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 nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 1280 x 768 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Off openarena: 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 warsow: 1024 x 768 warsow: 1280 x 768 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 xonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultimate xonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultra Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 18.16 16.04 15.94 24.89 111.73 138.73 132.77 158.17 55.97 41.87 38.87 80.30 84.53 76.33 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 43.10 61.22 36.16 32.55 32.10 45.13 115.80 141.43 136.90 162.53 60.37 45.70 42.60 87.57 88.37 80.43 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 34.06 58.57 33.61 32.11 32.05 44.38 133.10 142.23 137.87 159.33 58.60 44.93 41.40 86.13 75.60 70.93 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 38.91 57.59 44.58 42.09 39.90 50.20 157.20 130.97 127.67 163.38 64.12 38.20 36.10 65.53 91.07 84.50 82.50 113.17 43.07 39.89 39.96 50.37 155.77 139.10 140.60 179.43 45.20 37.73 35.47 65.07 85.57 79.73 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 44.56 62.01 OpenBenchmarking.org
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 6 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 6 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 33.61 44.58 43.07 18.16 36.16
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 32.11 42.09 39.89 16.04 32.55
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 32.05 39.90 39.96 15.94 32.10
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 44.38 50.20 50.37 24.89 45.13
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 6 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 133.10 157.20 155.77 111.73 115.80
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 SE +/- 2.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 142.23 130.97 139.10 138.73 141.43
OpenArena Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 137.87 127.67 140.60 132.77 136.90
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 3.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 159.33 163.38 179.43 158.17 162.53
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 18.58, N = 6 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 58.60 64.12 45.20 55.97 60.37
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 44.93 38.20 37.73 41.87 45.70
OpenArena Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 41.40 36.10 35.47 38.87 42.60
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 86.13 65.53 65.07 80.30 87.57
Warsow Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 75.60 91.07 85.57 84.53 88.37
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 70.93 84.50 79.73 76.33 80.43
Warsow Resolution: 1366 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 67.00 82.50 77.77 73.30 76.53
Warsow Resolution: 800 x 600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 800 x 600 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 102.43 113.17 106.60 111.33 114.57
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 1.50, N = 6 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 63.41 71.98 69.63 67.14
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 1.74, N = 3 95.94 110.19 94.67 98.96
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 27.60 33.52 31.72 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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.75, N = 6 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 48.02 53.15 51.66 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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 52.02 66.09 63.11 59.51
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 4 76.85 103.51 91.66 86.73
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 22.40 28.98 25.60 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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.85, N = 6 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 38.89 48.66 44.76 40.15
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 52.27 63.27 61.93 59.35
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 77.97 102.74 90.05 90.28
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 22.35 27.60 25.71 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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 38.09 47.09 44.81 39.60
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 5 74.69 80.69 79.13 77.69
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 104.53 117.59 110.81 108.05
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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 38.91 44.56 43.10 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 Fedora 18 Microsoft Windows 8 Ubuntu 13.04 Ubuntu 13.04 + Git 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 57.59 62.01 61.22 58.57
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