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