NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler Nouveau Linux Comparison
Benchmarking the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler graphics card on the Nouveau graphics driver compared to other graphics cards on Nouveau Gallium3D. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.


GeForce GTX 680: 

	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 GTX 680 2048MB, 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

GeForce GTX 460: 

	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 GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), 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

GeForce 9800GTX: 

	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 (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

GeForce 9600GSO: 

	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 9600 GSO 512MB (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

GeForce 8400GS: 

	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 8400 GS 256MB (500/333MHz), 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
GeForce GTX 680 . 41.03 |======================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 10.00 |=============
GeForce 9800GTX . 39.50 |====================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 14.35 |===================
GeForce 8400GS .. 8.40  |===========


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 28.06 |====================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 8.29  |===============
GeForce 9800GTX . 29.04 |======================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 15.56 |=============================
GeForce 8400GS .. 6.69  |============


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 120.23 |==============================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 38.00  |===============
GeForce 9800GTX . 138.47 |=====================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 85.28  |=================================
GeForce 8400GS .. 40.60  |================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 50.70 |===================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 9.70  |==========
GeForce 9800GTX . 53.43 |======================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 23.43 |========================
GeForce 8400GS .. 9.40  |==========


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 145.07 |================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 41.00  |=============
GeForce 9800GTX . 161.50 |=====================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 91.03  |==============================
GeForce 8400GS .. 42.90  |==============


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 63.83 |==============================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 18.30 |=============
GeForce 9800GTX . 74.93 |======================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 41.03 |==============================
GeForce 8400GS .. 15.73 |===========


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 80.90 |===============================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 33.70 |====================
GeForce 9800GTX . 92.20 |======================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 66.60 |=======================================
GeForce 8400GS .. 35.10 |=====================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 74.18 |=========================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 18.16 |==========
GeForce 9800GTX . 97.16 |======================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 47.45 |==========================
GeForce 8400GS .. 22.38 |============


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 59.10 |======================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 4.60  |====
GeForce 9800GTX . 43.10 |=======================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 25.53 |=======================
GeForce 8400GS .. 11.73 |===========


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 149.05 |====================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 36.78  |=============
GeForce 9800GTX . 152.23 |=====================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 91.07  |================================
GeForce 8400GS .. 37.44  |=============


Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 148.43 |================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 42.50  |==============
GeForce 9800GTX . 165.13 |=====================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 97.33  |===============================
GeForce 8400GS .. 44.10  |==============


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 59.07 |======================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 4.60  |====
GeForce 9800GTX . 43.17 |=======================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 25.67 |=======================
GeForce 8400GS .. 11.73 |===========


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 680 . 219.02 |=====================================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 55.79  |==============
GeForce 9800GTX . 208.49 |==================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 130.27 |================================
GeForce 8400GS .. 60.15  |===============