Intel UXA SNA 2D Acceleration Core i7 Intel Core i7-3770K 2D benchmarking with Intel UXA and SNA acceleration backends. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.. UXA IvyBridge: 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: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, 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: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.15, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-d2c7fe5), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SNA IvyBridge: 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: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, 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: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.15, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-d2c7fe5), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 sna: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian Linux 7.0, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc4+ (x86_64), OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 2.9, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 uxa: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian Linux 7.0, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc4+ (x86_64), OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 2.9, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 sna+: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian Linux 7.0, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc4+ (x86_64), OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 2.9, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 radeon/hd5770: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST3750528AS, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Debian Linux 7.0, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc4+ (x86_64), OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 2.9, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 225.93 |================================= SNA IvyBridge . 376.01 |======================================================= sna ........... 240.16 |=================================== uxa ........... 223.44 |================================= sna+ .......... 239.92 |=================================== radeon/hd5770 . 172.28 |========================= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 210.87 |================================== SNA IvyBridge . 345.74 |======================================================= sna ........... 320.68 |=================================================== uxa ........... 277.73 |============================================ sna+ .......... 320.37 |=================================================== radeon/hd5770 . 248.99 |======================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 19.38 |========= SNA IvyBridge . 119.48 |======================================================= sna ........... 120.25 |======================================================= uxa ........... 35.75 |================ sna+ .......... 119.98 |======================================================= radeon/hd5770 . 7.83 |==== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 70.97 |========== SNA IvyBridge . 86.03 |============ sna ........... 403.79 |======================================================= uxa ........... 154.70 |===================== sna+ .......... 400.08 |====================================================== radeon/hd5770 . 216.52 |============================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 156.58 |========================== SNA IvyBridge . 167.46 |=========================== sna ........... 320.86 |==================================================== uxa ........... 337.68 |======================================================= sna+ .......... 335.17 |======================================================= radeon/hd5770 . 308.81 |================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 166.77 |===================================== SNA IvyBridge . 172.43 |====================================== sna ........... 231.45 |=================================================== uxa ........... 250.30 |======================================================= sna+ .......... 249.22 |======================================================= radeon/hd5770 . 234.37 |=================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 1061.12 |==================================== SNA IvyBridge . 886.97 |============================== sna ........... 1423.68 |================================================ uxa ........... 1554.44 |===================================================== sna+ .......... 1591.78 |====================================================== radeon/hd5770 . 1135.12 |======================================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 3.00 |============================== SNA IvyBridge . 0.78 |======== sna ........... 0.81 |======== uxa ........... 3.18 |=============================== sna+ .......... 0.81 |======== radeon/hd5770 . 5.76 |========================================================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 33.64 |==== SNA IvyBridge . 13.54 |== sna ........... 18.10 |== uxa ........... 42.34 |===== sna+ .......... 17.75 |== radeon/hd5770 . 445.81 |======================================================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 7.61 |============================== SNA IvyBridge . 1.53 |====== sna ........... 1.63 |====== uxa ........... 8.33 |================================= sna+ .......... 1.88 |======= radeon/hd5770 . 14.28 |======================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 15.08 |====================================================== SNA IvyBridge . 15.66 |======================================================== sna ........... 11.17 |======================================== uxa ........... 12.22 |============================================ sna+ .......... 11.01 |======================================= radeon/hd5770 . 14.72 |===================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 1.63 |====================================================== SNA IvyBridge . 1.71 |========================================================= sna ........... 1.03 |================================== uxa ........... 1.03 |================================== sna+ .......... 1.03 |================================== radeon/hd5770 . 1.04 |=================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 2.76 |======================================================== SNA IvyBridge . 2.82 |========================================================= sna ........... 1.53 |=============================== uxa ........... 1.54 |=============================== sna+ .......... 1.55 |=============================== radeon/hd5770 . 1.59 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 8.16 |========================================================= SNA IvyBridge . 8.11 |========================================================= sna ........... 1.03 |======= uxa ........... 1.03 |======= sna+ .......... 1.04 |======= radeon/hd5770 . 1.06 |======= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 8.83 |========================================================= SNA IvyBridge . 8.63 |======================================================== sna ........... 6.61 |=========================================== uxa ........... 7.30 |=============================================== sna+ .......... 6.44 |========================================== radeon/hd5770 . 6.62 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 0.04 |========================================================= SNA IvyBridge . 0.04 |========================================================= sna ........... 0.04 |========================================================= uxa ........... 0.04 |========================================================= sna+ .......... 0.04 |========================================================= radeon/hd5770 . 0.04 |========================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 934.65 |======================================================= SNA IvyBridge . 935.55 |======================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 20.24 |================================ SNA IvyBridge . 35.14 |======================================================== sna ........... 10.27 |================ uxa ........... 22.40 |==================================== sna+ .......... 10.37 |================= radeon/hd5770 . 29.80 |=============================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better UXA IvyBridge . 5.15 |========================================================= SNA IvyBridge . 0.70 |======== sna ........... 0.30 |=== uxa ........... 2.80 |=============================== sna+ .......... 0.30 |=== radeon/hd5770 . 2.11 |=======================