Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop Performance Tests Testi8ng the AMD Catalyst, Radeon, Nouveau, NVIDIA, and Intel graphics drivers on Linux. Each driver / GPU was tested with the Unity 6.6, GNOME Shell 3.6.2, GNOME Classic 3.6.2, KDE Plasma 4.9.90, Xfce 4.10, and LXDE 0.5.11 as from the Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repository in early December. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1212131-RA-UBUNTU13022&grs&sor&rro .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon Catalyst Intel NVIDIA Nouveau Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Ubuntu 13.04 3.7.0-5-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.6.0 X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2) radeon 7.0.0 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1080 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6.0 fglrx 9.0.2 4.2.11903 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core Unity 6.6.0 intel 2.20.14 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) Unity 6.6.0 NVIDIA 310.14 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (399/399MHz) DELL P2210H Unity 6.6.0 nouveau 1.0.4 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 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-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - Radeon: Unity 6.6: EXA - Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2: EXA - Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2: EXA - Radeon: KDE 4.9.90: EXA - Radeon: Xfce 4.10: EXA - Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11: EXA - Intel: Unity 6.6: UXA - Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2: UXA - Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2: UXA - Intel: KDE 4.9.90: UXA - Intel: Xfce 4.10: UXA - Intel: LXDE 0.5.11: UXA - Nouveau: Unity 6.6: EXA - Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2: EXA - Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2: EXA - Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90: EXA - Nouveau: Xfce 4.10: EXA - Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11: EXA System Details - Radeon: Unity 6.6, Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2, Catalyst: Unity 6.6, Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2, Intel: Unity 6.6, Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2, NVIDIA: Unity 6.6, Nouveau: Unity 6.6, Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2: Compiz was running on this system.
openarena: 1920 x 1080 doom3: 1920 x 1080 - Low warsow: 1920 x 1080 padman: 1920 x 1080 vdrift: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low openarena: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On Radeon Catalyst Intel NVIDIA Nouveau Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 253.75 17.17 197.73 292.63 183.98 23.90 30.97 260.60 18.20 191.23 294.31 149.49 24.10 20.16 240.70 17.33 188.70 291.58 189.53 23.97 32.72 188.53 11.97 15.60 225.64 161.91 14.70 11.42 242.43 19.00 193.75 292.17 253.66 24.03 91.43 260.27 19.23 200.47 293.55 258.49 24.17 135.20 386.20 85.52 370.37 87.25 286.82 134.07 111.35 379.60 227.80 367.20 87.20 288.75 132.77 117.45 299.37 72.25 369.83 84.08 287.26 115.37 99.58 390.68 196.80 366.27 87.32 289.69 137.37 134.12 295.97 247.77 371.80 83.32 289.00 114.77 95.34 385.63 258.10 372.10 87.34 287.74 134.73 129.42 176.97 42.98 42.07 174.70 103.14 154.68 32.93 16.98 175.53 43.37 41.57 175.07 103.01 134.66 32.70 16.24 176.23 43.33 42.20 174.27 102.99 154.86 32.77 16.68 151.43 41.10 41.43 153.23 89.66 135.12 31.13 17.01 176.93 43.53 44.27 173.73 86.75 155.21 32.83 17.08 177.73 43.57 44.20 174.67 103.07 155.45 33 16.75 684.15 215.23 466.17 565.50 170.42 344.23 348.37 213.64 706.27 215.23 479.63 566.57 170.36 342.63 347.80 215.98 710.40 219.13 484.23 571.10 171.78 347.45 354.23 218.48 697.17 215.33 475.37 554.33 165.41 344.80 336.07 220.46 706.33 220.00 485.27 560.17 171.57 347.64 351.80 220.21 713.63 218.73 527.33 571.77 171.92 349.12 353.10 219.28 133.10 38.90 42.03 160.67 97.21 150.38 53.43 38.64 130.97 39.47 42.03 160.70 97.21 132.65 53.43 33.19 131.40 39.30 42.23 161.40 97.49 151.27 53.40 38.63 105.77 33.40 37.57 118.10 79.74 114.96 43.53 33.50 131.37 39.50 43.33 161.37 97.27 153.30 53.50 38.73 131.00 39.40 43.03 160.73 97.11 151.97 53.37 38.68 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Nouveau Intel Radeon Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE 4.9.90 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 Unity 6.6 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.65, N = 3 SE +/- 1.64, N = 3 SE +/- 4.21, N = 6 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 3.32, N = 3 SE +/- 2.36, N = 3 SE +/- 3.70, N = 2 SE +/- 2.15, N = 3 SE +/- 4.51, N = 3 SE +/- 6.26, N = 6 SE +/- 17.77, N = 6 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 2.36, N = 3 SE +/- 4.32, N = 3 SE +/- 5.36, N = 3 105.77 130.97 131.00 131.37 131.40 133.10 151.43 175.53 176.23 176.93 176.97 177.73 188.53 240.70 242.43 253.75 260.27 260.60 295.97 299.37 379.60 385.63 386.20 390.68 684.15 697.17 706.27 706.33 710.40 713.63
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Nouveau Intel NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low KDE 4.9.90 Unity 6.6 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 Xfce 4.10 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 4 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 4 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 2.12, N = 3 SE +/- 1.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 2.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 33.40 38.90 39.30 39.40 39.47 39.50 41.10 42.98 43.33 43.37 43.53 43.57 215.23 215.23 215.33 218.73 219.13 220.00
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon Nouveau Intel Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE 4.9.90 Unity 6.6 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 Xfce 4.10 LXDE 0.5.11 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.13, N = 6 SE +/- 1.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 2.99, N = 3 SE +/- 1.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 11.97 17.17 17.33 18.20 19.00 19.23 37.57 42.03 42.03 42.23 43.03 43.33 41.43 41.57 42.07 42.20 44.20 44.27 72.25 85.52 196.80 227.80 247.77 258.10 466.17 475.37 479.63 484.23 485.27 527.33
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon Nouveau Intel Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE 4.9.90 Unity 6.6 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.92, N = 3 SE +/- 6.28, N = 6 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 1.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 1.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 5.34, N = 3 SE +/- 4.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 2.13, N = 3 SE +/- 3.27, N = 3 SE +/- 3.93, N = 3 15.60 188.70 191.23 193.75 197.73 200.47 118.10 160.67 160.70 160.73 161.37 161.40 153.23 173.73 174.27 174.67 174.70 175.07 366.27 367.20 369.83 370.37 371.80 372.10 554.33 560.17 565.50 566.57 571.10 571.77
VDrift Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Nouveau Catalyst Intel NVIDIA Radeon OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE 4.9.90 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 Unity 6.6 LXDE 0.5.11 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 15.86, N = 6 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 79.74 97.11 97.21 97.21 97.27 97.49 83.32 84.08 87.20 87.25 87.32 87.34 86.75 89.66 102.99 103.01 103.07 103.14 165.41 170.36 170.42 171.57 171.78 171.92 225.64 291.58 292.17 292.63 293.55 294.31 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pthread -lSDL -lGLU -lGLEW -lpthread -lSDL_image -lSDL_gfx -lvorbisfile -lvdriftbullet
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Nouveau Intel Radeon Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low KDE 4.9.90 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 Unity 6.6 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 Xfce 4.10 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 3.82, N = 6 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 2.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 2.58, N = 3 SE +/- 2.83, N = 6 SE +/- 3.90, N = 3 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 114.96 132.65 150.38 151.27 151.97 153.30 134.66 135.12 154.68 154.86 155.21 155.45 149.49 161.91 183.98 189.53 253.66 258.49 286.82 287.26 287.74 288.75 289.00 289.69 342.63 344.23 344.80 347.45 347.64 349.12
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon Intel Nouveau Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 KDE 4.9.90 Unity 6.6 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 Xfce 4.10 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 1.25, N = 3 14.70 23.90 23.97 24.03 24.10 24.17 31.13 32.70 32.77 32.83 32.93 33.00 43.53 53.37 53.40 53.43 53.43 53.50 114.77 115.37 132.77 134.07 134.73 137.37 336.07 347.80 348.37 351.80 353.10 354.23
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Radeon Intel Nouveau Catalyst NVIDIA OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On KDE 4.9.90 GNOME Shell 3.6.2 GNOME Classic 3.6.2 LXDE 0.5.11 Unity 6.6 Xfce 4.10 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 6 SE +/- 7.14, N = 6 SE +/- 6.55, N = 6 SE +/- 13.94, N = 6 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 2.18, N = 6 SE +/- 2.14, N = 3 SE +/- 5.11, N = 6 SE +/- 6.49, N = 6 SE +/- 3.56, N = 3 SE +/- 4.80, N = 6 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 11.42 20.16 30.97 32.72 91.43 135.20 16.24 16.68 16.75 16.98 17.01 17.08 33.19 33.50 38.63 38.64 38.68 38.73 95.34 99.58 111.35 117.45 129.42 134.12 213.64 215.98 218.48 219.28 220.21 220.46
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