Benchmarks of Unity, Xfce, Openbox, LXDE, KDE, GNOME Shell, and Enlightenment desktops from Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot using Intel HD 4000 Ivy Bridge graphics. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Ubuntu 13.04 OpenGL Desktops
Benchmarks of Unity, Xfce, Openbox, LXDE, KDE, GNOME Shell, and Enlightenment desktops from Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot using Intel HD 4000 Ivy Bridge graphics. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Unity 6.6.0:
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 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 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Xfce 4.10:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Openbox 3.5.0:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LXDE 0.5.12:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.12, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
KDE Plasma 4.9.98:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.98, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GNOME Shell 3.6.2:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Enlightenment 0.17:
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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.20.19, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214:
Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.51GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, Chipset: AMD ATI RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160827AS + 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVS-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00Y, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: AMD ATI Barts HDMI Audio, Monitor: SMT22A350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.8.0-rc7 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.00, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d59bd61) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 + LLVM 3.2svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ........ 95.97 |=============================================
Xfce 4.10 .......... 106.20 |==================================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ...... 106.38 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ........ 106.22 |==================================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 .. 93.90 |============================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 .. 93.67 |============================================
Enlightenment 0.17 . 93.83 |============================================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 43.67 |============
Xfce 4.10 ................... 44.43 |============
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 44.93 |============
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 44.90 |============
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 40.93 |===========
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 45.53 |============
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 43.90 |============
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 154.13 |=========================================
Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 204.20 |========================================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 203.33 |========================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 201.63 |========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 200.03 |=======================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 186.53 |=====================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 197.90 |=======================================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 208.10 |=========================================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 161.70 |================================
SuperTuxKart 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ........ 109.93 |==================================================
Xfce 4.10 .......... 109.94 |==================================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ...... 109.82 |==================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ........ 109.80 |==================================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 .. 109.83 |==================================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 .. 109.93 |==================================================
Enlightenment 0.17 . 109.97 |==================================================
Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ........ 24.00 |=================================
Xfce 4.10 .......... 35.75 |=================================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ...... 37.20 |===================================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ........ 37.33 |===================================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 .. 34.73 |===============================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 .. 36.53 |==================================================
Enlightenment 0.17 . 37.04 |===================================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 82.17 |=================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 81.20 |=================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 80.70 |=================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 80.57 |=================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 73.80 |================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 82.30 |=================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 82.47 |=================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 194.53 |=========================================
World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 159.53 |====================================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 179.53 |=========================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 178.73 |=========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 176.23 |========================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 149.85 |==================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 169.60 |=======================================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 162.27 |=====================================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 149.40 |==================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 159.83 |==================================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 188.50 |========================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 190.67 |========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 186.80 |=======================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 165.97 |===================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 158.67 |==================================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 163.10 |==================================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 194.07 |=========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 29.20 |=====================================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 33.30 |==========================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 33.30 |==========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 33.30 |==========================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 28.32 |====================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 30.55 |=======================================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 29.07 |=====================================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 28.80 |====================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 135.40 |=================================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 162.86 |========================================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 166.53 |=========================================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 158.55 |=======================================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 133.94 |=================================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 120.96 |==============================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 137.32 |==================================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 128.18 |================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 58.97 |===========================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 63.42 |=============================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 63.76 |=============================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 63.53 |=============================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 53.80 |========================
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 54.06 |========================
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 59.04 |===========================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 92.70 |==========================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 16.74 |==========
Xfce 4.10 ................... 16.74 |==========
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 16.48 |==========
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 16.65 |==========
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 16.87 |==========
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 16.72 |==========
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 16.92 |==========
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 70.34 |==========================================
CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Unity 6.6.0 ................. 218 |================
Xfce 4.10 ................... 243 |==================
Openbox 3.5.0 ............... 244 |==================
LXDE 0.5.12 ................. 231 |=================
KDE Plasma 4.9.98 ........... 200 |===============
GNOME Shell 3.6.2 ........... 200 |===============
Enlightenment 0.17 .......... 225 |================
380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214 . 604 |============================================