Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows 7 Updated Intel SNB Graphics Benchmarking updated Ubuntu Linux open-source Intel HD Graphics 3000 stack against windows 7 Pro x64. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.13: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-07149f0 saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 149GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) Storage-12.3nvidia260: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-07M + 3 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-60M + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EVDS-63T + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00D + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (576/999MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 12.3, Kernel: 3.12.0-34.ge8fa6b4-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 27.50 |==== Linux 3.13 ................. 27.47 |==== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 27.47 |==== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 25.33 |==== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 275.53 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.2 MAX: 77.0 Linux 3.13 ................. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 36.2 MAX: 79.0 Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 36.4 MAX: 78.0 Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 38.5 MAX: 89.0 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 2.24 |= Linux 3.13 ................. 2.26 |= Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 2.31 |= Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 9.85 |====== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 76.94 |=========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 9.53 |====== Linux 3.13 ................. 9.63 |====== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 10.56 |======= Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 8.96 |====== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 65.76 |=========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 10.10 |====== Linux 3.13 ................. 10.15 |====== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 11.12 |======= Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 11.05 |======= Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 71.66 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 92.47 |============ Linux 3.13 ................. 92.17 |============ Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 93.51 |============ Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 74.51 |========= Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 333.93 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 49.13 |========= Linux 3.13 ................. 49.38 |========= Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 49.38 |========= Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 47.80 |========= Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 235.51 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 33.18 |=========== Linux 3.13 ................. 33.33 |=========== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 34.71 |=========== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 34.99 |=========== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 130.32 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 21.80 |============ Linux 3.13 ................. 21.78 |============ Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 22.97 |============ Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 22.28 |============ Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 81.43 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 . 501 |========================= Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 985 |================================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 3352 |===================================== Linux 3.13 ................. 3351 |===================================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 3363 |===================================== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 3325 |===================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 4004 |============================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 208 |======== Linux 3.13 ................. 208 |======== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 268 |========== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 240 |========= Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 1175 |============================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 23431 |=== Linux 3.13 ................. 23243 |=== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 24128 |=== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 42815 |====== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 291176 |========================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 48 |================= Linux 3.13 ................. 48 |================= Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 49 |================== Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 43 |=============== Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 126 |============================================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1600 x 900 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............... 194 |================= Linux 3.13 ................. 194 |================= Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-dev . 192 |================= Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 ...... 145 |============= Storage-12.3nvidia260 ...... 514 |=============================================