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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1212131-RA-UBUNTU13022
Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop Performance Tests,
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",256.9,272.6,249.7,244.3,253,246
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",259.3,262.6,259.9
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",240.8,243.5,237.8
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",189.3,187.9,188.4
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",241.1,245.7,240.5
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",259.7,263.5,257.6
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",394.2,378.6,385.8
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",383.3,375.9
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",303.1,295,300
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",385.7,391.7,364.6,407.5,404.4,390.2
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",302.5,291.7,293.7
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",388.7,386.7,381.5
"Intel: Unity 6.6",176.8,176.9,177.2
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",172.2,177.1,177.3
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",175.7,176.9,176.1
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",150,152.3,152
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",176.5,177.1,177.2
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",177.5,177.9,177.8
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",597.9,690.3,692.8,696.2,716.4,711.3
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",712.6,699.6,706.6
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",708.3,718.7,704.2
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",698.9,696.6,696
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",705.7,710.7,702.6
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",717.2,720.6,703.1
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",133.4,133,132.9
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",132.1,129.9,130.9
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",130.9,133.3,130
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",106,105.5,105.8
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",130.5,131.6,132
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",131,130.9,131.1
"Doom 3 1.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel: Unity 6.6",41,43.7,43.6,43.6
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",43.1,43.5,43.5
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",43,43.5,43.5
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",41,41.1,41.2
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",43.4,43.6,43.6
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",43.4,43.6,43.7
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",211,217.6,217.1
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",212.2,216.8,216.7
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",215,220.5,221.9
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",213.5,217.2,215.3
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",217.2,221.2,221.6
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",215.9,219.7,220.6
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",37.1,39.5,39.5,39.5
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",39.4,39.5,39.5
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",38.9,39.5,39.5
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",33.4,33.4,33.4
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",39.5,39.5,39.5
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",39.4,39.4,39.4
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",17.2,17.1,17.2
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",18.2,18.2,18.2
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",17.3,17.4,17.3
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",12,11.9,12
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",18.9,18.9,19.2
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",19.2,19.3,19.2
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",86.5,80.1,86.4,82.9,92,85.2
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",227.9,226.7,228.8
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",77.5,65,68.7,69.8,77.8,74.7
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",195.6,197.9,196.9
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",246.8,248,248.5
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",257.6,258.3,258.4
"Intel: Unity 6.6",41.9,42.2,42.1
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",41.5,41.5,41.7
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",42.1,42.4,42.1
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",41.5,41.4,41.4
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",44.2,44.3,44.3
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",44,44.4,44.2
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",460.2,468.7,469.6
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",476.2,480.2,482.5
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",481.7,486.3,484.7
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",471.7,477.4,477
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",485.2,485.4,485.2
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",525,528.5,528.5
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",41.8,42,42.3
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",41.9,42.1,42.1
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",42.3,42.2,42.2
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",37.6,37.4,37.7
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",43.2,43.3,43.5
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",43.1,43,43
"World of Padman 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",196.1,197.2,199.9
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",190,188.7,195
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",194,188.6,183.5
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",15.6,15.6,15.6
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",199.1,196.9,162.6,200.5,200.4,203
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",201.6,199.6,200.2
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",371,371.3,368.8
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",367.6,366.4,367.6
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",370.8,371,367.7
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",368.9,366.9,363
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",375.2,370.2,370
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",371.9,371.9,372.5
"Intel: Unity 6.6",173.6,175.4,175.1
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",175.2,175.3,174.7
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",174.3,174.6,173.9
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",152.9,153.6,153.2
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",175.2,172.5,173.5
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",175.3,173.5,175.2
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",566.4,563.6,566.5
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",569.4,562.4,567.9
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",571.6,576.5,565.2
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",562.7,544.4,555.9
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",563.4,551.8,565.3
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",571.3,578.8,565.2
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",160.6,160.6,160.8
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",160.5,160.8,160.8
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",160,161.7,162.5
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",118.1,118.1,118.1
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",161,161.8,161.3
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",160.6,161.2,160.4
"VDrift 2010-06-30 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",292.917,292.934,292.031
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",294.314,295.091,293.522
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",293.058,291.785,289.902
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",224.238,226.431,226.25
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",291.741,292.781,291.973
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",294.733,294.093,291.83
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",87.2378,87.2284,87.2928
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",87.3009,87.254,87.0336
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",84.0778,84.0772,84.0847
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",87.3009,87.334,87.3294
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",84.0959,84.0822,81.7683
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",87.3489,87.3489,87.3327
"Intel: Unity 6.6",103.37,103.032,103.003
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",102.954,103.019,103.055
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",103.096,103.099,102.767
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",89.6685,89.6529,89.6711
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",7.48764,103.091,102.956,103.047,100.765,103.164
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",102.968,103.128,103.121
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",170.515,170.572,170.186
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",170.446,170.142,170.489
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",172.123,171.961,171.269
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",166.745,164.611,164.869
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",171.182,171.909,171.63
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",172.058,171.841,171.873
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",97.252,97.1854,97.2008
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",97.2224,97.1862,97.2246
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",97.4859,97.4711,97.5055
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",79.703,79.7934,79.7299
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",97.292,97.2367,97.2807
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",97.13,97.0956,97.1033
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",188.775696,183.2610255,179.9086782
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",154.1520796,146.7882175,147.5279744
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",187.4952886,186.1120328,201.0804616,189.4626536,180.4798828,192.53235
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",161.2886739,162.2940415,162.1462695
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",261.4269647,249.1425559,250.4204965
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",258.4598452,256.1547334,260.8410018
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",287.4936125,286.5122204,286.455206
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",289.4479471,288.601201,288.1912028
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",288.8924007,287.4691406,285.423967
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",290.130444,289.3289116,289.6074337
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",288.7489876,289.1976603,289.0583813
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",288.2606723,286.3197957,288.6535934
"Intel: Unity 6.6",153.8152129,155.2885909,154.9434846
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",134.7947874,134.3153544,134.8681767
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",155.2253748,155.1150707,154.2535082
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",135.2249055,134.9706831,135.1521353
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",155.3382443,154.9655672,155.3335517
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",154.9333888,156.5695333,154.8378069
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",340.550907,346.5738852,345.5589755
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",342.9610421,342.3246702,342.615039
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",347.6934147,346.0740052,348.5953863
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",344.613991,343.8759279,345.908106
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",346.1095732,348.8799,347.9413999
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",350.2723143,347.3959165,349.6798973
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",150.219521,149.9677869,150.9556759
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",147.4530293,126.2024793,126.8684103,126.8394112,127.0523551,141.511769
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",151.1172457,151.5861565,151.0923387
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",114.8709708,115.0473558,114.9732723
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",153.2930021,153.2970178,153.3118819
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",151.8637379,152.0235931,152.0120762
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",23.8,23.9,24
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",24.1,24.1,24.1
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",24,24,23.9
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",14.7,14.7,14.7
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",24,24.1,24
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",24.1,24.2,24.2
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",134.6,131.8,135.8
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",133.5,131.1,133.7
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",116.1,115.8,114.2
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",138.1,138.4,135.6
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",115.3,114.2,114.8
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",135.7,136.1,132.4
"Intel: Unity 6.6",33,32.9,32.9
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",32.7,32.7,32.7
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",32.7,32.7,32.9
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",31.1,31.1,31.2
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",32.9,32.9,32.7
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",33,33,33
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",348.2,349.8,347.1
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",345,349.4,349
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",352.7,356.7,353.3
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",335.5,336.5,336.2
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",350.8,352.5,352.1
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",352.4,354.7,352.2
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",53.4,53.5,53.4
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",53.4,53.5,53.4
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",53.4,53.4,53.4
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",43.5,43.6,43.5
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",53.5,53.5,53.5
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",53.3,53.4,53.4
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon: Unity 6.6",16.7566921,53.4962345,53.3772218,21.7149011,20.2924157,20.1688446
"Radeon: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",22.3248954,21.6703465,19.2318832,19.2126609,19.2841923,19.2530427
"Radeon: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",20.2791544,53.7824334,52.9672647,23.0854953,23.140539,23.0783077
"Radeon: KDE 4.9.90",10.9627847,11.644075,11.6495469
"Radeon: Xfce 4.10",21.7579107,105.8543363,105.7383545,105.5545377,105.1314556,104.561733
"Radeon: LXDE 0.5.11",132.8964942,136.2259472,136.4776883
"Catalyst: Unity 6.6",110.0253029,120.1970885,113.5315177,110.0597961,103.9638708,110.3171277
"Catalyst: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",117.1767814,113.8892533,121.2731596
"Catalyst: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",101.1329369,98.2866567,99.3112658
"Catalyst: KDE 4.9.90",152.6889278,155.1147066,130.476857,124.8775025,124.2786207,117.2639214
"Catalyst: Xfce 4.10",97.2597997,95.3214073,93.4331539
"Catalyst: LXDE 0.5.11",143.3289646,145.9122102,125.8396156,123.924908,123.6826508,113.8421118
"Intel: Unity 6.6",16.961866,17.0473487,16.9284949
"Intel: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",15.8395673,16.4592969,16.4313364
"Intel: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",16.3184987,16.8253764,16.888501
"Intel: KDE 4.9.90",17.0013389,17.0479156,16.9931341
"Intel: Xfce 4.10",17.1184761,17.0363188,17.0809874
"Intel: LXDE 0.5.11",16.0005461,16.9654768,17.0759293,16.9736478
"NVIDIA: Unity 6.6",208.2540107,212.3002347,220.3588397
"NVIDIA: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",200.1623292,222.0577089,201.5820361,224.6205853,222.9531575,224.4877864
"NVIDIA: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",217.3176289,220.3047103,217.8318948
"NVIDIA: KDE 4.9.90",223.6346558,219.5168144,218.2149171
"NVIDIA: Xfce 4.10",222.0910256,218.979368,219.55615
"NVIDIA: LXDE 0.5.11",221.9171765,215.8742954,220.0621512
"Nouveau: Unity 6.6",38.6510656,38.6540905,38.6129528
"Nouveau: GNOME Shell 3.6.2",33.2001274,33.2371764,33.1250511
"Nouveau: GNOME Classic 3.6.2",38.6042844,38.5998044,38.692678
"Nouveau: KDE 4.9.90",33.4689875,33.4614106,33.5580654
"Nouveau: Xfce 4.10",38.7497378,38.7106339,38.7272391
"Nouveau: LXDE 0.5.11",38.7068355,38.6519846,38.6720845