Microsoft Windows vs. Linux - Intel OpenGL Comparing Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 graphics performance to Ubuntu 13.04 Linux and Fedora 18 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 vs. Linux - Intel OpenGL Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) ASUS K56CA v1.0 Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM 4096MB 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100 Intel 3rd Gen Core Realtek ALC270 Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless Ubuntu 13.04 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.6.0 X Server 1.13.2 intel 2.21.4 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 GCC 4.7 ext4 1366x768 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4e8f5c5) Realtek RTL8111/8168 + Atheros AR9485 Wireless Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) 3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1 X Server 1.13.3 intel 2.21.5 2.1 Mesa 9.1 GCC 4.7.2 20121109 Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores) 187GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) 6.2 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - Ubuntu 13.04: SNA - Ubuntu 13.04 + Git: SNA - Fedora 18: UXA System Details - Fedora 18: SELinux: Enabled.
Microsoft Windows vs. Linux - Intel OpenGL warsow: 1280 x 768 openarena: 1024 x 768 warsow: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1280 x 768 openarena: 1366 x 768 openarena: 800 x 600 openarena: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1280 x 768 openarena: 1366 x 768 openarena: 800 x 600 nexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Off warsow: 1366 x 768 warsow: 800 x 600 xonotic: 1024 x 768 - High xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Low xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultimate xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultra xonotic: 1280 x 768 - High xonotic: 1280 x 768 - Low xonotic: 1280 x 768 - Ultimate xonotic: 1280 x 768 - Ultra xonotic: 1366 x 768 - High xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Low xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultimate xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultra xonotic: 800 x 600 - High xonotic: 800 x 600 - Low nexuiz: 1280 x 768 - Yes - Off xonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultimate xonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultra nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Off Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 76.33 111.73 84.53 138.73 132.77 158.17 55.97 41.87 38.87 80.30 24.89 15.94 73.30 111.33 69.63 94.67 31.72 51.66 63.11 91.66 25.60 44.76 61.93 90.05 25.71 44.81 79.13 110.81 16.04 43.10 61.22 18.16 80.43 115.80 88.37 141.43 136.90 162.53 60.37 45.70 42.60 87.57 45.13 32.10 76.53 114.57 67.14 98.96 23.85 46.54 59.51 86.73 19.17 40.15 59.35 90.28 18.98 39.60 77.69 108.05 32.55 34.06 58.57 36.16 70.93 133.10 75.60 142.23 137.87 159.33 58.60 44.93 41.40 86.13 44.38 32.05 67.00 102.43 63.41 95.94 27.60 48.02 52.02 76.85 22.40 38.89 52.27 77.97 22.35 38.09 74.69 104.53 32.11 38.91 57.59 33.61 84.50 157.20 91.07 130.97 127.67 163.38 64.12 38.20 36.10 65.53 50.20 39.90 82.50 113.17 42.09 44.58 79.73 155.77 85.57 139.10 140.60 179.43 45.20 37.73 35.47 65.07 50.37 39.96 77.77 106.60 71.98 110.19 33.52 53.15 66.09 103.51 28.98 48.66 63.27 102.74 27.60 47.09 80.69 117.59 39.89 44.56 62.01 43.07 OpenBenchmarking.org
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 84.50 80.43 79.73 76.33 70.93
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Ubuntu 13.04 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 11.24, N = 6 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 157.20 155.77 133.10 115.80 111.73
Warsow Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 91.07 88.37 85.57 84.53 75.60
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 142.23 141.43 139.10 138.73 130.97
OpenArena Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Microsoft Windows 8 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 140.60 137.87 136.90 132.77 127.67
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 3.25, N = 6 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 179.43 163.38 162.53 159.33 158.17
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 8 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 18.58, N = 6 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 64.12 60.37 58.60 55.97 45.20
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 45.70 44.93 41.87 38.20 37.73
OpenArena Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 42.60 41.40 38.87 36.10 35.47
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 87.57 86.13 80.30 65.53 65.07
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 50.37 50.20 45.13 44.38 24.89
Nexuiz Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 39.96 39.90 32.10 32.05 15.94
Warsow Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 82.50 77.77 76.53 73.30 67.00
Warsow Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 800 x 600 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ubuntu 13.04 Microsoft Windows 8 Fedora 18 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 114.57 113.17 111.33 106.60 102.43
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 6 71.98 69.63 67.14 63.41
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 1.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 110.19 98.96 95.94 94.67
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 33.52 31.72 27.60 23.85
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 6 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 53.15 51.66 48.02 46.54
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 66.09 63.11 59.51 52.02
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 4 SE +/- 1.24, N = 3 103.51 91.66 86.73 76.85
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 28.98 25.60 22.40 19.17
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 6 48.66 44.76 40.15 38.89
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 63.27 61.93 59.35 52.27
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 102.74 90.28 90.05 77.97
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 27.60 25.71 22.35 18.98
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 47.09 44.81 39.60 38.09
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 5 SE +/- 1.30, N = 3 80.69 79.13 77.69 74.69
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 117.59 110.81 108.05 104.53
Nexuiz Resolution: 1280 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 42.09 39.89 32.55 32.11 16.04
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 44.56 43.10 38.91 34.06
Xonotic Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 62.01 61.22 58.57 57.59
Nexuiz Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Ubuntu 13.04 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.69, N = 6 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 6 44.58 43.07 36.16 33.61 18.16
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