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.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler Nouveau Linux ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSIntel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MBRealtek ALC892DELL P2210HRealtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205Ubuntu 13.043.8.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.6.0X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2)nouveau 1.0.42.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (399/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (500/333MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS: --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-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS: EXASystem Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 8400GS: Compiz was running on this system.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler Nouveau Linux Comparisonxonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Lowwarsow: 1280 x 1024smokin-guns: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowwarsow: 1920 x 1080vdrift: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 1920 x 1080reaction: 1920 x 1080padman: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Ondoom3: 1920 x 1080 - LowGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GS219.0259.07148.43149.0559.1074.1880.9063.83145.0750.70120.2328.0641.0355.794.6042.5036.784.6018.1633.7018.30419.70388.2910208.4943.17165.13152.2343.1097.1692.2074.93161.5053.43138.4729.0439.50130.2725.6797.3391.0725.5347.4566.6041.0391.0323.4385.2815.5614.3560.1511.7344.1037.4411.7322.3835.1015.7342.909.4040.606.698.40OpenBenchmarking.org

Xonotic

Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: LowGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 46050100150200250SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3219.02208.49130.2760.1555.79

Warsow

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024GeForce GTX 680GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 4601326395265SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 359.0743.1725.6711.734.60

Smokin Guns

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSmokin Guns 1.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 4604080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3165.13148.4397.3344.1042.50

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowGeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 460306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3152.23149.0591.0737.4436.78

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 680GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 4601326395265SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 359.1043.1025.5311.734.60

VDrift

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 46020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 397.1674.1847.4522.3818.161. (CXX) g++ options: -pthread -lSDL -lGLU -lGLEW -lpthread -lSDL_image -lSDL_gfx -lvorbisfile -lvdriftbullet

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 46020406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 392.2080.9066.6035.1033.70

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce GTX 460GeForce 8400GS20406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 374.9363.8341.0318.3015.73

World of Padman

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 4604080120160200SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3161.50145.0791.0342.9041.00

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce GTX 460GeForce 8400GS1224364860SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 353.4350.7023.439.709.40

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8400GSGeForce GTX 460306090120150SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 3.36, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3138.47120.2385.2840.6038.00

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 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9600GSOGeForce GTX 460GeForce 8400GS714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 329.0428.0615.568.296.69

Doom 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: LowGeForce GTX 680GeForce 9800GTXGeForce 9600GSOGeForce GTX 460GeForce 8400GS918273645SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 641.0339.5014.3510.008.40


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