This time I’m comparing the performance of cairo-xlib using the latest intel-gfx drivers for i915. The big news here is that the use of server-side gradients causes a performance regression as opposed to their presumed benefits. In contrast tot the previous table, this show performance as a percentage speedup relative to the first result (in this case normally 1.8.8). This makes the regressions much clearer.
epiphany-20090810 0.0 5.5 -18.4 evolution-20090607 0.0 6.3 4.6 evolution-20090618 0.0 4.0 firefox-20090601 0.0 1.6 -21.5 firefox-periodic-table 0.0 -15.9 -12.6 firefox-talos-gfx-20090702 0.0 1.8 0.3 firefox-world-map 0.0 3.6 16.5 gnome-terminal-20090601 0.0 7.0 7.2 gnome-terminal-20090728 0.0 2.1 0.3 poppler-20090811 0.0 1.5 1.6 poppler-bug-12266 0.0 -0.9 1256.8 swfdec-fill-rate 0.0 -0.4 0.9 swfdec-fill-rate-2xaa 0.0 -0.1 11.1 swfdec-fill-rate-4xaa 0.0 -1.3 3.3 swfdec-giant-steps 0.0 7.8 11.3 swfdec-youtube 0.0 -3.5 -15.3 [0] 1.8.8.xlib.tiny
[1] 1.9.2.xlib.tiny
[2] 1.9.2-505-g2e9cad3.xlib.tiny