Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Broadwell Graphics Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Intel Linux graphics benchmarks from the ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Core i7 CPU sporting Broadwell HD Graphics 5500. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Broadwell Graphics Processor Disk Motherboard Chipset Memory Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Macbook Pro i7 brkn Intel Family 6 Model 61 Stepping 4 Intel (4 Cores) 98GB Windows NT 6.2 (x86_64) Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores) LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW Intel Broadwell-U-OPI 8192MB 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128 Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz) Intel Broadwell-U Audio Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 Ubuntu 14.10 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.3.1 X Server 1.16.0 intel 2.99.914 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 GCC 4.9.1 ext4 1920x1080 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64) intel 2.99.917 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (padoka PPA) 3.19.0-999-generic (x86_64) 3.19.0-997-generic (x86_64) Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores) Apple Mac-94245A3940C91C80 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 4096MB 250GB Samsung SSD 840 Intel HD 3000 (1200MHz) Intel 6 /C200 Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64) intel 2.99.914 ext4 (ecryptfs) 1440x900 OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Ubuntu 14.10, Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2, Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev, Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev, drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Graphics Details - Ubuntu 14.10, Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2, Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev, Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev, drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev, Macbook Pro i7 brkn: SNA Kernel Details - Macbook Pro i7 brkn: i915.lvds_channel_mode=2 i915.modeset=1 i915.lvds_use_ssc=0
Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Broadwell Graphics unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Macbook Pro i7 brkn 20.23 52.43 18.79 73.52 86 180.47 4198 87.08 230 390 33642 34.30 6.57 6.26 1780 706 19.14 39.80 15.82 53.58 94 60.03 3222 59.40 202 343 3604 38.87 5.23 5.77 19.10 39.98 15.78 53.95 94 59.99 3221 59.47 202 345 3604 38.63 5.22 5.77 18.91 38.73 16.66 55.31 94 163.79 3202 74.71 253 344 42202 37.30 4.88 5.90 18.89 38.83 16.80 55.48 94 168.34 3203 74.47 252 344 42109 37.30 4.88 5.90 19.05 38.90 17.05 55.55 94 167.10 4408 74.64 252 345 40936 37.23 4.95 5.97 3.97 13.74 4.93 21.67 28 55.67 1712 34.74 105 174 15926 54.37 OpenBenchmarking.org
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Macbook Pro i7 brkn 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 20.23 19.14 19.10 19.05 18.91 18.89 3.97
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Macbook Pro i7 brkn Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Windows 8.1 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 8 / Avg: 18.28 / Max: 56 Min: 3 / Avg: 25.62 / Max: 52 Min: 4 / Avg: 25.74 / Max: 55 Min: 4 / Avg: 26.7 / Max: 59 Min: 4 / Avg: 26.73 / Max: 59 Min: 4 / Avg: 26.77 / Max: 59 Min: 4 / Avg: 28.74 / Max: 92
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Windows 8.1 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Macbook Pro i7 brkn 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 52.43 39.98 39.80 38.90 38.83 38.73 13.74 MIN: 8 / MAX: 101 MIN: 18 / MAX: 61 MIN: 18 / MAX: 61 MIN: 18 / MAX: 65 MIN: 18 / MAX: 65 MIN: 18 / MAX: 65 MIN: 5 / MAX: 26
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 18.79 17.05 16.80 16.66 15.82 15.78 4.93
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Windows 8.1 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 73.52 55.55 55.48 55.31 53.95 53.58 21.67 MIN: 33 / MAX: 129 MIN: 24 / MAX: 83 MIN: 25 / MAX: 84 MIN: 24 / MAX: 83 MIN: 26 / MAX: 63 MIN: 25 / MAX: 63 MIN: 8 / MAX: 36
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 Windows 8.1 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 94 94 94 94 94 86 28
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Windows 8.1 Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 180.47 168.34 167.10 163.79 60.03 59.99 55.67 MIN: 88 / MAX: 314 MIN: 101 / MAX: 265 MIN: 105 / MAX: 265 MIN: 105 / MAX: 264 MIN: 52 / MAX: 61 MIN: 50 / MAX: 62 MIN: 32 / MAX: 100
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Macbook Pro i7 brkn 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 15.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 4408 4198 3222 3221 3203 3202 1712
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Windows 8.1 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 87.08 74.71 74.64 74.47 59.47 59.40 34.74 MIN: 53 / MAX: 155 MIN: 41 / MAX: 102 MIN: 42 / MAX: 102 MIN: 41 / MAX: 102 MIN: 42 / MAX: 62 MIN: 43 / MAX: 62 MIN: 21 / MAX: 48
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Windows 8.1 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 253 252 252 230 202 202 105
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Ubuntu 14.10 Macbook Pro i7 brkn 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 390 345 345 344 344 343 174
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Windows 8.1 Macbook Pro i7 brkn Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 9K 18K 27K 36K 45K SE +/- 61.93, N = 3 SE +/- 17.57, N = 3 SE +/- 501.35, N = 3 SE +/- 646.98, N = 6 SE +/- 14.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 42202 42109 40936 33642 15926 3604 3604
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Macbook Pro i7 brkn Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Windows 8.1 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 54.37 38.87 38.63 37.30 37.30 37.23 34.30 MIN: 7 / MAX: 63 MIN: 4 / MAX: 61 MIN: 4 / MAX: 55 MIN: 4 / MAX: 63 MIN: 4 / MAX: 63 MIN: 4 / MAX: 64 MIN: 4 / MAX: 342
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 6.57 5.23 5.22 4.95 4.88 4.88
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 drm-intel-next 3.20 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.19 Git + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.3.2 Ubuntu 14.10 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 6.26 5.97 5.90 5.90 5.77 5.77
GpuTest Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 1780
GpuTest Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 8.1 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 706
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