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
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...
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
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce:
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: Xfce 4.10, 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
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE:
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: KDE 4.10.1, 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: 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 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 36.03 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 32.85 |==================================
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 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 32.53 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 31.49 |===================================
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 |===================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 32.11 |===================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 32.03 |===================================
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 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 44.96 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 43.82 |======================================
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 |================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 148.33 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 138.40 |======================================
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 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 140.63 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 130.67 |========================================
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 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 135.00 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 115.83 |===================================
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 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 162.60 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 152.97 |=====================================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 59.80 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 55.37 |========================================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 45.67 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 42.67 |=========================================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 42.00 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 27.42 |============================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 86.33 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 83.10 |==========================================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 87.40 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 86.83 |===========================================
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 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 80.27 |============================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 78.93 |===========================================
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 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 75.67 |===========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 68.13 |=======================================
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 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 114.67 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 118.33 |===========================================
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 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 67.45 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 60.68 |=====================================
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 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 101.51 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 94.40 |=====================================
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 |===============================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 24.04 |================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 22.38 |=============================
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 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 47.64 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 44.70 |=====================================
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 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 61.45 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 57.07 |======================================
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 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 93.01 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 85.50 |====================================
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 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 19.55 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 18.09 |===========================
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 |====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 40.99 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 38.29 |===================================
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 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 60.05 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 51.91 |====================================
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 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 91.75 |======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 81.94 |==================================
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 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 19.20 |===============================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 17.79 |============================
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 |=====================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 36.78 |==================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 35.49 |=================================
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 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 77.08 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 76.19 |==========================================
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 |========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 106.26 |=======================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 105.29 |=======================================
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 |==================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 33.85 |=================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 31.65 |===============================
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 |==========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - Xfce . 57.11 |=========================================
Ubuntu 13.04 + Git - KDE .. 55.30 |=======================================