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.

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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 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 |========================================== 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 |================================ 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 |========================================= 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 |============================================ 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 |================================================== 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 |================================ 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 |========================================= 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 |=================================================== 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 0.8.8 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 |==================================== 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 |========================================= 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 |============================================