Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Quadro
2D / 3D OpenGL benchmarking of the NVIDIA 290.10 binary Linux driver compared to Nouveau as found in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin repository as of 30 January. Then using the same Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 30-January snapshot but pulling in the latest xf86-video-nouveau, Linux 3.3 kernel, and Mesa 8.0-devel components. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
NVIDIA 290.10
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Nouveau - Ubuntu 12.04 2012-01-30
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Nouveau Git - Ubuntu 12.04 2012-01-30
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-6e9a165) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Cairo Performance Demos
cairo-perf-trace
The cairo-perf-trace test is a benchmark bundled with the upstream Cairo package. This test profile tests Cairo's Xlib back-end using a few of the tests from the cairo-traces repository on FreeDesktop.org Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
x11perf
Render Bench
This test runs render_bench, which tests the performance of X.Org and the video driver's RENDER extension. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
GtkPerf
This test calculates the average frame-rate from several different GTK operations. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
QGears2
This test runs qgears2, which is a test written by Zack Rusin and is based upon cairogears. This test can see how well different rendering backends perform and uses Qt4. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenArena
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
World of Padman
Lightsmark
NVIDIA 290.10
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 30 January 2012 11:07 by user phoronix.
Nouveau - Ubuntu 12.04 2012-01-30
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 30 January 2012 13:55 by user phoronix.
Nouveau Git - Ubuntu 12.04 2012-01-30
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-6e9a165) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 30 January 2012 18:07 by user phoronix.