Ubuntu Linux Desktop Comparison

Desktop comparison benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Xfce 4.10
September 13 2014
 
Unity 7.3.1
September 13 2014
 
GNOME Shell 3.12.2
September 14 2014
 
KDE 4.14.0
September 14 2014
 
LXDE 0.6.2
September 14 2014
 
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September 14 2014
 
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September 14 2014
 
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Ubuntu Linux Desktop Comparison Desktop comparison benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Xfce 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unity 7.3.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Shell 3.12.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE 4.14.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LXDE 0.6.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Cinnamon 2.2.16: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 E17: Processor: Intel Core i7-4600U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC2 (IPC2), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Micron_M500_MTFD, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection I218-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Enlightenment, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.6, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Counter-Strike Source Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 81.39 |=============================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 59.50 |================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 16.49 |========== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 83.43 |================================================ LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 59.51 |================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 62.07 |==================================== E17 ................ 88.14 |=================================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 52.11 |================================================ Unity 7.3.1 ........ 54.48 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 16.24 |=============== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 54.24 |================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 54.87 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 54.25 |================================================== E17 ................ 15.95 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 63.0 Unity 7.3.1 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 60.0 GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 63.0 KDE 4.14.0 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.0 MAX: 69.0 LXDE 0.6.2 ......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 29.3 MAX: 65.0 Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.0 MAX: 64.0 E17 ................ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 30.2 MAX: 67.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 59.83 |=================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 59.84 |=================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 59.83 |=================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 152.04 |================================================ LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 59.82 |=================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 59.80 |=================== E17 ................ 159.29 |================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 14.41 |=================================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 14.42 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 14.42 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 14.08 |================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 14.42 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 14.40 |=================================================== E17 ................ 10.38 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 58.91 |========================================= Unity 7.3.1 ........ 58.51 |======================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 58.87 |========================================= KDE 4.14.0 ......... 70.65 |================================================= LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 58.87 |========================================= Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 58.83 |========================================= E17 ................ 74.08 |=================================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 30.37 |============================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 33.13 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 33.20 |================================================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 30.73 |=============================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 33.53 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 32.93 |================================================== E17 ................ 31.40 |================================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 36.45 |=============================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 39.43 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 39.60 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 36.90 |=============================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 39.63 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 39.61 |=================================================== E17 ................ 37.62 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 34.20 |=================================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 34.27 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 34.27 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 32.23 |================================================ LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 34.07 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 34.37 |=================================================== E17 ................ 33.00 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Xfce 4.10 .......... 55.01 |================================================== Unity 7.3.1 ........ 55.66 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 54.85 |================================================== KDE 4.14.0 ......... 55.03 |================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 55.02 |================================================== Cinnamon 2.2.16 .... 54.86 |================================================== E17 ................ 55.71 |===================================================