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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1211280-RA-NOUVEAUCH16&grs&rdt.

Nouveau Christmas 2012 NVIDIA Linux ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 220AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO (399/399MHz)Realtek ALC889DELL P2210HIntel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64)Unity 6.10.0X Server 1.13.0nouveau 1.0.42.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (500/333MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (399/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (550/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (405/324MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (675/1101MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/405MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce GT 220: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details- GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce GT 220: EXASystem Details- GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce GT 220: Compiz was running on this system.

Nouveau Christmas 2012 NVIDIA Linux Comparisonopenarena: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Onopenarena: 1920 x 1080padman: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowsmokin-guns: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 1920 x 1080vdrift: 1920 x 1080warsow: 1920 x 1080warsow: 1280 x 1024GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 22022.2020.3461.1778.4783.5588.5365.5044.9925.7725.7010.738.6123.4835.9737.2740.0029.4017.7710.1710.1741.8336.72106.47133.60135.37142.1796.4790.3047.8747.9730.6332.5694.53103.77120.25124.9386.6073.8521.0721.852724.0781.07105.67103.56114.4084.2759.6930.4330.4726.8027.5567.5794.6795.1999.2373.6346.1681.1062.92163.63151.03147.06136.6796.90190.78102.80102.6031.1725.0483.70109.10112.17117.8785.4360.5035.1335.00OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 22020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.86, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 322.2010.7341.8330.6327.0026.8081.1031.17

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 2201428425670SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 320.348.6136.7232.5624.0727.5562.9225.04

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 2204080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 361.1723.48106.4794.5381.0767.57163.6383.70

World of Padman

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 220306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 378.4735.97133.60103.77105.6794.67151.03109.10

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 220306090120150SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 383.5537.27135.37120.25103.5695.19147.06112.17

Smokin Guns

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSmokin Guns 1.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 220306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 388.5340.00142.17124.93114.4099.23136.67117.87

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 22020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 365.5029.4096.4786.6084.2773.6396.9085.43

VDrift

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 2204080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 344.9917.7790.3073.8559.6946.16190.7860.501. (CXX) g++ options: -pthread -lSDL -lGLU -lGLEW -lpthread -lSDL_image -lSDL_gfx -lvorbisfile -lvdriftbullet

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 22020406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 325.7710.1747.8721.0730.43102.8035.13

Warsow

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce 9800GTGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GT 22020406080100SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 325.7010.1747.9721.8530.47102.6035.00


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