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,
"VDrift 2010-06-30 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",94.0557,93.9001,106.298,93.6178,94.0795,93.8973
"Xfce 4.10",106.04,106.232,106.329
"Openbox 3.5.0",106.407,106.217,106.502
"LXDE 0.5.12",106.23,106.359,106.07
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",82.8283,96.3815,96.1276,96.2475,95.9624,95.85
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",93.4087,93.9412,93.6632
"Enlightenment 0.17",93.6693,93.8621,93.9475
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",43.2,42.9,44.9
"Xfce 4.10",45,45,43.3
"Openbox 3.5.0",44.9,44.9,45
"LXDE 0.5.12",44.9,44.9,44.9
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",40.4,40.4,42
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",44.3,45.9,46.4
"Enlightenment 0.17",43.6,43.9,44.2
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",154,154.5,153.9
"Smokin Guns 1.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",201.8,204.6,206.2
"Xfce 4.10",204.8,205.6,199.6
"Openbox 3.5.0",194.8,204.9,205.2
"LXDE 0.5.12",203.4,195.6,201.1
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",189.4,190.8,179.4
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",199.5,197.7,196.5
"Enlightenment 0.17",209.3,206.3,208.7
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",162.5,160.9,161.7
"SuperTuxKart 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",109.762787,109.984108,110.031166
"Xfce 4.10",109.93708,109.893456,109.977386
"Openbox 3.5.0",109.762787,109.947166,109.742714
"LXDE 0.5.12",109.796257,109.819702,109.792915
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",109.752747,109.900177,109.829765
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",109.960587,109.910233,109.916939
"Enlightenment 0.17",109.859924,110.034531,110.004272
"Prey 1.4.119 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",
"Xfce 4.10",28,37.3,37.3,37.2,37.4,37.3
"Openbox 3.5.0",37.1,37.2,37.3
"LXDE 0.5.12",37.4,37.4,37.2
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",34.7,34.7,34.8
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",37.4,36.1,36.1
"Enlightenment 0.17",38.1,38.4,35.7,35.9,37.1
"Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",81.1,82.5,82.9
"Xfce 4.10",81.4,81.7,80.5
"Openbox 3.5.0",80.2,81.3,80.6
"LXDE 0.5.12",80.6,80.6,80.5
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",73.7,73.6,74.1
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",81.6,82.6,82.7
"Enlightenment 0.17",82.9,82.7,81.8
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",194.2,194.6,194.8
"World of Padman 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",158.1,161.9,158.6
"Xfce 4.10",178.6,181.5,178.5
"Openbox 3.5.0",179.4,180.4,176.4
"LXDE 0.5.12",178.6,175.3,174.8
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",167.1,146.6,146.8,145.8,146.6,146.2
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",181.6,161.4,179.1,174.4,159.7,161.4
"Enlightenment 0.17",161.1,162.2,163.5
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",150.4,149.8,148
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",161.5,158.4,159.6
"Xfce 4.10",187.5,190.1,187.9
"Openbox 3.5.0",193.2,187.6,191.2
"LXDE 0.5.12",186.5,187.5,186.4
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",139.7,172.4,170.5,171.8,170.8,170.6
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",157.6,158.6,159.8
"Enlightenment 0.17",159.4,184.7,158.8,157.6,159.4,158.7
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",196.8,192.5,192.9
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",29.3,29.2,29.1
"Xfce 4.10",33.3,33.3,33.3
"Openbox 3.5.0",33.3,33.3,33.3
"LXDE 0.5.12",33.2,33.4,33.3
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",31.3,27.5,27.7,27.9,27.6,27.9
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",33.3,29.2,29.1,29,33.4,29.3
"Enlightenment 0.17",28.9,28.8,29.5
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",28.5,28.6,29.3
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",135.0004125,135.1025698,136.1083745
"Xfce 4.10",165.7053523,160.0760961,162.7943403
"Openbox 3.5.0",166.5828044,166.390389,166.6081773
"LXDE 0.5.12",162.9350786,156.5218468,156.1945547
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",148.4394906,149.7047163,119.0112325,119.3329861,119.1620961,148.017324
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",117.7003656,119.7460535,126.6722653,119.7408502
"Enlightenment 0.17",137.1684931,137.4011787,137.3985003
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",127.740632,128.2752808,128.5207594
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",59.068726,59.009455,58.8415965
"Xfce 4.10",63.5670279,63.2399636,63.4482977
"Openbox 3.5.0",63.8282839,63.6686025,63.7789737
"LXDE 0.5.12",63.8002515,63.3716321,63.4090434
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",53.5324972,53.9070009,53.9551931
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",54.9185698,53.5104279,53.7607947
"Enlightenment 0.17",59.2952494,59.0726483,58.7402562
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",92.6266941,92.7106829,92.7768327
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",16.5826665,16.8805168,16.7514456
"Xfce 4.10",16.4301823,16.8694987,16.906926
"Openbox 3.5.0",16.2548529,16.5140319,16.6738675
"LXDE 0.5.12",16.5586807,16.5436105,16.8619162
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",16.8725948,16.8704659,16.8797256
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",16.6951423,16.7327127,16.7470384
"Enlightenment 0.17",16.9058309,16.8920494,16.963002
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",69.7120842,70.5378439,70.767154
"CoreBreach 1.1.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - FSAA: 0",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",192,240,202,247,233,195
"Xfce 4.10",249,239,242
"Openbox 3.5.0",244,233,255,245,241
"LXDE 0.5.12",229,221,250,233,223,228
"KDE Plasma 4.9.98",202,199,198
"GNOME Shell 3.6.2",206,198,197
"Enlightenment 0.17",222,220,233
"380-rc7-radeon6850-20120214",548,657,643,603,555,620