Benchmarking the 2D desktop performance of several different Linux desktop environments / window managers from Ubuntu 13.04. Benchmarking with Intel SNA acceleration on HD 4000 Ivy Bridge hardware. Linux benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1302281-FO-INTEL2DSN69
Intel 2D SNA Desktops,
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBox",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",30.59,30.78,31.07
"KDE 4.10",93.79,92.58,93.32
"Xfce 4.10",42.84,41.34,42.8
"LXDE 0.5.12",50.76,51.65,50.84
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",57.94,58.68,58.89
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",47.2,46.43,47.85
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",3.2,3.17,3.16
"KDE 4.10",11.52,11.73,11.23
"Xfce 4.10",2.42,2.43,2.55
"LXDE 0.5.12",9.41,9.36,9.36
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",2.8,2.79,2.77
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",1.6,1.48,1.49,1.51,1.65,1.5
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",5.64,5.62,5.6
"KDE 4.10",12.35,12.62,12.08
"Xfce 4.10",3.85,3.89,3.83
"LXDE 0.5.12",12.39,12.35,12.39
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",4.76,4.78,4.88
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",2.3,2.3,2.34
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",24.8,26.08,25.4
"KDE 4.10",10.7,10.25,10.58
"Xfce 4.10",3.19,3.15,3.13
"LXDE 0.5.12",8.05,13.66,12.68,13.96,12.52,13.55
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",25.29,24.78,23.36,25.25,24.99
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",1.5,1.52,1.6
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",27.46,28.38,28.18
"KDE 4.10",127.53,126.96,126.62
"Xfce 4.10",36.21,36.24,36.12
"LXDE 0.5.12",37.68,37.47,37.74
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",26.8,27.84,27.56
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",32.92,31.46,31.85
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",18.22,17.53,17.49
"KDE 4.10",17.33,17.19,16.97
"Xfce 4.10",17.23,17.03,17.19
"LXDE 0.5.12",17.03,17.02,17.27
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",17.82,17.53,18.11
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",17.03,16.92,16.86
"GtkPerf 0.40 - GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs",
Lower Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",1.7,1.75,1.6,1.46,1.76,1.65
"KDE 4.10",1.2,1.45,1.32,1.35,1.27,1.21
"Xfce 4.10",1.36,1.46,1.38,1.47,1.56,1.41
"LXDE 0.5.12",1.56,1.52,1.51
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",1.87,1.78,1.25,1.44,1.76,1.31
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",1.32,1.42,1.44,1.32,1.36,1.44
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",185.02105,183.8955,182.98595
"KDE 4.10",156.4783,167.147175,157.696725,161.96345
"Xfce 4.10",242.489975,225.1939,240.969925,250.33795,247.4291,251.1741
"LXDE 0.5.12",169.946525,169.80965,168.3956
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",175.47245,180.57055,178.67255
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",170.51335,170.39195,170.6505
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",188.56735,180.2012,189.110175
"KDE 4.10",122.220025,117.499025,116.6779
"Xfce 4.10",199.416125,196.9921,199.528825
"LXDE 0.5.12",145.289125,144.940025,147.1015
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",184.76115,186.992325,185.807675
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",144.76405,144.5052,145.181025
"QGears2 - Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling",
Higher Results Are Better
"Unity 6.6.0",429.112375,427.766125,428.27085
"KDE 4.10",289.2114,286.832675,284.9928
"Xfce 4.10",457.501075,460.2254,456.663225
"LXDE 0.5.12",131.64465,112.14905,157.302725,116.96945,248.741775,117.37905
"GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1",446.025,446.6551,445.150275
"Razor-Qt + Openbox 3.5.0",111.2959,206.292875,116.929825,111.221375,134.837,112.3997