The most important part of the post that 
RBuster provided above is the inclusion of the --ignore-gpu-blacklist option in your intelxdk.config.additions.xml file (using the format shown in the post above). Including that line will fix the performance issues for 99% of Construct2 Crosswalk builds with the Intel XDK.
[quote:2fqnluz4]NOTE: by enabling this ignore blacklist feature you may see strange video behavior on some devices, unfortunately, there is no concise list of which devices may experience strange behavior or what those problems might be. The reason the Chromium project maintains that list as part of Chromium is to avoid the problems present in those devices that are on the blacklist.
The most up-to-date posting for this performance issue can be found thru this Intel XDK FAQ note > software.intel.com/en-us/xdk/fa ... animatable