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.

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Haswell HD Graphics 4600
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Radeon HD 5830
March 12 2014
 
Radeon HD 6770
March 12 2014
 
Radeon HD 6870
March 12 2014
 
Radeon HD 7850
March 12 2014
 
Radeon HD 7950
March 12 2014
 
Radeon R9 270X
March 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 460
March 12 2014
 
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March 12 2014
 
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March 18 2014
 
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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 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 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 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 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 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 Sandy Intel HD 3000: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H67N-USB3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EADS-00P, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.13-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 11.68 |======= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 12.47 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 12.37 |======== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 12.38 |======== Radeon R9 270X ........... 12.93 |======== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 12.94 |======== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 12.89 |======== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 70.33 |============================================= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 70.77 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 22.27 |============== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 2.99 |========== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 2.22 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 1.98 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 1.91 |======= Radeon R9 270X ........... 2.10 |======= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 2.16 |======= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 2.18 |======== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 9.15 |================================ GeForce GTX 460 .......... 12.98 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 1.62 |====== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 7.60 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 4.95 |======== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 4.04 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 4.11 |======= Radeon R9 270X ........... 4.38 |======= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 4.95 |======== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 4.92 |======== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 16.28 |============================ GeForce GTX 460 .......... 26.57 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 3.24 |===== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 8.19 |=============== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 7.18 |============= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 8.17 |=============== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 7.99 |============== Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.07 |============== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 7.16 |============= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 7.17 |============= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 23.07 |========================================= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 25.33 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 1.52 |=== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 7.87 |================= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 7.01 |=============== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 8.42 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 8.39 |================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.48 |================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 7.89 |================= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 7.75 |================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 9.60 |===================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 20.68 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 16.20 |=================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 0.05 |===================== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 7950 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon R9 270X ........... 0.05 |===================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 0.04 |================= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 0.04 |================= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 0.11 |============================================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 0.09 |====================================== Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 0.07 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 448.23 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 38.13 |==== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 417.43 |======================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 462.85 |============================================ Radeon R9 270X ........... 424.28 |======================================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 42.94 |==== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 45.14 |==== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 126.00 |============ GeForce GTX 460 .......... 235.65 |====================== Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 12.75 |= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 5.38 |===================== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 2.22 |========= Radeon HD 7850 ........... 7.99 |=============================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 8.01 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ........... 8.10 |================================ Radeon HD 6770 ........... 2.24 |========= Radeon HD 5830 ........... 2.19 |========= GeForce GTX 760 .......... 10.09 |======================================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 11.43 |============================================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 0.76 |=== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 250.90 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 281.44 |============================================ Radeon HD 7850 ........... 275.26 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 264.41 |========================================= Radeon R9 270X ........... 262.77 |========================================= Radeon HD 6770 ........... 279.83 |============================================ Radeon HD 5830 ........... 276.44 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 149.85 |======================= GeForce GTX 460 .......... 149.72 |======================= Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 209.65 |================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 248.97 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870 ........... 277.13 |============================================ Radeon HD 7850 ........... 277.82 |============================================ Radeon HD 7950 ........... 264.00 |========================================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 264.31 |========================================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 278.87 |============================================ Radeon HD 5830 ........... 277.46 |============================================ GeForce GTX 760 .......... 152.81 |======================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 152.87 |======================== Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 125.95 |==================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Haswell HD Graphics 4600 . 672.57 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ........... 1092.54 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7850 ........... 971.61 |====================================== Radeon HD 7950 ........... 895.17 |=================================== Radeon R9 270X ........... 911.42 |==================================== Radeon HD 6770 ........... 1089.30 |=========================================== Radeon HD 5830 ........... 1093.77 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 760 .......... 563.15 |====================== GeForce GTX 460 .......... 527.24 |===================== Sandy Intel HD 3000 ...... 753.41 |==============================