Ubuntu 12.04 vs Mint 15 Intel Pentium P6100 testing with a eMachines HM55_CP and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 512MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst: Processor: Intel Pentium P6100 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: eMachines HM55_CP, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HTS54503, Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC272X, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit PCIe + Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-52-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 112.19 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 36.67 |================================================ CoreBreach 1.1.6 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - FSAA: 0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 362 |================================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 8.09 |================================================= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 38.02 |================================================ Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 0.78 |================================================= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst . 76.65 |================================================