by Archive-name: xfree86-benchmarks
Version: $Id: post,v 1.33 1994/10/17 23:42:30 fbm Exp fbm $
These are the latest results from a survey of xbench results under XFree86.
The idea of the survey is to compile a comprehensive set of benchmark results,
obtained by running xbench against all the main 386/486/586 graphics cards,
and thereby place the graphics cards in an approximate performance ranking.
Ideally all the results should be gathered using the same host machine,
on the same day of the week, while wearing the same socks and jocks.
Unfortunately no-one has yet come forward with such a database (although
such databases are rumoured to exist). This survey is the next best thing.
The summary results below distill the essence of the survey into single line
entries. The entries are grouped by XFree86 release number, and ranked
in decreasing 'xstone' order (last column) within each group. Ranking by
xstones is a bit arbitrary. It is instructive to examine all the other
columns too.
The xbench survey has a home on the World Wide Web, at
http://www.goof.com/xbench/
(the host has been renamed; it used to be thumbtack.bevc.blacksburg.va.us)
If you have acess to a Web browser, check it out! It is at least
6 x 10^24 times better than this plain old Usenet posting, in lots of ways.
New additions to this database are always welcome - especially entries for
the latest servers or for unlisted graphics cards. If you use XFree86,
you can contribute to this survey. Grab a copy of xbench, make sure it
has the GraphicsExposures patch (see below), run it on your machine,
fill in the blank form provided below, and mail it back to me.
Please do not send the raw xbench output - just fill in the blank form!
I will collate and publish the results as they become available. XBench is
available by ftp from hundreds of archive sites around the world.
Check out archie for your nearest site.
>>>>>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT VERSION OF XBENCH. <<<<<<
The correct version is the one with the "GraphicsExposures" patch.
Check for this by looking at your source code - you should find calls to
XSetGraphicsExposures(......, False);
in the four files bitmapcpy.c complex1.c screencpy.c and scroll.c
Some sites known to carry the patched version of xbench are:
ftp.physics.su.oz.au:/xbench/xbench.tar.gz
ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/misc/xbench.tar.gz
mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.gz
mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.Z
ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/X11/other/xbench.tar.Z
xbench.tar.gz file length=88785, /bin/sum=48788, /usr/5bin/sum=31503
xbench.tar.Z file length=156750, /bin/sum=21120, /usr/5bin/sum=40999
To run the benchmark,
1. If possible, switch into one of the more common display resolutions
before starting, e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 etc.
2. Kill off (i.e. exit from) all other programs on your machine,
including your window manager! The only running program you
should need is a single window from which to start xbench.
XBench is a benchmark program. If it has to compete for
memory or CPU, its results will suffer.
3. Read the XBench README file and edit the script.run file.
4. xset s off (turn off the screen saver)
5. xbench < script.run > results/YOURFILE
6. go have a coffee
7. awk -f scripts/xstones.awk < results/YOURFILE
Farrell.
--
Farrell.Mc...@mpx.com.au (PGP key avail)
========================= Blank Form ===========================================
CPU : (386/486 SX/DX etc)
CPU Clock Speed : (MHz)
M'board Memory : (MBytes)
Card Vendor + Model :
Card Bus : (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI)
Chipset :
Video Memory : (MBytes)
Memory Type : (DRAM/VRAM)
Memory Speed : (ns)
Clock Chip :
RAMDAC :
Operating system :
XFree86 release : (e.g. 2.1.1)
XFree86 server : (e.g. XF86_SVGA)
Physical resoln :
Virtual resoln :
Dot-clock : (MHz)
Bits per pixel :
XBench lines :
XBench fills :
XBench blits :
XBench arcs :
XBench text :
XBench complex :
XBench xstones :
>>>>>>>> Did you use the patched version of XBench ?? (Yes/No) <<<<<<<<
XBench ftp'd from :
Submitted by :
Date stamp :
========================= Summary Results ======================================
-- Hware -- XF86 Res Dot Px Display card Bus lin fil blt arcs txt cplx xst
CPU-Clk Mem Srvr P&V Clk Sz Type ----------- 000s -----------
--------------------------- XFree86 3.1 -------------------------------------
Pnt-90 16 S3 HC 90 8 #9 GXE-64 Pro P 687 156 148 11099 301 330 250
Pnt-90 16 S3 HH 90 8 #9 GXE-64 Pro P 660 154 149 7073 298 328 248
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 Spider Tarantula 64 V 583 173 160 7720 250 264 242
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 65 8 #9 GXE-64 P 456 114 106 7304 197 240 175
4DX2-66 8 S3 NC 75 8 #9 GXE-64 V 419 116 114 6372 186 185 173
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 16 Spider Tarantula 64 V 539 97 86 7078 247 205 165
4DX2-66 16 W32 PL 36 8 Herc. Dynamite Powe V 235 58 88 5278 423 114 131
4DX2-66 16 S3 PP 50 32 Spider Tarantula 64 V 490 36 44 6328 216 106 85
4DX-33 16 Mch32 NB 80 8 ATI GUP I 191 53 46 2201 94 77 77
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 65 16 #9 GXE-64 P 316 43 36 5961 136 87 76
4DX2-66 16 SVGA NN 60 8 Orchid Kelvin 64 V 186 41 32 3884 356 64 74
4DX-33 8 Mch8 NN 75 8 ATI 8514 Ultra I 168 42 38 1273 95 67 66
4DX-33 8 W32 NN 75 8 Herc. Dynamite D201 I 68 19 28 1343 151 49 43
4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 75 8 Orchid Fahrenheit 1 V 183 21 18 3858 72 42 38
4DX2-66 16 SVGA NN 75 8 Viglen WD90C33 P 139 27 10 2024 156 59 34
Pnt-90 48 SVGA NN 50 8 IBM (integrated) I 67 13 18 943 388 37 32
--------------------------- XFree86 2.1.1 -------------------------------------
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 417 89 77 6465 197 153 142
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 442 80 65 6232 187 156 129
4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 75 8 SPEA/V7 Mercury V 495 72 55 7018 160 134 113
4DX-33 16 S3 EE 110 8 Actix Ultra+ I 323 68 59 2761 148 138 108
4DX-50 16 S3 NN 80 8 ELSA Winner 1000 I 303 63 54 3865 155 128 103
4DX-50 16 S3 CC 110 8 Metheus 928-4M V 310 67 50 3208 148 127 102
4DX-50 16 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 335 65 56 2845 142 84 101
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 Diamond Stealth 24 V 340 54 45 5541 132 106 89
4SX-25 16 S3 PM 36 8 Spea V7 Mirage I 186 48 41 639 113 101 76
4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 135 8 #9 GXE Level 11 I 283 61 52 3345 56 121 74
4DX-33 16 S3 NN 72 8 Miro Crystal 10SD V 248 44 36 2256 104 87 71
4DX-33 8 S3 NN 75 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 205 42 38 1504 101 89 70
4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 45 8 Generic S3-805 V 265 45 39 2259 66 95 67
4DX2-66 16 Mch32 cC 80 8 ATI Graphics Ultra+ V 271 36 31 3597 88 59 60
4DX2-66 32 SVGA KK 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 143 28 22 1862 281 44 51
4DX2-66 4 SVGA NN 75 8 VIA C.Logic 5426 V 149 26 22 2097 238 42 49
4DX2-50 8 SVGA NH 75 8 Genoa 8500VL-28 V 113 23 23 1464 197 36 46
4DX2-66 20 SVGA DD 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5426 V 133 24 17 1708 254 40 42
3AM-40 8 Mch32 NN 65 8 ATI Graphics Ultra+ I 101 23 20 501 53 35 36
3DX-25 8 SVGA PL 36 8 Hercules Dynamite I 33 8 5 230 23 19 12
--------------------------- XFree86 2.1 -------------------------------------
4DX2-66 32 S3 NN 77 8 STB Pegasus V 453 80 66 4318 195 156 131
4DX2-66 32 S3 NN 67 8 STB Pegasus V 461 79 66 4154 191 141 129
4DX2-66 32 S3 CC 125 8 STB Pegasus V 440 80 62 4240 193 153 127
Pnt-66 32 S3 NN 85 8 ELSA Winner 2000 V 494 75 57 6275 205 145 123
4DX2-66 16 S3 AA 185 8 #9 GXE Level 16 V 430 73 56 6833 182 139 117
4DX2-66 16 S3 FC 85 8 Spea V7 Mercury V 472 69 55 4287 171 136 113
4DX2-66 24 S3 CC 135 8 Spea V7 Mercury V 422 65 55 3404 162 132 109
4DX2-66 20 S3 NN 65 8 #9 GXE Level 11 I 374 65 55 4873 168 129 108
4DX2-66 8 S3 NL 75 8 Emca VGA-928-P P 370 64 55 3193 150 126 106
4DX-33 8 S3 CC 108 8 Spea V7 Mercury I 329 65 55 255 146 133 104
4DX2-66 16 S3 II 96 8 ELSA Winner 1000 P 312 62 52 2907 148 128 101
4DX2-66 20 Mch32 HH 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro I 311 61 53 4336 144 133 100
4DX2-66 16 S3 HH 110 8 ELSA Winner 1000 P 298 60 52 2769 146 128 100
4DX-33 8 Mch32 OO 65 8 ATI Ultra XLR V 296 62 54 2723 129 83 95
4DX-33 16 S3 NN 45 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 234 55 52 2894 129 111 91
4DX2-66 20 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 325 55 47 3437 129 75 88
4DX2-66 20 Mch32 HH 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 323 56 48 3682 118 77 88
4SX-33 16 S3 nN 45 8 VGA805-V from Upper V 231 53 47 726 131 107 87
4DX-50 16 Mch32 CC 135 8 ATI Ultra Pro E 269 54 47 3038 123 74 85
4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 72 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 V 328 48 40 3821 137 95 82
4DX-33 16 Mch8 NN 65 8 ATI Ultra (Mach8) I 255 47 42 4071 115 98 79
4DX-33 16 Mch32 NB 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro I 207 51 43 1600 106 61 76
4DX-33 16 S3 HH 62 8 ELSA Winner 1000 E 269 57 51 1720 50 130 69
Pnt-66 32 S3 CC 102 8 #9 GXE Level 12 P 389 72 61 4504 38 146 69
4DX-50 16 SVGA nN 45 8 STB Horizon VGA I 128 28 28 1767 224 55 56
4DX2-50 16 SVGA PH 45 8 ICL ValuePlus CL542 I 102 27 25 1131 145 38 48
4DX2-66 20 VGA NN 65 8 Cirrus Logic V 61 28 20 1545 228 45 44
4DLC-40 16 S3 nN 45 8 Actix Grph Eng. TC I 210 28 23 1170 34 57 39
4DX-33 8 SVGA NN 65 8 Genoa Phantom 8900V V 131 28 12 2167 116 42 36
4DX2-66 32 SVGA NN 75 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 110 18 13 1474 229 30 33
4DX2-66 8 SVGA NN 75 8 Actix ProStar VL V 107 17 12 1563 205 27 30
4DX2-66 32 SVGA KK 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 102 16 12 1317 209 28 30
4DX2-50 16 SVGA HH 80 8 ICL ValuePlus CL542 I 76 14 12 880 140 20 26
4DX2-66 8 SVGA PN 36 8 Octek AVGA-20H I 80 11 5 891 54 17 14
4DX2-66 24 SVGA NN 65 8 Generic ET4000 I 91 8 3 1040 75 12 11
4SX-25 20 SVGA NL 45 8 STB PowerGraph I 67 8 4 416 52 14 11
4DX2-66 8 VGA16 QP 26 8 Hedaka HED-622 I 20 3 3 471 7 7 5
3DX-25 8 SVGA PP 36 8 Trident TVGA 8900B I 18 2 1 156 12 2 3
4DX-33 16 SVGA PP 40 8 Oak OTI-067 I 36 1 1 458 28 2 3
--------------------------- XFree86 2.0 -------------------------------------
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 451 92 78 3234 198 150 145
4DX2-66 16 S3 HH 85 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 412 81 65 2872 196 157 130
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 468 80 64 4070 190 153 128
4DX-33 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 278 83 75 2015 155 142 123
4DX-33 16 S3 NN 75 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 348 76 66 2733 166 155 121
4DX-50 8 S3 NN 72 8 #9 GXE Level 11 V 395 71 62 3363 164 141 117
4SX-33 16 S3 CC 110 8 Actix Ultra+ I 293 73 62 3776 158 137 114
4DX-50 16 S3 NN 75 8 ELSA Winner 1000 E 316 64 55 2760 160 128 105
4SLC2-66 16 S3 NN 45 8 STB PowerGraph VL-2 V 282 60 50 1310 153 118 98
4DX-33 16 S3 NN 75 8 Orchid Fahrnht. VA V 266 48 40 2380 121 95 79
Pnt-60 16 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI AX0 P 207 45 38 3438 126 68 73
4DX2-66 8 Mch32 GG 80 8 ATI AX0 P 183 39 34 3393 110 65 65
3DX-40 8 S3 NN 75 8 Generic S3-801 I 153 36 31 1153 84 72 57
4DX-50 16 SVGA QL 25 8 ColorDesigner A3 V 126 23 12 1575 111 44 34
4DX-50 16 SVGA nN 45 8 STB Horizon VGA I 131 20 12 1551 130 47 33
3DX-40 8 S3 JJ 95 8 Generic S3-801 I 122 23 20 1096 25 47 31
4DX-50 16 SVGA nL 45 8 ColorDesigner A3 V 115 18 10 1559 110 38 29
3DX-40 4 SVGA nG 45 8 Tseng ET4000/W32 V 65 16 11 989 38 30 26
3DX-40 4 SVGA NG 72 8 Tseng ET4000/W32 V 63 15 10 952 35 25 21
4DX2-50 16 SVGA PN 50 8 Diamond Speedstar 2 I 76 16 7 927 61 39 21
4DX2-50 20 SVGA NN 85 8 Cirrus Logic 5428 I 86 13 6 1203 68 33 18
4DX-33 8 SVGA NN 65 8 Diamond Speedstar+ I 87 9 4 1325 84 14 13
4DX2-50 20 SVGA hH 65 8 Diamond Speedstar+ I 81 7 3 1206 81 9 9
4DX2-66 8 SVGA PL 75 8 Octek AVGA-20H I 79 3 2 917 60 5 6
4SX-25 4 SVGA? QQ 75 8 Sager NP840 noteboo V 53 3 2 327 30 4 5
Key to Physical and Virtual resolutions (lower case=interlaced mode)
A = 1600x1200
B = 1536x1024
C = 1280x1024
D = 1200x910
E = 1200x900
F = 1192x900
G = 1152x910
H = 1152x900
I = 1152x816
J = 1152x800
K = 1056x832
L = 1024x1024
M = 1024x900
N = 1024x768
O = 1024x767
P = 800x600
Q = 640x480