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

Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4: 

	Processor: Intel Pentium P6100 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: eMachines HM55_CP, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HTS54503, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430/5450/5470] 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: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, 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 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 23.90  |==========


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 36.67 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 22.33 |============================


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 362 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 59  |========


Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Charts
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 8.09 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 7.70 |=============================================


Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gradients
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 38.02 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 50.08 |==============================================


Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Fish
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 0.78 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 0.54 |=================================


Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30
Demo: Gears
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04+Catalyst ... 76.65 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04+mesa 8.0.4 . 44.99 |===========================