Optimus Power Testing + Linux 3.12/3.13 Kernels Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at battery power consumption using MONITOR=sys.power environment variable while running different OpenGL games on a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10, then with DRI_PRIME=1, and then when installing Bumblebee stable and running phoronix-test-suite via optirun for discrete NVIDIA graphics on binary blob. Now with LInux 3.13 and 3.13 kernel results included.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1711104-KH-1312076SO97&sor&gru .
Optimus Power Testing + Linux 3.12/3.13 Kernels Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Bumblebee - Optirun Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores) ASUS UX32VDA v1.0 Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM 4096MB 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212 Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz) Realtek ALC269VB Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-14-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.3 intel 2.99.904 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 GCC 4.8 ext4 1920x1080 ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M 4.2.0 Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores) Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz) 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64) 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) HP 358D v33.18 AMD Family 12h Root Complex 6144MB 1000GB Samsung SSD 840 AMD SUMO (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.13.4-jan100hzslab LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB AMD BeaverCreek HDMI Audio Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Ubuntu 17.10 4.13.4-jan100hzslab (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.26.1 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 1366x768 AMD SUMO (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.13.0-16-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - Ubuntu 13.10 Stock, Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1, Bumblebee - Optirun, Linux 3.12, Linux 3.13 Git: SNA System Details - Ubuntu 13.10 Stock, Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1, Bumblebee - Optirun, Linux 3.12, Linux 3.13 Git, Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel, Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel: This was running on battery power. Environment Details - Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1: DRI_PRIME=1 - Bumblebee - Optirun: PRIMUS_libGLa=/usr/lib/NVIDIA-304/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib32/NVIDIA-304/libGL.so.1 PRIMUS_libGLd=/usr/$LIB/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib/$LIB/libGL.so.1:/usr/$LIB/mesa/libGL.so.1:/usr/lib/$LIB/mesa/libGL.so.1 - Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel: DRI_PRIME=1 - Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel: DRI_PRIME=1 - Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel: DRI_PRIME=1 Kernel Details - Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel, Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel, Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel: radeon.runpm=1 radeon.bapm=1 radeon.uvd=1 radeon.dpm=1 radeon.hw_i2c=1 Processor Details - Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel, Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel, Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Optimus Power Testing + Linux 3.12/3.13 Kernels openarena: 1280 x 1024 unigine-sanctuary: 1280 x 1024 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Bumblebee - Optirun Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel 45.87 17.17 110.43 49.93 17.17 110.15 52.97 29.25 74.12 46.97 17.70 109.56 45.10 17.00 104.95 66.63 31.83 83.70 44.13 5.51 76.79 45.17 5.51 77.13 OpenBenchmarking.org
System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.13 Git Bumblebee - Optirun 8K 16K 24K 32K 40K Min: 9534 / Avg: 25337 / Max: 36097 Min: 11499 / Avg: 28075.93 / Max: 38483 Min: 9204 / Avg: 29113.68 / Max: 34824 Min: 9094 / Avg: 29404.76 / Max: 34091 Min: 9412 / Avg: 30266.91 / Max: 34898 Min: 14245 / Avg: 34645.93 / Max: 39234 Min: 15813 / Avg: 35993.07 / Max: 43911
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel 0.387 0.774 1.161 1.548 1.935 1.72 1.57
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel 0.0563 0.1126 0.1689 0.2252 0.2815 0.25 0.22
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel 0.5558 1.1116 1.6674 2.2232 2.779 2.47 2.26
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Bumblebee - Optirun Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 66.63 52.97 49.93 46.97 45.87 45.17 45.10 44.13 MIN: 5 MIN: 11 MIN: 5 MIN: 4 / MAX: 58 MIN: 5 / MAX: 54 MIN: 7 MIN: 5 / MAX: 47 MIN: 7
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Bumblebee - Optirun Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 31.83 29.25 17.70 17.17 17.17 17.00 5.51 5.51
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.12 Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Bumblebee - Optirun 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 110.43 110.15 109.56 104.95 83.70 77.13 76.79 74.12 MIN: 69 / MAX: 181 MIN: 70 / MAX: 180 MIN: 72 / MAX: 175 MIN: 60 / MAX: 168 MIN: 49 / MAX: 147 MIN: 53 / MAX: 117 MIN: 52 / MAX: 117 MIN: 53 / MAX: 86
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 17.10 AC Power customkernel Bumblebee - Optirun Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.13 Git Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel 10 20 30 40 50 Min: 5 / Avg: 14.91 / Max: 33 Min: 12 / Avg: 18.72 / Max: 34 Min: 6 / Avg: 20.14 / Max: 45 Min: 4 / Avg: 21.1 / Max: 46 Min: 5 / Avg: 21.83 / Max: 46 Min: 7 / Avg: 22.09 / Max: 35 Min: 5 / Avg: 22.15 / Max: 47 Min: 7 / Avg: 22.57 / Max: 42
OpenArena System Power Consumption Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.13 Git Bumblebee - Optirun 7K 14K 21K 28K 35K Min: 9534 / Avg: 25641.28 / Max: 28493 Min: 11499 / Avg: 28830.09 / Max: 31668 Min: 10463 / Avg: 29988.47 / Max: 32656 Min: 9472 / Avg: 30443.76 / Max: 33618 Min: 9412 / Avg: 30542.18 / Max: 34898 Min: 14245 / Avg: 35687.75 / Max: 38369 Min: 18329 / Avg: 35723.23 / Max: 39109
Unigine Sanctuary System Power Consumption Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Linux 3.13 Git Bumblebee - Optirun 7K 14K 21K 28K 35K Min: 10200 / Avg: 22034.92 / Max: 28382 Min: 12132 / Avg: 24550.75 / Max: 30536 Min: 9204 / Avg: 29443.96 / Max: 31324 Min: 9094 / Avg: 29699.36 / Max: 31657 Min: 9479 / Avg: 30916.65 / Max: 33004 Min: 17367 / Avg: 34928.9 / Max: 36785 Min: 16798 / Avg: 36681.34 / Max: 38517
Xonotic System Power Consumption Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.7 System Power Consumption Monitor Linux 3.12 Ubuntu 17.10 battery customkernel Ubuntu 13.10 Stock Ubuntu 13.10 DRI_PRIME=1 Ubuntu 17.10 battery stockkernel Linux 3.13 Git Bumblebee - Optirun 8K 16K 24K 32K 40K Min: 14252 / Avg: 30989.69 / Max: 34824 Min: 10722 / Avg: 31101.94 / Max: 36097 Min: 14585 / Avg: 31143.72 / Max: 34091 Min: 14067 / Avg: 32085.57 / Max: 34839 Min: 12132 / Avg: 34112.36 / Max: 38483 Min: 20105 / Avg: 36324.29 / Max: 39234 Min: 19624 / Avg: 37672.04 / Max: 43911
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