Linux 3.19 Intel Haswell Iris Graphics A Kernel comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 3.17: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-031700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 38.73 |=========================================================== Linux 3.18 . 38.90 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 31.62 |================================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 42.33 |========================================================= Linux 3.18 . 43.55 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 41.80 |========================================================= Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 37.27 |====================================================== Linux 3.18 . 40.47 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 36.10 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 83.68 |========================================================= Linux 3.18 . 84.07 |========================================================= Linux 3.19 . 87.24 |=========================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 33.91 |=============================================== Linux 3.18 . 42.82 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 30.24 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 28.00 |============================================ Linux 3.18 . 37.22 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 27.45 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 22.68 |============================================= Linux 3.18 . 29.74 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 23.08 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 3710 |========================================== Linux 3.18 . 5310 |============================================================ Linux 3.19 . 4086 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 230 |============================================================= Linux 3.18 . 228 |============================================================ Linux 3.19 . 228 |============================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 18407 |=========================================== Linux 3.18 . 25110 |=========================================================== Linux 3.19 . 17904 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 80 |============================================================== Linux 3.18 . 78 |============================================================ Linux 3.19 . 80 |============================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.17 . 236 |============================================================ Linux 3.18 . 237 |============================================================ Linux 3.19 . 240 |============================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.17 . MIN: 5 AVG: 26 MAX: 52 Linux 3.18 . MIN: 4 AVG: 26 MAX: 51 Linux 3.19 . MIN: 3 AVG: 33 MAX: 98