Ubuntu 13.04 vs. 13.10 VMware Fusion 6 Tests
VMware Fusion 6.0 benchmarks between Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu 13.10 20130919 x86_64 64-bit when using a Haswell MacBook Air (2013). Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Ubuntu 13.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x644, System Layer: VMware

Ubuntu 13.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: vmware 13.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x644, System Layer: VMware


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 33.38 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 35.96 |=========================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 120.17 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 3.00   |=


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 80.60 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 81.83 |=========================================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 60.97 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 62.57 |=========================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 116.42 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 123.40 |========================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 61.85 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 63.75 |=========================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 13.18 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 13.08 |=========================================================


x264 2013-06-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 55.64 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 55.89 |=========================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 1199.55 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1127.38 |====================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 2186 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 2293 |==========================================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 55.11 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 54.05 |========================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . MIN: 4.0  AVG: 12.6  MAX: 56.0 
Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 4.0  AVG: 12.4  MAX: 54.0 


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 16.0  MAX: 85.0 
Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 15.3  MAX: 93.0 


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 34.10 |========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 34.67 |=========================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 243.98 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 257.11 |========================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 86.72 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 74.24 |=================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 23.94 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 22.09 |=====================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.04 . 267 |===========================================================
Ubuntu 13.10 . 268 |===========================================================