30-way Intel/AMD/NVIDIA Linux 2D Performance Comparison

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 8 June 2014 at 04:40 AM EDT. Page 4 of 4. 11 Comments.
2D GPU Benchmarks

The Intel Haswell integrated graphics performed the best thanks to their SNA implementation within their X.Org driver and following behind was the Radeon 2D performance followed by Nouveau for the open-source NVIDIA performance.

Coming up in the next few days will be the proprietary AMD Catalyst and NVIDIA Linux benchmark results for this vast assortment of graphics cards. If you appreciate all of the Linux hardware testing done at Phoronix please consider subscribing to Phoronix Premium or perhaps a tip for all of the work involved that's single-handedly done by myself. Thanks!

If you enjoyed this article consider joining Phoronix Premium to view this site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits. PayPal or Stripe tips are also graciously accepted. Thanks for your support.


Related Articles
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.