Ubuntu 13.10 Linux 3.10 NVIDIA Testing
Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO (Lenovo ThinkPad W510) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB graphics card on Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. Quick Nouveau vs. NVIDIA binary driver benchmarking from Ubuntu 13.10 repo as of 6 July. benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Nouveau - Stock: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

NVIDIA 319.32: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.32, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 153 |======================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 385 |========================================================


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 28.37 |=====================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 72.67 |======================================================


ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 7.00   |==
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 195.60 |=====================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 18.96 |===================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 53.47 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 132.07 |========================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 296.77 |=====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 36.10 |==========================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 76.07 |======================================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 131.07 |======================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 314.00 |=====================================================


Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 6.00  |=====
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 65.57 |======================================================


Quake 4 1.4.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 33.87 |===================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 96.27 |======================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 45.12  |==================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 132.37 |=====================================================


Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 128.35 |=============================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 232.10 |=====================================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 80.23  |=====================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 113.63 |=====================================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 32.30 |======================================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 32.30 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 180.37 |=================================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 194.64 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 121.09 |===============================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 204.75 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 82.10  |================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 134.52 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 46.07  |=======================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 108.10 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 51.42 |==================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 81.78 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 25.65 |============================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 48.87 |======================================================