Fedora 18 Intel Sandy Bridge Performance

Fedora 17, Fedora 18, and Ubuntu 13.04 benchmarking from an Intel Core i5 laptop from the Sandy Bridge generation. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Fedora 18 Intel Sandy Bridge Performance Fedora 17, Fedora 18, and Ubuntu 13.04 benchmarking from an Intel Core i5 laptop from the Sandy Bridge generation. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Fedora 17: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Fedora 18: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.4, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.14, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Fedora 18 + Updates: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1, Display Driver: intel 2.20.17, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 13.04 20130121: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.18, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 6.71 |================================================= Fedora 18 ............. 5.71 |========================================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 4.87 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 4.25 |=============================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 54.60 |================================================ Fedora 18 ............. 51.52 |============================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 48.41 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 48.45 |=========================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 16.71 |================================================ Fedora 18 ............. 14.22 |========================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 12.00 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 10.01 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 35.17 |======================================== Fedora 18 ............. 39.47 |============================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 41.71 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 42.41 |================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 4.59 |========================= Fedora 18 ............. 4.04 |====================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 9.13 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 2.73 |=============== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 4.91 |================== Fedora 18 ............. 4.22 |=============== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 13.37 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 4.62 |================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 4.97 |==== Fedora 18 ............. 3.93 |=== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 12.22 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 55.15 |================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 53.51 |================= Fedora 18 ............. 50.31 |================ Fedora 18 + Updates ... 147.76 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 25.45 |======== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 90.92 |================================================ Fedora 18 ............. 83.93 |============================================ Fedora 18 + Updates ... 82.87 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 31.88 |================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 5.25 |=================================== Fedora 18 ............. 6.52 |============================================ Fedora 18 + Updates ... 7.25 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 5.35 |==================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 27.04 |================================================ Fedora 18 ............. 10.70 |=================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 10.82 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 10.66 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 96.67 |==================================== Fedora 18 ............. 100.13 |====================================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 99.73 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 125.17 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 22.37 |=========================================== Fedora 18 ............. 22.90 |============================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 23.00 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 24.70 |================================================ Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 50.87 |======================================== Fedora 18 ............. 61.10 |================================================ Fedora 18 + Updates ... 60.03 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 55.93 |============================================ Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 70.13 |======================================= Fedora 18 ............. 71.63 |======================================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 71.57 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 85.53 |================================================ World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 89.47 |==================================== Fedora 18 ............. 94.40 |====================================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 95.40 |====================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 116.60 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 123.71 |========================================= Fedora 18 ............. 120.39 |======================================== Fedora 18 + Updates ... 119.78 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 141.21 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 68.29 |=================================== Fedora 18 ............. 76.29 |======================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 77.29 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 93.24 |================================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 63.58 |===================================== Fedora 18 ............. 81.69 |================================================ Fedora 18 + Updates ... 82.11 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 63.74 |===================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 17 ............. 33.64 |====================================== Fedora 18 ............. 39.74 |============================================= Fedora 18 + Updates ... 40.24 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.04 20130121 . 42.62 |================================================