Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at battery power consumption using MONITOR=sys.power environment variable while running different OpenGL games on a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10, then with DRI_PRIME=1, and then when installing Bumblebee stable and running phoronix-test-suite via optirun for discrete NVIDIA graphics on binary blob. Now with LInux 3.13 and 3.13 kernel results included.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1312076-SO-OPTIMUSPO03
Optimus Power Testing + Linux 3.12/3.13 Kernels,
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",45.8,46.1,45.7
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",50.2,50.1,49.5
"Bumblebee - Optirun",53,52.8,53.1
"Linux 3.12",46.7,46.9,47.3
"Linux 3.13 Git",45.1,45.2,45
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",
"Bumblebee - Optirun",
"Linux 3.12",
"Linux 3.13 Git",
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",
"Bumblebee - Optirun",
"Linux 3.12",
"Linux 3.13 Git",
"System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring",
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",
"Bumblebee - Optirun",
"Linux 3.12",
"Linux 3.13 Git",
"Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",17.1741,17.108,17.2187
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",17.1664,17.154,17.1767
"Bumblebee - Optirun",29.2591,29.2569,29.2467
"Linux 3.12",17.7,17.6948,17.7149
"Linux 3.13 Git",17.009,17.0197,16.9721
"Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",
"Bumblebee - Optirun",
"Linux 3.12",
"Linux 3.13 Git",
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",111.1296986,109.8178746,110.3540858
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",110.8558918,109.4138259,110.1759526
"Bumblebee - Optirun",74.3140174,74.0967661,73.9510631
"Linux 3.12",110.620284,109.0761281,108.989285
"Linux 3.13 Git",105.8557721,106.2365719,102.7510162
"Xonotic 0.7 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 13.10 Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1",
"Bumblebee - Optirun",
"Linux 3.12",
"Linux 3.13 Git",