Nouveau Christmas 2012 NVIDIA Linux Comparison Benchmarking various NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards on the Linux 3.7 kernel with Mesa 9.1-devel Nouveau Gallium3D. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce 8400GS: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (500/333MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 8800GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9500GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (550/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9600GSO: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9800GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9800GTX: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (675/1101MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 220: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 8.61 |======= GeForce 8800GT ..... 32.56 |========================== GeForce 9500GT ..... 24.07 |==================== GeForce 9600GSO .... 20.34 |================ GeForce 9800GT ..... 36.72 |============================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 62.92 |=================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 25.04 |==================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 27.55 |====================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 23.48 |======= GeForce 8800GT ..... 94.53 |============================= GeForce 9500GT ..... 81.07 |========================= GeForce 9600GSO .... 61.17 |=================== GeForce 9800GT ..... 106.47 |================================= GeForce 9800GTX .... 163.63 |================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 83.70 |========================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 67.57 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 10.73 |======= GeForce 8800GT ..... 30.63 |=================== GeForce 9500GT ..... 27.00 |================= GeForce 9600GSO .... 22.20 |============== GeForce 9800GT ..... 41.83 |========================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 81.10 |=================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 31.17 |==================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 26.80 |================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 35.97 |============ GeForce 8800GT ..... 103.77 |================================== GeForce 9500GT ..... 105.67 |=================================== GeForce 9600GSO .... 78.47 |========================== GeForce 9800GT ..... 133.60 |============================================ GeForce 9800GTX .... 151.03 |================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 109.10 |==================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 94.67 |=============================== Smokin Guns 1.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 40.00 |============== GeForce 8800GT ..... 124.93 |============================================ GeForce 9500GT ..... 114.40 |======================================== GeForce 9600GSO .... 88.53 |=============================== GeForce 9800GT ..... 142.17 |================================================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 136.67 |================================================ GeForce GT 220 ..... 117.87 |========================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 99.23 |=================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 29.40 |=============== GeForce 8800GT ..... 86.60 |============================================== GeForce 9500GT ..... 84.27 |============================================ GeForce 9600GSO .... 65.50 |================================== GeForce 9800GT ..... 96.47 |=================================================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 96.90 |=================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 85.43 |============================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 73.63 |======================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS .. 10.17 |===== GeForce 8800GT .. 21.85 |=========== GeForce 9500GT .. 30.47 |================ GeForce 9600GSO . 25.70 |============= GeForce 9800GT .. 47.97 |========================= GeForce 9800GTX . 102.60 |===================================================== GeForce GT 220 .. 35.00 |================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS .. 10.17 |===== GeForce 8800GT .. 21.07 |=========== GeForce 9500GT .. 30.43 |================ GeForce 9600GSO . 25.77 |============= GeForce 9800GT .. 47.87 |========================= GeForce 9800GTX . 102.80 |===================================================== GeForce GT 220 .. 35.13 |================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 37.27 |============= GeForce 8800GT ..... 120.25 |========================================= GeForce 9500GT ..... 103.56 |=================================== GeForce 9600GSO .... 83.55 |============================ GeForce 9800GT ..... 135.37 |============================================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 147.06 |================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 112.17 |====================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 95.19 |================================ VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8400GS ..... 17.77 |===== GeForce 8800GT ..... 73.85 |=================== GeForce 9500GT ..... 59.69 |================ GeForce 9600GSO .... 44.99 |============ GeForce 9800GT ..... 90.30 |======================== GeForce 9800GTX .... 190.78 |================================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 60.50 |================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 46.16 |============