Intel 2D SNA and UXA acceleration benchmarks from Core i7 HD 4000 Ivy Bridge under Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, GNOME Classic, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments from Ubuntu 12.10. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
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Intel 2D Ubuntu 12.10 SNA UXA Desktops,
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",2080,2050,2060
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",2050,2070,2050
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",2080,2080,2080
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",2080,2070,2090
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",2150,2060,2050
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",2090,2150,2110
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",143000,142000,143000
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",142000,142000,143000
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",145000,143000,142000
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",117000,146000,146000,145000,146000,146000
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",141000,142000,142000
"SNA: Unity 6.4",139000,140000,139000
"cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 - Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",10.52,10.594,10.738
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",11.169,10.279,10.374,10.386,10.209,10.894
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",10.463,10.523,10.357
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",11.522,11.412,10.55,11.301,10.401,11.079
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",10.41,10.312,10.668
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",10.611,10.42,10.475
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",2.029,1.809,1.807,1.808,1.816,1.826
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",2.032,1.816,1.815,1.803,1.832,1.793
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",2.281,1.821,1.819,1.826,1.817,1.821
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",2.052,1.879,1.891,1.88,2.019,1.886
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",2.002,1.818,1.809,1.812,1.811,1.808
"SNA: Unity 6.4",1.928,1.731,1.737,1.734,1.731,1.729
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",30.88,30.66,30.79
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",41.84,41.63,43.93
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",34.66,34.55,34.42
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",51.6,51.51,51.98
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",15.45,26.86,54.01,53.83,53.7,53.89
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",16.09,16.25,16.09
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",43.71,44.52,44.68
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",43.06,43.05,44.85
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",47.72,47.5,48.18
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",96.99,98.01,96.56
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",27.99,24.05,24.75,23.55,23.47,25.57
"SNA: Unity 6.4",27.86,27.99,28.09
"Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 - Demo: Charts",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",16.53,16.65,16.67
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",15.91,16.07,16
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",17.47,17.47,17.46
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",17.48,17.46,17.45
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",17.49,17.6,17.48
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",17.49,17.63,17.49
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",94.52,92.37,94.27
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",94.74,95.12,94.5
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",96.15,92.52,99.08
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",94.92,92.26,95.79
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",59.85,59.85,59.93
"SNA: Unity 6.4",87.51,86.73,86.37
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",42.99,42.91,42.83
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",51.96,55.75,62.56,61.19,60.02,62.13
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",47.77,47.44,48.7
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",53.96,54.18,53.82
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",53.37,53.39,53.02
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",22.95,22.82,22.66
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",46.88,47.53,49.32
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",19.56,19.52,19.98
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",54.1,54.5,53.94
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",106.61,108.2,106.41
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",40.64,39.96,40.17
"SNA: Unity 6.4",38.88,38.86,38.61
"cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 - Cairo Trace: Poppler",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",4.291,4.168,4.253
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",3.994,3.963,3.942
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",4.213,4.17,4.157
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",4.214,4.234,4.148
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",3.984,3.947,4.092
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",4.044,4.004,4.029
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",1.08,0.987,0.987,0.981,0.987,0.984
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",1.08,0.982,0.989,0.98,0.982,0.986
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",1.132,1.014,1.015,1.017,1.034,1.032
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",1.313,1.234,1.23,1.228
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",1.565,0.98,0.983,0.982,0.991,0.981
"SNA: Unity 6.4",1.112,1.003,1.005,0.998,0.998,1.072
"cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 - Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",47.038,47.318,46.942
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",47.023,47.677,47.1
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",47.534,48.09,47.115
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",47.682,47.817,47.352
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",47.685,47.472,48.389
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",48.001,48.149,47.631
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",18.711,18.389,18.231
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",18.411,18.385,18.318
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",18.555,18.568,18.471
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",58.109,71.359,73.69,57.408,72.623,73.309
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",18.574,18.237,18.28
"SNA: Unity 6.4",18.856,18.613,18.574
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",4.22,4.04,4.05
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",3.85,3.56,3.6,3.5,3.6,3.64
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",4.14,3.94,3.94
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.59,10.54,10.58
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",8.76,8.77,8.8
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",8.46,8.42,8.45
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",7.61,7.86,7.89
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",7.6,7.27,7.21
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.33,10.39,10.38
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",10.06,9.96,9.99
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",3.54,3.52,3.53
"SNA: Unity 6.4",4.35,4.13,4.14
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",4.31,4.11,4.06
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",4.2,4.03,3.98
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",4.15,3.94,3.93
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.3,10.3,10.34
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",9.18,9.07,9.04
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",8.97,8.97,8.99
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",8.15,8.31,8.28
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",7.9,7.81,7.77
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.64,10.56,10.44
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",9.92,10.09,10
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",4.19,4.28,4.27
"SNA: Unity 6.4",4.6,4.31,4.33,4.33
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",6350,6420,6370
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",6500,6340,6480
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6380,6400,6380
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",6610,6460,6440
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",6490,6520,6540
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",6490,6530,6540
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",6360,6310,6320
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",6600,6600,6600
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",6450,6350,6340
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",15400,15400,15400
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",6290,6380,6330
"SNA: Unity 6.4",5970,5990,6120
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",4.6,4.32,4.26,4.3,4.25
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",5.11,4.89,4.86
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",4.57,4.11,4.15,4.15,4.2,4.14
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.75,10.77,10.69
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",9.02,8.96,8.95
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",8.68,9.06,8.68
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",7.82,8.07,8.02
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",7.22,7.61,7.58
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",10.71,10.67,10.62
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",10.17,10.14,10.14
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",4.8,4.96,4.75
"SNA: Unity 6.4",4.45,4.25,4.22
"Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 - Demo: Gears",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",165.44,166.37,168.87
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",122.4,122.72,123.03
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",188.92,188.81,188.62
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",190.32,188.85,189.01
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",188.56,189.9,188.93
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",189.49,189.15,189.28
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",276.77,277.22,277.66
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",276.7,280.83,276.8
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",277.09,277.6,276.37
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",277.25,277.39,277.23
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",141.2,140.92,140.54
"SNA: Unity 6.4",227.83,229.94,228.68
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",6200,6060,6220
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",5780,6010,6030
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6220,6230,6230
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",6680,6670,6670
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",6700,6700,6690
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",7270,6680,7300,6690,6570,6700
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",11100,9830,10600,9840,10600,9730
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",9200,8740,9560,10400,7440,8640
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",11100,9840,10200,9840,10100,9490
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6130,7160,6690,7450,6370,7640
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",10100,7970,7860,7280,7830,7280
"SNA: Unity 6.4",5070,4930,5110
"Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 - Demo: Fish",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",188.59,190.19,192.47
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",161.26,162.13,160.87
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",213.28,212.14,212.75
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",213.49,211.91,216.64
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",208.54,213.49,218.82
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",214.8,219.35,219.07
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",293.5,299.25,297.17
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",291.28,296.46,296.83
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",297.39,296.88,297.1
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",262.89,262.25,262.92
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",210.27,211.5,211.87
"SNA: Unity 6.4",227.56,231.71,228.58
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",6320,6260,6260
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",6280,6230,6220
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6380,6420,6420
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",5950,5950,5950
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",5920,5920,5920
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",5910,5910,5910
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",5880,5880,5940
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",5890,5860,5890
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",5940,5860,5920
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",10400,10500,10500
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",6170,6140,6130
"SNA: Unity 6.4",6090,5910,5890
"Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 - Demo: Gradients",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",49.43,50.16,49.14
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",53.44,53.87,53.38
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",44.85,44.79,44.63
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",44.85,44.29,44.67
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",44.45,44.88,44.75
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",45.7,44.96,44.31
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",41.03,41.97,41.03
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",41.21,41.53,41.79
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",41.06,41.35,41.87
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",30.21,30.71,30.78
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",47.36,47.66,47.84
"SNA: Unity 6.4",49.52,49.38,50.27
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px PutImage Square",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",2440,2500,2410
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",2660,2640,2640
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",3040,3010,3100
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",3340,3310,3320
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",3040,3050,2990
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",3350,3190,3350
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",4100,4170,4200
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",4070,4150,4140
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",3760,4060,4060,4010,4040
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",3200,3240,3220
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",2880,2870,2880
"SNA: Unity 6.4",2940,2820,2870
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",6300,6360,6360
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",6310,6300,6320
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6340,6370,6440
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",5930,5950,5950
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",5920,5920,5920
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",5910,5910,5910
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",5850,5920,5940
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",5800,5870,5890
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",5830,5940,5850
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",8740,9760,10500,8280,12000,7420
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",6110,6110,6100
"SNA: Unity 6.4",6080,5890,5920
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",6310,6250,6290
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",6220,6190,6290
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6450,6390,6430
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",6290,6300,6300
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",6310,6310,6310
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",6220,6220,6220
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",6300,6240,6220
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",6140,6170,6170
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",6300,6260,6300
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",6670,6420,6400
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",6230,6230,6250
"SNA: Unity 6.4",6140,5990,5960
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs",
Lower Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",8.33,8.7,8.71
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",9,8.24,7.97,8.01,7.35,7.81
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",8.12,5.85,5.41,5.32,5.7,5.26
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",4.36,8.08,4.55,8.56,7.27,4.31
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",5.19,8.03,4.02,8.17,8.12,5.35
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",0.33,0.33,0.33
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",0.42,0.47,0.48,0.42,0.43,0.46
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",0.46,0.39,0.37,0.94,0.35,0.9
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",0.5,0.45,0.52,0.46,0.46,0.56
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",0.62,0.61,0.7,0.7,0.61,0.7
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",1.36,1.35,1.38
"SNA: Unity 6.4",1.04,1.05,1.03
"x11perf 1.5 - Test: Char in 80-char aa line",
Higher Results Are Better
"UXA: Unity 6.4",2500000,2500000,2490000
"UXA: KDE SC 4.9",1930000,1940000,1930000
"UXA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",2590000,2600000,2610000
"UXA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",2790000,2370000,2090000,2180000,1800000,2130000
"UXA: Xfce 4.10",2780000,2820000,2000000,2360000,1780000,2670000
"UXA: LXDE 0.5.11",2690000,2060000,2510000,1960000,1700000,2090000
"SNA: LXDE 0.5.11",17600000,17500000,17000000
"SNA: Xfce 4.10",17200000,15300000,10800000,12300000,11700000,12200000
"SNA: GNOME Classic 3.5.5",17800000,17600000,12900000,11800000,10900000,10900000
"SNA: GNOME Shell 3.5.4",5530000,5590000,5620000
"SNA: KDE SC 4.9",4060000,4100000,3180000,2650000,3730000,3470000
"SNA: Unity 6.4",5510000,5480000,5460000