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. Adding in KDE and Xfce results...
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Microsoft Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 - Intel OpenGL + KDE/Xfce,
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",43.1938387,43.4945106,42.5152982
"Ubuntu 13.04",16.8361609,18.3947071,18.4910167,18.4413235,18.407954,18.4115605
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",36.4899433,36.005136,35.9902503
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",35.5093548,36.1843182,36.4010918
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",32.5109188,32.2688283,33.7767447
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1280 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",39.5766026,39.7150414,40.3816959
"Ubuntu 13.04",15.9675811,16.0203162,16.1421978
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",32.4683624,32.6030861,32.5698109
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",32.5074294,32.4274815,32.6599182
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",31.5792876,31.4478475,31.4343425
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",39.8681055,40.0412885,39.9605116
"Ubuntu 13.04",15.9312738,15.9615806,15.9383301
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",32.0682937,32.151807,32.0765262
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",32.0858488,32.1782283,32.0541291
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",32.1052019,31.964695,32.0224426
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",50.9634333,50.3651609,49.7674667
"Ubuntu 13.04",24.9995738,24.8109894,24.8467137
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",44.4156562,45.5784762,45.3997433
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",44.4140674,45.1056339,45.3552789
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",44.1894208,43.4683911,43.8042467
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1024 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",155.8,155.1,156.4
"Ubuntu 13.04",113.8,110.9,110.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",116.1,114.8,116.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",147.9,148.9,148.2
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",139.4,136.6,139.2
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1280 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",144.6,136.1,128.6,136.8,144.3,144.2
"Ubuntu 13.04",139.1,138.1,139
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",142.7,142.4,139.2
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",140.4,140.1,141.4
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",125.8,131.8,134.4
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1366 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",141,140.7,140.1
"Ubuntu 13.04",134.3,129.8,134.2
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",138.8,134.1,137.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",134.9,134.6,135.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",138.6,109,109.3,110.2,113.7,114.2
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 800 x 600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",178.8,180.5,179
"Ubuntu 13.04",156.1,159.2,159.2
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",163.9,160.1,163.6
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",162.6,163.4,161.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",154.5,152,152.4
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1024 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",45,45.4,45.2
"Ubuntu 13.04",55.6,55.9,56.4
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",60.2,60.4,60.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",59.9,59.6,59.9
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",55.2,55.8,55.1
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1280 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",37.5,37.6,38.1
"Ubuntu 13.04",41.6,41.9,42.1
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",44.8,46.3,46
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",46,45.7,45.3
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",42.9,43.4,41.7
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1366 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",35.5,35.6,35.3
"Ubuntu 13.04",39,38.6,39
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",42.6,42.2,43
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",42,42.1,41.9
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",42.3,24.5,24.3,24.5,24.6,24.3
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 800 x 600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",65.3,64.6,65.3
"Ubuntu 13.04",80.1,79.7,81.1
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",87.8,87.8,87.1
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",85.8,86.4,86.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",82.6,82.9,83.8
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1024 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",84.6,86.3,85.8
"Ubuntu 13.04",84.3,84.1,85.2
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",87.7,88.4,89
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",85,88.6,88.6
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",84,88.4,88.1
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1280 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",79.1,80.2,79.9
"Ubuntu 13.04",75.8,76.4,76.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",80.6,80.3,80.4
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",80.2,80.2,80.4
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",79.3,77.9,79.6
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1366 x 768",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",77.4,78,77.9
"Ubuntu 13.04",73.6,72.5,73.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",76.5,76.6,76.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",75.5,75.8,75.7
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",68.3,68.1,68
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 800 x 600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",107,106.4,106.4
"Ubuntu 13.04",111.8,110.7,111.5
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",111.2,116.8,115.7
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",115.2,113,115.8
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",116.9,118.1,120
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",72.2108474,71.8411429,71.8868415
"Ubuntu 13.04",69.0257125,69.9593755,69.9110252
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",65.0633421,67.98092,68.3697047
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",68.3503613,65.5754353,68.4332098
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",61.5083606,57.4267666,57.6765046,62.4952679,62.4152024,62.5511859
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",109.0644944,110.6210991,110.8708265
"Ubuntu 13.04",94.4873108,94.8310775,94.6989247
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",95.4855235,100.9851315,100.4019135
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",101.7647086,101.6960188,101.0565087
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",91.3852562,95.9942144,95.8193917
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",33.5767729,33.7887799,33.2047479
"Ubuntu 13.04",31.7336088,31.6253479,31.8116511
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",23.990405,23.690926,23.8681812
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",24.185837,24.0652422,23.8542258
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",22.1588249,22.5609209,22.4165506
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",52.7488632,53.4384136,53.2626543
"Ubuntu 13.04",51.8131179,51.6488517,51.5056026
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",46.1603681,47.220481,46.2537231
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",47.4298866,47.8247471,47.6744596
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",43.8992912,45.5044125,44.6939164
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",65.0512178,67.3657492,65.8418168
"Ubuntu 13.04",62.9824928,63.155773,63.1909933
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",60.6892446,57.259436,60.5780389
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",61.3834089,61.4758815,61.4937255
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",57.7567601,57.8930494,54.3736273,58.2594774
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",102.1161656,104.8149035,103.6039588
"Ubuntu 13.04",91.6964101,91.4551321,91.8284759
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",86.5691148,90.9547697,84.125501,85.2532249
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",93.6084432,93.3103775,92.1256409
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",83.6105648,88.1140192,80.0517693,87.296016,87.057051,86.8843243
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",29.0033446,28.997103,28.9390573
"Ubuntu 13.04",25.5434921,26.0500815,25.2133209
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",19.1772145,19.2109582,19.1291671
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",19.5620053,19.5579715,19.5378107
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",18.0346535,18.0289516,18.2119101
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",48.022444,49.1656804,48.8008729
"Ubuntu 13.04",45.3877131,43.4974395,45.4086657
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",40.7905728,39.5879446,40.0797649
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",41.0689331,40.9419012,40.9580984
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",38.2147073,38.5900868,38.0511024
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",63.5998354,63.3506528,62.8539647
"Ubuntu 13.04",61.7502188,62.0574418,61.9685885
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",58.2059976,59.947861,59.8934919
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",60.0718718,59.8902544,60.2026975
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",50.8883089,52.6130622,52.2388183
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",103.2507786,101.8628002,103.094806
"Ubuntu 13.04",90.3697187,89.5845376,90.1998197
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",89.9424927,90.5075337,90.3852784
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",91.6455866,91.478274,92.1330532
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",81.7638276,81.9850026,82.0580803
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",27.6070397,27.5754586,27.6095054
"Ubuntu 13.04",25.6926196,25.7257893,25.7096001
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",19.0977378,18.770293,19.0581631
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",19.2190001,19.2461096,19.1227471
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",18.4266217,17.4586827,17.4783244
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",46.5108046,47.6315646,47.123494
"Ubuntu 13.04",44.971864,44.8568379,44.6027137
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",39.707958,39.354714,39.734694
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",40.2109408,36.442415,36.4834864,35.8746978,35.7799467,35.8985119
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",39.4309927,34.575734,34.83448,34.5779615,34.8005877,34.7171512
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",81.4886606,79.7287251,80.845532
"Ubuntu 13.04",76.8795505,80.4954248,80.0020357
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",80.0554713,75.4624557,74.6106109,79.4466679,78.8917036
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",77.7384515,77.1399949,76.3629978
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",73.7362427,77.7504865,77.0954457
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",116.0120979,118.1761961,118.5828726
"Ubuntu 13.04",110.9154594,110.7450144,110.7824004
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",110.6574891,107.0508039,106.4346943
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",106.1825179,106.1588934,106.4335559
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",106.9938586,105.9525717,102.9360326
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",44.6356525,44.7403485,44.2945949
"Ubuntu 13.04",43.0213326,43.2642481,43.0221532
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",34.1091263,34.178786,33.9049272
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",33.7565917,33.7275238,34.0629149
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",31.9075678,31.5959118,31.4580887
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Microsoft Windows 8",62.3143465,61.8006268,61.9145803
"Ubuntu 13.04",61.805259,60.5939218,61.2728331
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git",58.8635142,59.0446465,57.7992473
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce",58.5880234,57.501699,55.2513443
"Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE",57.4644141,54.213422,54.2278493