A Kernel comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1504156-DE-VIDEOCPUU13&rdt&grt.
video-cpu-usage-resultsProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem Layerx-videogl2gl2_2gl2_3gl2_4Intel Core i7-3612QE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)Xen HVM domUIntel 3rd Gen Core DRAM6144MB75GBLLVMpipeIntel 82801AA AC 97 AudioBochs ScreenUbuntu 12.043.2.0-79-generic (x86_64)Unity 2D 5.20.0X Server 1.11.3fbdev 0.4.22.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.3ext41440x900Xen HVM domU 4.1.3-rc1-pre-xc3.2.0-80-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v
video-cpu-usage-resultsvideo-cpu-usage: GL2x-videogl2gl2_2gl2_3gl2_4OpenBenchmarking.org
MinAvgMaxx-video0.02.925.2OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1Video Decoding: X-Video816243240
MinAvgMaxgl20.045.053.1gl2_20.00.23.5gl2_30.00.17.1gl2_40.00.11.0OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1Video Decoding: GL21530456075
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4