Nouveau Linux 3.5 Gallium3D NVIDIA Nouveau latest Git benchmarking versus the NVIDIA binary blob. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 1024MB (500/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 220: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-306c9f0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.11, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 302.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git ....... 39.23 |======= GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 71.03 |============= GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 24.53 |==== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 35.80 |====== GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 17.17 |=== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 53.63 |========== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 36.67 |======= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 169.42 |============================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 28.00 |===== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 57.37 |========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 24.40 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 194.92 |=================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git ....... 51.78 |==== GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 136.86 |========== GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 38.24 |=== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 105.87 |======== GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 30.01 |== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 140.09 |=========== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 59.46 |===== GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 393.92 |============================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 54.49 |==== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 116.02 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 53.58 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 460.88 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git ....... 46.39 |=========== GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 52.86 |============= GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 27.65 |======= GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 28.40 |======= GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 23.88 |====== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 32.79 |======== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 44.17 |=========== GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 108.12 |========================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 28.92 |======= GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 27.92 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 31.89 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 146.35 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git ....... 45.17 |=========== GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 49.33 |============ GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 31.90 |======== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 37.50 |========= GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 25.80 |====== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 43.90 |========== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 53.50 |============= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 146.73 |=================================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 37.87 |========= GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 45.43 |=========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 30.70 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 129.07 |=============================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: Latest Git ....... 32.70 |======== GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 46.60 |============ GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 21.60 |===== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 30.87 |======== GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 16.37 |==== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 34.37 |========= GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 34.60 |========= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 115.72 |============================= GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 25.23 |====== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 39.33 |========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 19.03 |===== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 137.67 |=================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 100.87 |=========== GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 41.80 |===== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 62.53 |======= GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 35.90 |==== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 72.63 |======== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 65.00 |======= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 232.83 |========================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 45.35 |===== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 60.10 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 39.60 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 310.47 |=================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 83.03 |=========== GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 46.27 |====== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 62.00 |======== GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 39.20 |===== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 82.83 |=========== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 74.40 |========= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 238.67 |============================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 59.10 |======== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 66.83 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 53.47 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 275.07 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 273.07 |========================== GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 107.20 |========== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 163.60 |================ GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 87.58 |======== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 197.06 |=================== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 148.34 |============== GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 360.88 |=================================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 114.92 |=========== GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 178.60 |================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 96.18 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 354.47 |================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 83.67 |============= GeForce 9500GT: Latest Git ........ 38.94 |====== GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 52.60 |======== GeForce 9600GSO: Latest Git ....... 33.39 |===== GeForce 9600GSO: NVIDIA 302.11 .... 67.16 |========== GeForce 9800GT: Latest Git ........ 60.90 |========= GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 191.69 |============================== GeForce GT 220: Latest Git ........ 46.04 |======= GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 302.11 ..... 61.10 |========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Latest Git .... 41.51 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti: NVIDIA 302.11 . 224.60 |===================================