Comparing Microsoft Windows 8 graphics performance to Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Benchmarking with ASUS Ultrabook bearing Intel Ivy Bridge processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Microsoft Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 - Intel OpenGL
Comparing Microsoft Windows 8 graphics performance to Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Benchmarking with ASUS Ultrabook bearing Intel Ivy Bridge processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Microsoft Windows 8:
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 187GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64)
Ubuntu 13.04:
Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.4, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git:
Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: intel 2.21.4, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4e8f5c5), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 39.96 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 15.94 |====================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 32.10 |========================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 39.89 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 16.04 |====================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 32.55 |=========================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 43.07 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 18.16 |=====================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 36.16 |==========================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 50.37 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 24.89 |=========================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 45.13 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 28.98 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 25.60 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 19.17 |=================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 27.60 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 25.71 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 18.98 |==================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 33.52 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 31.72 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 23.85 |====================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 155.77 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 111.73 |===================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 115.80 |====================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 65.07 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 80.30 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 87.57 |==================================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 45.20 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 55.97 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 60.37 |==================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 44.56 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 43.10 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 34.06 |======================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 48.66 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 44.76 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 40.15 |=========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1280 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 37.73 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 41.87 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 45.70 |==================================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 35.47 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 38.87 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 42.60 |==================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 103.51 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 91.66 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 86.73 |=========================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 47.09 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 44.81 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 39.60 |==========================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 110.19 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 94.67 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 98.96 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 53.15 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 51.66 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 46.54 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 102.74 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 90.05 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 90.28 |===========================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 179.43 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 158.17 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 162.53 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 66.09 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 63.11 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 59.51 |=============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 117.59 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 110.81 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 108.05 |=============================================
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 106.60 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 111.33 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 114.57 |=================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 71.98 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 69.63 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 67.14 |===============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 63.27 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 61.93 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 59.35 |===============================================
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 77.77 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 73.30 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 76.53 |=================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 140.60 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 132.77 |==============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 136.90 |================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 62.01 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 61.22 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 58.57 |===============================================
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1280 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 79.73 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 76.33 |===============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 80.43 |==================================================
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 85.57 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 84.53 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 88.37 |==================================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 80.69 |==================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 79.13 |=================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 77.69 |================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1280 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Microsoft Windows 8 . 139.10 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 ........ 138.73 |================================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git .. 141.43 |=================================================