Intel Sandy Ivy Bridge Windows 7 Linux Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge testing under Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.10, and Kubuntu 12.10 Linux. Same system throughout but swapping OSes and CPUs. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel... Latest Intel Linux vs. Windows OpenGL performance as of September 2012. HD 3000: Windows 7: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 56GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) HD 4000: Windows 7: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 56GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 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: KDE 4.9.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.7, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-7f011e2), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, 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: KDE 4.9.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.7, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-7f011e2), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, 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 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.7, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-7f011e2), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 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 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.7, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0-devel (git-7f011e2), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 43.75 |======================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 85.52 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 81.18 |============================================= HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 42.13 |======================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 37.41 |===================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 65.63 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 29.92 |============================= HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 48.17 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 21.56 |===================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 15.75 |=============== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 15.66 |=============== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 22.01 |===================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 22.93 |============================= HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 37.56 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 17.18 |===================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 12.28 |=============== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 11.62 |=============== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 16.33 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 50.07 |============================================ HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 46.80 |========================================= HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 53.10 |=============================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 46.03 |========================================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 37.83 |================================= HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 42.77 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 33.63 |=============================================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 31.17 |============================================ HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 33.10 |============================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 28.23 |======================================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 25.70 |==================================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 29.10 |========================================= Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 11.41 |============================== HD 4000: Windows 7 . 19.45 |=================================================== Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 8.20 |============================= HD 4000: Windows 7 . 14.43 |=================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 16.74 |=============================== HD 4000: Windows 7 . 27.97 |=================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 12.70 |============================== HD 4000: Windows 7 . 21.60 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 16.78 |========================== HD 4000: Windows 7 . 32.42 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 11.35 |========================= HD 4000: Windows 7 . 22.85 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 . 7.75 |========================= HD 4000: Windows 7 . 15.92 |=================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 73.47 |================================= HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 101.50 |============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 69.60 |================================ HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 45.23 |==================== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 49.53 |====================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 81.70 |===================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 52.67 |=================================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 71.00 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 50.67 |================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 33.03 |====================== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 36.60 |======================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 59.50 |======================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 157.26 |================================ HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 226.11 |============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 173.56 |=================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 142.86 |============================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 141.22 |============================= HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 176.46 |==================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 77.61 |===================================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 97.90 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 71.71 |================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 51.91 |========================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 49.70 |======================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 72.54 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 39.56 |=============================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 59.93 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 49.51 |======================================= HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 31.61 |========================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 30.85 |======================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 49.28 |======================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 142.87 |==================================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 184.92 |============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 157.36 |======================================= HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 124.32 |=============================== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 99.32 |========================= HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 125.88 |=============================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 57.76 |====================================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 72.38 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 61.84 |======================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 40.58 |========================== HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 36.60 |======================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 53.69 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 3000: Windows 7 ..... 28.05 |============================== HD 4000: Windows 7 ..... 43.41 |=============================================== HD 4000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 39.56 |=========================================== HD 3000: Kubuntu 12.10 . 23.47 |========================= HD 3000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 21.98 |======================== HD 4000: Ubuntu 12.10 .. 35.90 |=======================================