Nouveau Gallium3D Linux 3.8 Kernel NVIDIA DRM Nouveau open-source Linux graphics driver with Mesa 9.1-devel Nouveau Gallium3D and xf86-video-nouveau DDX. Comparing the Linux 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 (Git) kernels from the Ubuntu mainline PPA. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 9800GT: Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, 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 13.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GT: Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GTX: Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1101MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GTX: Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (675/1101MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (675/1101MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GT 220: Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GT 220: Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 38.80 |====================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 38.93 |====================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 38.93 |====================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 81.07 |============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 81.13 |============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 83.50 |=============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 20.23 |=========== GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 16.50 |========= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 20.22 |=========== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 28.65 |========================= 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 28.68 |========================= 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 28.72 |========================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 53.84 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 53.68 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 53.75 |=============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 14.92 |============= GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 14.92 |============= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 14.91 |============= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 132.43 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 132.20 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 139.70 |============================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 194.93 |======================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 202.27 |========================================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 224.67 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 89.20 |================== GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 71.50 |=============== GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 91.80 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 50.90 |========================= 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 51.00 |========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 51.10 |========================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 93.97 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 93.37 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 93.73 |=============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 26.50 |============= GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 23.20 |============ GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 26.50 |============= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 159.50 |========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 160.57 |========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 162.00 |=========================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 223.97 |===================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 230.32 |====================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 280.27 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 97.97 |================ GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 78.20 |============= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 97.97 |================ Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git . 29 |=================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 73.27 |====================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 73.07 |====================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 74.40 |====================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 139.30 |========================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 140.10 |========================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 154.33 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 38.98 |============ GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 37.00 |=========== GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 39.08 |============ Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 91.13 |===================================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 91.43 |===================================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 92.10 |===================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 106.17 |=========================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 108.70 |============================================ 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 114.40 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 69.10 |============================ GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 57.80 |======================= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 67.20 |=========================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 96.66 |=================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 97.22 |=================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 97.05 |=================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 230.82 |============================================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 233.93 |============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 235.01 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 49.49 |========== GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 36.80 |======= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 49.46 |========== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 42.70 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 42.60 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 42.73 |=========================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 74.60 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 74.57 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 74.57 |=============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 26.50 |================= GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 25.50 |================ GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 26.30 |================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 42.40 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 42.73 |=========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 42.67 |=========================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 74.80 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 74.73 |=============================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 74.83 |=============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 26.57 |================= GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 25.50 |================ GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 26.40 |================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 148.28 |========================= 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 148.97 |========================= 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 150.96 |========================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 186.75 |================================ 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 207.92 |=================================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 272.37 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 93.36 |================ GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 76.95 |============= GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 93.37 |================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GT: Linux 3.6 ...... 57.48 |========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.7 ...... 57.69 |========================== 9800GT: Linux 3.8 Git .. 57.90 |========================== 9800GTX: Linux 3.6 ..... 99.14 |============================================ 9800GTX: Linux 3.7 ..... 99.49 |============================================= 9800GTX: Linux 3.8 Git . 102.78 |============================================== GT 220: Linux 3.6 ...... 34.70 |================ GT 220: Linux 3.7 ...... 31.56 |============== GT 220: Linux 3.8 Git .. 34.69 |================