New Nouveau Linux libdrm Benchmarking GeForce Testing out the new Nouveau libdrm code by comparing NVIDIA 295.40 binary Linux graphics driver, the stock Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Nouveau stack (Linux 3.2 + Mesa 8.0), Git (Mesa, xf86-video-nouveau, libdrm) from just before the libdrm merge, and then the latest Git as of evening of 13 April 2012. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. This is just some quick open-source Linux benchmarking from a NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M discrete graphics processor found on a Lenovo ThinkPad notebook with Core i7 CPU from Intel. More tests of Nouveau driver will be forthcoming by Michael Larabel. NVIDIA 295.40: 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: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau: 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 (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Mesa Git: 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 (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7308b6e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 New Mesa Git: 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 (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-0e8ad4c) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 371.97 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 123.83 |=============== Mesa Git ............... 141.93 |================== New Mesa Git ........... 127.30 |================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 318.90 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 123.93 |================== Mesa Git ............... 120.30 |================= New Mesa Git ........... 118.43 |================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 241.73 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 104.53 |==================== Mesa Git ............... 100.20 |=================== New Mesa Git ........... 104.00 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 229.10 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 103.03 |===================== Mesa Git ............... 101.73 |==================== New Mesa Git ........... 102.20 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 141.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 41.70 |============== Mesa Git ............... 69.50 |======================= New Mesa Git ........... 66.13 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 98.53 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 36.30 |================= Mesa Git ............... 48.57 |======================= New Mesa Git ........... 49.20 |======================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 59.80 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 27.70 |====================== Mesa Git ............... 35.10 |============================ New Mesa Git ........... 34.80 |=========================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 310.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 107.10 |================ Mesa Git ............... 112.20 |================= New Mesa Git ........... 124.70 |================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 306.93 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 113.57 |================= Mesa Git ............... 113.20 |================= New Mesa Git ........... 124.13 |=================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 264.00 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 106.73 |=================== Mesa Git ............... 107.33 |=================== New Mesa Git ........... 118.30 |===================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 265.87 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 101.87 |================== Mesa Git ............... 101.70 |================== New Mesa Git ........... 106.63 |================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 97.00 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 34.73 |================= Mesa Git ............... 40.10 |=================== New Mesa Git ........... 40.50 |==================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 203.58 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 117.07 |========================== Mesa Git ............... 112.72 |========================= New Mesa Git ........... 116.12 |========================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 202.24 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 121.43 |============================ Mesa Git ............... 114.71 |========================== New Mesa Git ........... 119.93 |=========================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1440 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 190.49 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 97.87 |======================== Mesa Git ............... 96.18 |======================= New Mesa Git ........... 99.62 |======================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 190.94 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 98.16 |======================== Mesa Git ............... 96.57 |======================= New Mesa Git ........... 99.58 |======================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 140.33 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 64.95 |===================== Mesa Git ............... 66.29 |====================== New Mesa Git ........... 64.18 |===================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 117.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 53.80 |===================== Mesa Git ............... 53.81 |===================== New Mesa Git ........... 53.00 |===================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1440 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 90.19 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 38.44 |==================== Mesa Git ............... 39.95 |===================== New Mesa Git ........... 39.25 |==================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 295.40 .......... 86.09 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 - Nouveau . 38.16 |===================== Mesa Git ............... 39.89 |====================== New Mesa Git ........... 39.33 |=====================