NVIDIA/AMD vs. Radeon/Nouveau Linux Drivers - April 2013 Comparing both the open-source and closed-source NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon Linux graphics drivers. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Closed-Source Open-Source Closed-Source Open-Source 8800GT 9500GT 9600GSO 9800GT 9800GTX GT 220 GT 520 GTX 550 Ti 8800GT 9500GT 9600GSO 9800GT 9800GTX GT 220 GT 520 GTX 550 Ti HD 5750 HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6570 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5750 HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6570 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD ATI RD890 bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (600/700MHz) Realtek ALC889 Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 13.04 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.13.3 NVIDIA 319.12 3.3.0 GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2 ext4 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (500/900MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz) 4.3.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (399/399MHz) DELL P2210H nouveau 1.0.7 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1101MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz) ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (700/1150MHz) fglrx 12.10.5 4.2.12173 ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (700/1150MHz) radeon 7.1.0 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4 AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB (850/1200MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --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-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - Open-Source: 8800GT, Open-Source: 9500GT, Open-Source: 9600GSO, Open-Source: 9800GT, Open-Source: 9800GTX, Open-Source: GT 220, Open-Source: GT 520, Open-Source: GTX 550 Ti, Open-Source: HD 5750, Open-Source: HD 5830, Open-Source: HD 6450, Open-Source: HD 6570, Open-Source: HD 6770, Open-Source: HD 6870, Open-Source: HD 6950: EXA
doom3: 1920 x 1080 - Low nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Off openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 reaction: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High Closed-Source Open-Source Closed-Source Open-Source 8800GT 9500GT 9600GSO 9800GT 9800GTX GT 220 GT 520 GTX 550 Ti 8800GT 9500GT 9600GSO 9800GT 9800GTX GT 220 GT 520 GTX 550 Ti HD 5750 HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6570 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5750 HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6570 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 88.83 459.77 126.57 153.60 110.30 291.37 157.13 28.67 176.27 37.53 56.97 39.30 167.79 53.86 32.82 182.63 43.90 61.50 45.33 192.05 67.19 107.45 503.57 143.93 200.10 126.13 291.04 179.64 118.50 525.73 161.43 220.20 148.77 292.91 194.70 27.95 181.20 45.50 61.70 41.17 176.60 61.33 17.42 106.50 26.80 54 29.17 104.94 36.82 138.11 506.70 127.57 277.23 176.47 289.04 197.51 25.57 27.76 135.47 35.53 59.40 27.45 120.23 19.29 26.30 18.82 127.17 31.80 49.50 29.57 115.76 39.56 18.10 16.05 97.20 25.80 41.90 25.37 87.70 33.64 39 31.10 170.17 52.73 79.73 46.78 155.18 61.82 78.53 60.35 301.57 86.77 168.17 101.13 239.79 112.41 30.00 19.47 132.37 37.57 54.63 34.10 124.83 47.91 9.70 8.58 40.33 11.10 19.30 15.27 42.61 16.35 25.63 21.61 86.30 30.60 48.73 36.88 98.13 42.06 182.63 64.18 290.07 91.07 309.83 139.07 254.94 126.48 186.93 71.44 320.83 95.53 370.33 201.93 254.14 131.04 46.13 21.11 93.00 18.80 64.20 29.50 112.66 38.59 138.13 56.25 224.47 74.80 242.17 102.60 252.09 110.21 188.20 65.51 311.47 93.67 336.37 156.90 252.12 128.17 193.00 72.98 383.67 107.57 439.20 266.20 255.89 134.16 190.23 73.30 390.30 111.53 449.60 311.53 255.87 134.18 68.13 57.31 179.80 74.23 59.27 104.33 204.05 94.24 69.43 63.36 195.23 75.50 59.37 141.67 203.94 104.59 14.60 16.41 17.90 148.09 99.17 133.58 110.48 64.31 48.93 48.30 153.87 61.13 18.30 16.07 51.56 19.43 69.00 60.01 188.80 75.00 57.80 120.07 203.42 100.60 77.03 67.73 256.20 82.10 59.87 169.77 204.68 108.70 72.50 66.90 253.50 84.10 76.48 164.33 234.88 120.25 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 6770 HD 5830 HD 5750 HD 6570 9800GTX HD 6450 9800GT GT 220 9500GT GTX 550 Ti 8800GT 9600GSO GT 520 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 3.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.89, N = 3 SE +/- 1.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 193.00 190.23 188.20 186.93 182.63 138.13 46.13 78.53 77.03 72.50 69.43 69.00 68.13 48.93 39.00 30.00 26.30 25.63 25.57 18.10 14.60 9.70
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off GTX 550 Ti 9800GTX 9800GT 8800GT HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 5750 HD 6570 9600GSO 9500GT GT 220 HD 6450 GT 520 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 138.11 118.50 107.45 88.83 73.30 72.98 71.44 65.51 64.18 56.25 32.82 28.67 27.95 21.11 17.42 67.73 66.90 63.36 60.35 60.01 57.31 48.30 31.10 27.76 21.61 19.47 18.82 16.41 16.05 8.58
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GTX GTX 550 Ti 9800GT 8800GT HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 5750 HD 6570 9600GSO GT 220 9500GT GT 520 HD 6450 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 2.05, N = 3 SE +/- 2.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 2.81, N = 3 SE +/- 2.45, N = 3 SE +/- 3.44, N = 3 SE +/- 1.87, N = 3 SE +/- 1.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 2.88, N = 3 SE +/- 2.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 5.12, N = 6 525.73 506.70 503.57 459.77 390.30 383.67 320.83 311.47 290.07 224.47 182.63 181.20 176.27 106.50 93.00 301.57 256.20 253.50 195.23 188.80 179.80 170.17 153.87 135.47 132.37 127.17 97.20 86.30 40.33 17.90
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GTX HD 6450 9800GT GTX 550 Ti 8800GT HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 5750 HD 6570 GT 220 9600GSO 9500GT GT 520 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 27.67, N = 9 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 161.43 143.93 127.57 126.57 111.53 107.57 95.53 93.67 91.07 74.80 45.50 43.90 37.53 26.80 18.80 148.09 86.77 84.10 82.10 75.50 75.00 74.23 61.13 52.73 37.57 35.53 31.80 30.60 25.80 11.10
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 5750 GTX 550 Ti HD 6570 9800GTX 9800GT 8800GT HD 6450 GT 220 9600GSO 9500GT GT 520 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 7.45, N = 3 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 2.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 2.27, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 6 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 449.60 439.20 370.33 336.37 309.83 277.23 242.17 220.20 200.10 153.60 64.20 61.70 61.50 56.97 54.00 168.17 99.17 79.73 76.48 59.87 59.40 59.37 59.27 57.80 54.63 49.50 48.73 41.90 19.30 18.30
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 GTX 550 Ti HD 6770 9800GTX HD 5750 HD 6450 9800GT 8800GT HD 6570 9600GSO GT 220 9500GT GT 520 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.92, N = 6 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 35.35, N = 6 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.57, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 311.53 266.20 201.93 176.47 156.90 148.77 139.07 126.13 110.30 102.60 45.33 41.17 39.30 29.50 29.17 169.77 164.33 141.67 133.58 120.07 104.33 101.13 46.78 36.88 34.10 29.57 27.45 25.37 16.07 15.27
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low 9800GTX 8800GT 9800GT GTX 550 Ti HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5750 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6570 9600GSO GT 220 9500GT HD 6450 GT 520 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.31, N = 3 SE +/- 1.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 28.37, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 292.91 291.37 291.04 289.04 255.89 255.87 254.94 254.14 252.12 252.09 192.05 176.60 167.79 112.66 104.94 239.79 234.88 204.68 204.05 203.94 203.42 155.18 124.83 120.23 115.76 110.48 98.13 87.70 51.56 42.61
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Closed-Source Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GTX 550 Ti 9800GTX 9800GT 8800GT HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 5750 HD 6570 9600GSO HD 6450 GT 220 9500GT GT 520 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 197.51 194.70 179.64 157.13 134.18 134.16 131.04 128.17 126.48 110.21 67.19 61.33 53.86 38.59 36.82 120.25 112.41 108.70 104.59 100.60 94.24 64.31 61.82 47.91 42.06 39.56 33.64 19.43 19.29 16.35
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