T430 - integrated vs dedicated - cpu without compositor integrated - nouveau: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: NVIDIA GF108M [NVS 5400M] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: aufs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 desktop: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 320GB Seagate ST3320311CS + 250GB Seagate ST3250823AS + 160GB SAMSUNG SP1614C, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.11.6-3-ARCH (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170621, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 integrated: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.6, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: aufs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 dedicated - nvidia: Processor: Intel Core i5-3360M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2350BG4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: NVS 5400M 1024MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3202, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.66, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.22GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P, Chipset: AMD RD780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ, Graphics: AMD CAYMAN (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.11.7-1-ARCH LLVM 5.0.0) 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: ASUS VN247 + AL1716, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.11.7-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 17.2.0-devel (git-11a924c174) (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170621, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3200x1080 CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 26243.14 |=============================== desktop ......................... 29688.97 |=================================== integrated ...................... 26233.79 |=============================== dedicated - nvidia .............. 26209.26 |=============================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 15982.53 |=================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 1128.96 |============================= desktop ......................... 1419.66 |==================================== integrated ...................... 1116.48 |============================ dedicated - nvidia .............. 1109.19 |============================ AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 539.07 |============== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 473.23 |============================= desktop ......................... 602.20 |===================================== integrated ...................... 472.09 |============================= dedicated - nvidia .............. 475.82 |============================= AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 338.23 |===================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 234.94 |============================ desktop ......................... 306.69 |===================================== integrated ...................... 229.95 |============================ dedicated - nvidia .............. 220.73 |=========================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 72.56 |========= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 1958.36 |============================= desktop ......................... 2427.84 |==================================== integrated ...................... 1930.22 |============================= dedicated - nvidia .............. 1928.23 |============================= AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 738.47 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 1927.52 |============================ desktop ......................... 2518.07 |==================================== integrated ...................... 1899.84 |=========================== dedicated - nvidia .............. 1872.18 |=========================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 833.46 |============ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 1050.74 |============================== desktop ......................... 1243.50 |==================================== integrated ...................... 1050.33 |============================== dedicated - nvidia .............. 1048.97 |============================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 712.63 |===================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 10134 |====================== desktop ......................... 17894 |====================================== integrated ...................... 10228 |====================== dedicated - nvidia .............. 10063 |===================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 9908 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 339.47 |================================ desktop ......................... 181.77 |================= integrated ...................... 315.48 |============================= AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 397.56 |===================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 66.53 |====================================== desktop ......................... 29.77 |================= integrated ...................... 63.37 |==================================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 52.41 |============================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 13.34 |========================== desktop ......................... 10.84 |===================== integrated ...................... 13.36 |========================== dedicated - nvidia .............. 13.43 |========================== AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 19.28 |====================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better integrated - nouveau ............ 81.55 |============================ desktop ......................... 65.02 |======================= integrated ...................... 81.65 |============================ AMD Athlon II X4 630 @ 3.220GHz . 106.39 |=====================================