Ubuntu 14.10 Linux Desktops A Desktop comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE 4.14.1: 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Openbox 3.5.2: 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, 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: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 269.00 |================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 236.97 |============================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 196.15 |==================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 242.32 |============================================= Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 228.68 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 265.92 |================================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 283.69 |================================================= KDE 4.14.1 ......... 202.20 |=================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 204.18 |==================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 206.95 |==================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 196.12 |================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 286.64 |================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 2064.06 |================================================= KDE 4.14.1 ......... 524.63 |============ Xfce 4.10 .......... 517.38 |============ LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 547.14 |============= Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 511.23 |============ GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 2052.35 |================================================= Render Bench Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.0m3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 16.31 |================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 16.30 |================================================= Xfce 4.10 .......... 16.47 |================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 16.46 |================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 16.80 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 16.33 |================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 13.04 |=================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 19.23 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 10.10 |=========================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 16.65 |============================================ Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 8.14 |====================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 11.70 |=============================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 1.91 |================================================= KDE 4.14.1 ......... 2.01 |==================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 1.57 |========================================= LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 1.63 |========================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 0.84 |====================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 1.68 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 3.51 |==================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 2.10 |=============================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 2.76 |========================================= LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 3.36 |================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 1.44 |===================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 2.85 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 5.55 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 2.04 |=================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 2.35 |====================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 5.63 |==================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 0.76 |======= GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 2.56 |======================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 7.16 |============== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 25.47 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 7.23 |============== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 8.13 |================ Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 5.43 |=========== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 7.91 |================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 60.10 |================= KDE 4.14.1 ......... 175.10 |================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 60.07 |================= LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 60.00 |================= Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 60.00 |================= GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 60.00 |================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 34.33 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 32.27 |================================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 34.33 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 34.23 |=================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 34.33 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 34.40 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 59.0 KDE 4.14.1 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 31.0 MAX: 67.0 Xfce 4.10 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.0 MAX: 63.0 LXDE 0.6.2 ......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 29.2 MAX: 63.0 Openbox 3.5.2 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 66.0 GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 29.0 MAX: 66.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 42.77 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 39.54 |=============================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 39.21 |=============================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 42.98 |=================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 42.56 |=================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 42.65 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 60.00 |=================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 88.23 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 60.00 |=================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 60.00 |=================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 60.00 |=================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 60.00 |=================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.6 MAX: 25.0 KDE 4.14.1 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 23.0 Xfce 4.10 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.7 MAX: 24.0 LXDE 0.6.2 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 16.6 MAX: 24.0 Openbox 3.5.2 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.7 MAX: 25.0 GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 16.6 MAX: 23.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 58.92 |========================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 71.65 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 58.93 |========================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 58.96 |========================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 58.92 |========================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 58.92 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 55.84 |================================================= KDE 4.14.1 ......... 57.58 |=================================================== Xfce 4.10 .......... 55.88 |================================================= LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 55.94 |================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 55.76 |================================================= GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 55.83 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Unity 7.3.1 ........ 44.10 |=================================================== KDE 4.14.1 ......... 41.41 |================================================ Xfce 4.10 .......... 44.07 |=================================================== LXDE 0.6.2 ......... 44.01 |=================================================== Openbox 3.5.2 ...... 43.11 |================================================== GNOME Shell 3.12.2 . 43.73 |===================================================