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 3 of 4. 11 Comments.
Unvanquished benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Effects Quality: Ultra. A770: i915 was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Effects Quality: High. A750: i915 was the fastest.
yquake2 benchmark with settings of Renderer: Vulkan, AF: On, MSAA: On, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A770: i915 was the fastest.
yquake2 benchmark with settings of Renderer: Vulkan, AF: Off, MSAA: On, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A770: i915 was the fastest.
yquake2 benchmark with settings of Renderer: Vulkan, AF: On, MSAA: Off, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A750: i915 was the fastest.

At least with this Xe kernel driver set to go mainline in Linux 6.8 it's now easier to test by interested enthusiasts and other parties.

yquake2 benchmark with settings of Renderer: OpenGL 3.x, AF: On, MSAA: Off, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A750: i915 was the fastest.
yquake2 benchmark with settings of Renderer: OpenGL 3.x, AF: Off, MSAA: Off, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. A750: i915 was the fastest.

There seems to be a particularly poor issue with the Iris OpenGL performance in CPU-bound scenarios atop the Xe kernel driver.


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