Fedora Desktop Intel Comparison

Fedora 22 desktop comparison. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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GNOME Shell 3.16.3
July 30 2015
 
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July 30 2015
 
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July 30 2015
 
MATE 1.10
July 30 2015
 
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July 30 2015
 
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July 31 2015
 
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July 31 2015
 
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GNOME Shell 3.16.3

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Cinnamon 2.6

LXQt 0.9

MATE 1.10

OpenBox 3.6

KDE Plasma 5.3

Xfce 4.12

Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GNOME Wayland

OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora Desktop Intel ComparisonOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores)MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0Intel Broadwell-U- DMI16384MB120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GBIntel Broadwell-U (1150MHz)Intel Broadwell-U AudioDELL P2210HQualcomm Atheros Killer E220x GigabitFedora 224.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729GNOME Shell 3.16.33.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel3.0 Mesa 10.7.0-develext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopOpenGLsFile-SystemScreen ResolutionFedora Desktop Intel Comparison BenchmarksSystem Logs- GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Cinnamon 2.6, LXQt 0.9, MATE 1.10, OpenBox 3.6, Xfce 4.12, GNOME Wayland: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Cinnamon 2.6, LXQt 0.9, MATE 1.10, OpenBox 3.6, Xfce 4.12, GNOME Wayland: SELinux: Enabled.

GNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME WaylandResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%117%134%151%GpuTestOpenArenaXonoticGpuTestXonoticSuperTuxKartTriangle - 1280 x 1024 - Windowed1920 x 10801920 x 1080 - UltraFurmark - 1280 x 1024 - Windowed1920 x 1080 - Low1920 x 1080

Fedora Desktop Intel Comparisonopenarena: 1920 x 1080supertuxkart: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultragputest: Furmark - 1280 x 1024 - Windowedgputest: Triangle - 1280 x 1024 - Windowedunigine-valley: 1280 x 1024 - Windowedunigine-valley: 1280 x 1024 - FullscreenGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland82.1342.13313.53149.20119016457323.2018.9070.8340.57294.35136.22117116571522.7618.4785.2740.24306.84147.83121215024924.4218.8885.0742.95308.63148.99121317972621.3811.4283.9341.59305.65147.22119614636925.1318.8979.3740.51299.92144.63115416687284.0040.13296.49142.03128217445230.3118.90107.4743.46321.01158.261182245251OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland20406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 382.1370.8385.2785.0783.9379.3784.00107.47MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 2MIN: 1
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland20406080100Min: 82 / Avg: 82.13 / Max: 82.2Min: 70 / Avg: 70.83 / Max: 71.9Min: 85.1 / Avg: 85.27 / Max: 85.4Min: 84.4 / Avg: 85.07 / Max: 85.4Min: 82.6 / Avg: 83.93 / Max: 84.6Min: 78.4 / Avg: 79.37 / Max: 81Min: 83.2 / Avg: 84 / Max: 84.5Min: 107.2 / Avg: 107.47 / Max: 107.9

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland714212835Min: 1 / Avg: 12.18 / Max: 29Min: 2 / Avg: 13.9 / Max: 31Min: 1 / Avg: 11.69 / Max: 30Min: 1 / Avg: 11.7 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 11.8 / Max: 30Min: 1 / Avg: 12.74 / Max: 31Min: 2 / Avg: 11.99 / Max: 30Min: 1 / Avg: 9.3 / Max: 28

SuperTuxKart

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSuperTuxKart 0.9Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland1020304050SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 5SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 342.1340.5740.2442.9541.5940.5140.1343.46
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSuperTuxKart 0.9Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland918273645Min: 40.98 / Avg: 42.13 / Max: 42.74Min: 39.3 / Avg: 40.57 / Max: 42.17Min: 40.24 / Avg: 40.24 / Max: 40.24Min: 42.01 / Avg: 42.95 / Max: 44.17Min: 39.93 / Avg: 41.59 / Max: 43.03Min: 39.85 / Avg: 40.51 / Max: 41.66Min: 38.79 / Avg: 40.13 / Max: 40.96Min: 42.81 / Avg: 43.46 / Max: 44.6

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland70140210280350SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3313.53294.35306.84308.63305.65299.92296.49321.01MIN: 171 / MAX: 554MIN: 188 / MAX: 538MIN: 178 / MAX: 545MIN: 187 / MAX: 553MIN: 171 / MAX: 557MIN: 174 / MAX: 542MIN: 168 / MAX: 535MIN: 193 / MAX: 607
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland60120180240300Min: 312.84 / Avg: 313.53 / Max: 314.54Min: 293.37 / Avg: 294.35 / Max: 295.67Min: 305.65 / Avg: 306.84 / Max: 308.08Min: 307.65 / Avg: 308.63 / Max: 309.64Min: 303.12 / Avg: 305.65 / Max: 308.07Min: 298.48 / Avg: 299.92 / Max: 300.89Min: 296.14 / Avg: 296.49 / Max: 297.07Min: 319.48 / Avg: 321.01 / Max: 322.34

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3149.20136.22147.83148.99147.22144.63142.03158.26MIN: 66 / MAX: 243MIN: 62 / MAX: 222MIN: 65 / MAX: 246MIN: 66 / MAX: 245MIN: 67 / MAX: 248MIN: 65 / MAX: 240MIN: 65 / MAX: 243MIN: 75 / MAX: 274
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland306090120150Min: 149.13 / Avg: 149.2 / Max: 149.33Min: 135.67 / Avg: 136.22 / Max: 137.28Min: 146.77 / Avg: 147.83 / Max: 148.45Min: 148.41 / Avg: 148.99 / Max: 149.7Min: 147.03 / Avg: 147.22 / Max: 147.59Min: 143.93 / Avg: 144.63 / Max: 145.04Min: 141.45 / Avg: 142.03 / Max: 142.4Min: 157.57 / Avg: 158.26 / Max: 159.1

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland30060090012001500SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 5.86, N = 3SE +/- 12.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 10.60, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 311901171121212131196115412821182
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland2004006008001000Min: 1186 / Avg: 1190 / Max: 1192Min: 1160 / Avg: 1171 / Max: 1180Min: 1196 / Avg: 1211.67 / Max: 1236Min: 1206 / Avg: 1213 / Max: 1217Min: 1175 / Avg: 1196 / Max: 1209Min: 1151 / Avg: 1154.33 / Max: 1160Min: 1279 / Avg: 1281.67 / Max: 1286Min: 1179 / Avg: 1182 / Max: 1185

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland50K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 119.26, N = 3SE +/- 790.04, N = 3SE +/- 805.74, N = 3SE +/- 19495.65, N = 6SE +/- 6012.62, N = 6SE +/- 1801.24, N = 3SE +/- 780.71, N = 3SE +/- 1532.31, N = 3164573165715150249179726146369166872174452245251
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6KDE Plasma 5.3Xfce 4.12GNOME Wayland40K80K120K160K200KMin: 164415 / Avg: 164573.33 / Max: 164807Min: 164529 / Avg: 165714.67 / Max: 167212Min: 149391 / Avg: 150248.67 / Max: 151859Min: 151839 / Avg: 179726 / Max: 270822Min: 116330 / Avg: 146368.83 / Max: 153334Min: 163270 / Avg: 166871.67 / Max: 168739Min: 173657 / Avg: 174451.67 / Max: 176013Min: 242441 / Avg: 245251.33 / Max: 247715

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6Xfce 4.12714212835SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.47, N = 6SE +/- 0.76, N = 623.2022.7624.4221.3825.1330.31
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6Xfce 4.12714212835Min: 22.91 / Avg: 23.2 / Max: 23.42Min: 22.36 / Avg: 22.76 / Max: 23.22Min: 23.88 / Avg: 24.42 / Max: 25.15Min: 19.19 / Avg: 21.38 / Max: 24.56Min: 24.32 / Avg: 25.13 / Max: 27.11Min: 28.38 / Avg: 30.31 / Max: 32.48

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6Xfce 4.12510152025SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 318.9018.4718.8811.4218.8918.90
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME Shell 3.16.3Cinnamon 2.6LXQt 0.9MATE 1.10OpenBox 3.6Xfce 4.12510152025Min: 18.85 / Avg: 18.9 / Max: 18.93Min: 18.44 / Avg: 18.47 / Max: 18.48Min: 18.85 / Avg: 18.88 / Max: 18.9Min: 1 / Avg: 11.42 / Max: 18.92Min: 18.87 / Avg: 18.89 / Max: 18.92Min: 18.87 / Avg: 18.9 / Max: 18.92

GNOME Shell 3.16.3

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 July 2015 17:03 by user phoronix.

Cinnamon 2.6

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 July 2015 17:59 by user phoronix.

LXQt 0.9

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 July 2015 18:49 by user phoronix.

MATE 1.10

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 July 2015 19:35 by user phoronix.

OpenBox 3.6

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 July 2015 20:46 by user phoronix.

KDE Plasma 5.3

Testing initiated at 31 July 2015 08:44 by user phoronix.

Xfce 4.12

Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 31 July 2015 09:19 by user phoronix.

GNOME Wayland

Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit

OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 31 July 2015 10:38 by user phoronix.