Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. 13.10 vs. 12.04 LTS Desktop Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 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 Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 207.55 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 155.73 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 205.28 |=================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 191.73 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 143.42 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 209.36 |==================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 565.30 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 468.11 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 697.19 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 84.50 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 84.53 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 68.50 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 11.8 MAX: 23.0 Ubuntu 13.10 ..... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 11.8 MAX: 21.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 21.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 44.40 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 45.35 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 29.67 |=================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 20.1 MAX: 96.0 Ubuntu 13.10 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 18.7 MAX: 77.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . MIN: 16.0 AVG: 32.8 MAX: 97.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 28.03 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 28.60 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 17.97 |================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... MIN: 6 AVG: 31 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.10 ..... MIN: 8 AVG: 31 MAX: 98 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . MIN: 25 AVG: 52 MAX: 99 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 51.30 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 63.25 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 59.97 |================================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 13.3 MAX: 46.0 Ubuntu 13.10 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 84.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 15.1 MAX: 87.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 291.18 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 290.12 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 264.74 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 116.53 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 116.87 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 126.37 |==================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 85.32 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 85.10 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 87.95 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 58.63 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 58.71 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 59.06 |===================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 15.40 |==================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 15.02 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 15.68 |===================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 2.12 |================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 2.08 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 3.43 |====================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 4.35 |================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 4.77 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 7.13 |====================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 15.41 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 7.19 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 8.57 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 0.05 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.04 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 0.06 |====================================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 243.09 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 239.36 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 27.79 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 17.29 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 17.28 |================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 12.53 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 13.09 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 12.85 |==================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 16.41 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 16.39 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 16.24 |====================================================