Intel Ivy Bridge Ubuntu 13.10 vs. 14.10 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-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 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-0c7f895 2014-12-27 utopic-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 60.00 |============ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 149.47 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 146.70 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 34.10 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 32.73 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 31.07 |============================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 29.3 MAX: 62.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 30.4 MAX: 68.0 Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 32.2 MAX: 71.0 Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 34.73 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 34.24 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 12.75 |============ Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 56.93 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 75.67 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 64.87 |=========================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 17.5 MAX: 45.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.1 MAX: 51.0 Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 34.0 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 34.90 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 34.13 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 30.53 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 59.74 |=============== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 126.84 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 111.52 |=========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 57.64 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 64.28 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 56.68 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 44.35 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 43.20 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 33.65 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 28.47 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 27.96 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 20.75 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 3544 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 3674 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 3747 |================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 367 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 368 |================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 289 |=========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 3601 |=== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 41658 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 39153 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 69 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 69 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 68 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 189 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 209 |================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 202 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 16.34 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 16.71 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 21.85 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 2.37 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 2.39 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 2.80 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 4.37 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 4.31 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 4.68 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 6.40 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 6.76 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 7.24 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 9.54 |====================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 10.42 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 13.84 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 0.07 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 0.06 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 0.07 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 469.39 |===================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 465.94 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 695.00 |=============================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 24.23 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 21.43 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 18.40 |======================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......................... 0.52 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 0.52 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 0.55 |=================================