Open Source 2D Ubuntu 14.04 GPU Drivers X.Org 2D driver benchmarks with Intel, AMD Radeon, and NVIDIA for a future article on Phoronix.com. Testing Ubuntu 14.04 2D performance on Unity with Linux 3.14 and Mesa 10.2. Haswell HD Graphics 4600: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5830: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-e6c565f trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 250.90 |======================================= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 276.44 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 279.83 |============================================ Radeon HD 6870 ........... 281.44 |============================================ Radeon HD 7850 ........... 275.26 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 264.41 |========================================= Radeon R9 270X ........... 262.77 |========================================= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 149.72 |======================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 149.85 |======================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 248.97 |======================================= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 277.46 |============================================ Radeon HD 6770 ........... 278.87 |============================================ Radeon HD 6870 ........... 277.13 |============================================ Radeon HD 7850 ........... 277.82 |============================================ Radeon HD 7950 ........... 264.00 |========================================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 264.31 |========================================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 152.87 |======================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 152.81 |======================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 672.57 |========================== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 1093.77 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 1089.30 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 1092.54 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 971.61 |====================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 895.17 |=================================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 911.42 |==================================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 527.24 |===================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 563.15 |====================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 11.68 |======= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 12.89 |======== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 12.94 |======== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 12.47 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 12.37 |======== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 12.38 |======== Radeon R9 270X ........... 12.93 |======== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 70.77 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 70.33 |============================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 2.99 |========== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 2.18 |======== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 2.16 |======= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 2.22 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 1.98 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 1.91 |======= Radeon R9 270X ........... 2.10 |======= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 12.98 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 9.15 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 7.60 |============= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 4.92 |======== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 4.95 |======== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 4.95 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 4.04 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 4.11 |======= Radeon R9 270X ........... 4.38 |======= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 26.57 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 16.28 |============================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 8.19 |=============== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 7.17 |============= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 7.16 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 7.18 |============= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 8.17 |=============== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 7.99 |============== Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.07 |============== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 25.33 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 23.07 |========================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 7.87 |================= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 7.75 |================= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 7.89 |================= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 7.01 |=============== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 8.42 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 8.39 |================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.48 |================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 20.68 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 9.60 |===================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 0.05 |===================== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon R9 270X ........... 0.05 |===================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 0.09 |====================================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 0.11 |============================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 448.23 |=========================================== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 45.14 |==== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 42.94 |==== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 38.13 |==== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 417.43 |======================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 462.85 |============================================ Radeon R9 270X ........... 424.28 |======================================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 235.65 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 126.00 |============ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 5.38 |===================== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 2.19 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 2.24 |========= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 2.22 |========= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 7.99 |=============================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 8.01 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.10 |================================ GeForce GTX 460 .......... 11.43 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 10.09 |========================================