +/- 2.98, N = 6 SE +/- 3.97, N = 6 SE +/- 1.25, N = 6 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 3.06, N = 6 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 100.84 100.06 96.64 88.21 63.23 62.90 55.11
Prey Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.67, N = 6 SE +/- 1.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 34.17 30.72 30.18 27.58 27.07 26.87 22.78
Lightsmark Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Unity 6.4 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 6 SE +/- 0.78, N = 5 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 63.88 53.05 50.37 50.21 45.39 39.79 36.12
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 Xfce 4.10 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 6 SE +/- 2.41, N = 6 SE +/- 2.60, N = 6 SE +/- 1.89, N = 6 SE +/- 0.53, N = 6 40.90 40.87 39.62 35.77 35.03 34.07 29.63
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 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 6 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 35.52 34.24 33.69 32.12 31.52 26.45 25.71
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 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 4 SE +/- 0.98, N = 4 SE +/- 2.70, N = 6 SE +/- 0.69, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 76.21 74.88 70.82 66.81 54.85 47.68 46.96
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 6 SE +/- 0.40, N = 5 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 34.37 33.20 31.52 30.23 28.35 27.98 27.43
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Xfce 4.10 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 3.28, N = 6 SE +/- 0.61, N = 6 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 57.97 57.57 57.57 57.50 53.97 41.13 40.00
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 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 6 SE +/- 2.19, N = 6 SE +/- 2.90, N = 6 SE +/- 3.75, N = 6 SE +/- 3.30, N = 6 SE +/- 2.28, N = 6 57.50 55.03 54.23 51.00 49.10 39.48 38.60
Prey Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 5 SE +/- 2.78, N = 6 SE +/- 0.34, N = 6 SE +/- 0.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 21.72 19.70 19.30 19.25 18.43 17.30 16.83
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Shell 3.5.4 LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 4.59, N = 6 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 12.00, N = 6 SE +/- 1.30, N = 6 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 105.17 100.30 90.90 89.55 85.33 53.23 52.30
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 6 SE +/- 1.02, N = 6 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 26.60 26.53 21.17 20.00 18.82 17.08 16.27
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Shell 3.5.4 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 Xfce 4.10 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 5.66, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 142.00 141.70 127.60 127.43 126.70 80.13 64.60
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 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 12.79 10.15 10.12 10.12 9.94 9.83 9.73
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 GNOME Classic 3.5.5 Xfce 4.10 KDE SC 4.9 Unity 6.4 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 2.95, N = 6 SE +/- 2.46, N = 6 SE +/- 2.78, N = 6 SE +/- 2.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 6 68.23 50.58 47.88 47.41 46.79 44.66 40.95
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 KDE SC 4.9 - Suspended GNOME Classic 3.5.5 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.5.4 Xfce 4.10 Unity 6.4 KDE SC 4.9 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 35.17 35.13 35.10 34.73 34.17 31.17 27.77
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