Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 22 December 2023 at 09:10 AM EST. Page 4 of 4. 11 Comments.
GLmark2 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A750: i915 was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Wavelet Volume, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A770: i915 was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Wavelet Contour, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A750: i915 was the fastest.
VKMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Present Mode: Mailbox. A750: i915 was the fastest.

It will be interesting to revisit this i915 vs. Xe kernel driver testing further into 2024 to see how Intel is able to better optimize the performance.

VkResample benchmark with settings of Upscale: 2x, Precision: Single. A770: i915 was the fastest.

The Vulkan compute performance was also slightly faster with the i915 kernel driver.

So with Linux 6.8 unfortunately there won't seemingly be any immediate performance benefits if you are wanting to try out the Xe kernel driver, but at least it's now set to be in the mainline kernel and hopefully throughout 2024 there will be plenty more features and optimizations to find with this code now that the foundation is in place. Stay tuned to Phoronix for continued testing of this new open-source Intel kernel driver as well as news on further Xe driver developments as it happens.

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