NVIDIA vs. Nouveau - Ubuntu Linux NVIDIA GeForce graphics card benchmarks of Ubuntu with NVIDIA binary driver, Ubuntu with Nouveau, and Windows 8.1 with NVIDIA driver. Three different NVIDIA cards for this article. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1310311-SO-NVIDIANO252 .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (399/399MHz) Intel 8 /C220 SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 13.10 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.3 nouveau 1.0.9 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-415d6dc) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8 ext4 2560x1600 ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz) Realtek ALC1150 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) Intel Haswell DRAM MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz) Realtek RTL8111/8168 Ubuntu 13.04 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.0.0 X Server 1.13.3 NVIDIA 331.13 3.3.0 GCC 4.7 ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) 4.4.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores) 224GB Windows NT 6.2 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu Open-Source: GTX 460: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,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-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Open-Source: GTX 680: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,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-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Closed-Source: 9800GT: --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 - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 460: --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 - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 680: --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 - Ubuntu Open-Source: GTX 460, Ubuntu Open-Source: GTX 680: EXA Environment Details - Ubuntu Closed-Source: 9800GT: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri Processor Details - Ubuntu Closed-Source: 9800GT, Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 460, Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 680: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand OpenCL Details - Ubuntu Closed-Source: 9800GT: GPU Compute Cores: 112 - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 460: GPU Compute Cores: 336 - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536 System Details - Ubuntu Closed-Source: 9800GT: GPU Compute Cores: 112. - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 460: GPU Compute Cores: 336. - Ubuntu Closed-Source: GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.
openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 2560 x 1600 reaction: 1920 x 1080 reaction: 2560 x 1600 warsow: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 51.48 29.50 44.23 44.33 30.33 30.27 35.00 18.35 11.84 2280 176 10682 12.77 5.60 10.50 10.50 11.23 11.23 8.64 6.66 4.66 1353 45 3277 1392 39 65.75 37.70 45.10 45.10 41.30 41.30 42.56 37.43 31.56 7441 220 14597 10773 484 111.20 78.70 134.72 130.70 83.30 83.33 107.15 45.62 39.67 1013 4544 470 86454 45 161 142 85.47 213.70 213.87 124.97 124.50 157.46 110.48 101.73 1519 24543 867 2231 109786 139 399 420.30 241.73 504.90 505.40 303.20 304.17 289.66 242.59 195.14 5387 57671 1883 9019 228271 426 999 137.20 79.10 106.69 45.64 50.81 990 4490 973 125720 89 318 147.27 83.87 151.25 106.73 112.20 1483 28562 1559 2305 136393 271 789 360.23 225.70 268.88 224.59 184.29 5499 62776 2994 11498 253650 839 1980 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.74, N = 6 SE +/- 2.45, N = 6 SE +/- 2.41, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.61, N = 3 SE +/- 2.07, N = 4 SE +/- 1.23, N = 3 SE +/- 5.82, N = 3 51.48 12.77 65.75 111.20 142.00 420.30 137.20 147.27 360.23
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 29.50 5.60 37.70 78.70 85.47 241.73 79.10 83.87 225.70
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 2.20, N = 3 44.23 10.50 45.10 134.72 213.70 504.90
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 44.33 10.50 45.10 130.70 213.87 505.40
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 30.33 11.23 41.30 83.30 124.97 303.20
Warsow Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 30.27 11.23 41.30 83.33 124.50 304.17
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 35.00 8.64 42.56 107.15 157.46 289.66 106.69 151.25 268.88
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 18.35 6.66 37.43 45.62 110.48 242.59 45.64 106.73 224.59
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 11.84 4.66 31.56 39.67 101.73 195.14 50.81 112.20 184.29
GpuTest Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 1013 1519 5387 990 1483 5499
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 13K 26K 39K 52K 65K SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 33.49, N = 3 2280 1353 7441 4544 24543 57671 4490 28562 62776
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.33, N = 3 176 45 220 470 867 1883 973 1559 2994
GpuTest Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 460 GTX 680 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 2231 9019 2305 11498
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 50K 100K 150K 200K 250K SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 6.81, N = 3 SE +/- 219.92, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 12.47, N = 3 SE +/- 87.51, N = 3 SE +/- 5.78, N = 3 SE +/- 2487.41, N = 3 10682 3277 14597 86454 109786 228271 125720 136393 253650
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 1392 10773 45 139 426 89 271 839
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Closed-Source Windows 8.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 460 GTX 680 9800GT 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 39 484 161 399 999 318 789 1980
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 11 / Avg: 19.14 / Max: 31 Min: 44 / Avg: 92.45 / Max: 99 Min: 7 / Avg: 14.66 / Max: 28
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time 9800GT GTX 680 11 22 33 44 55 Min: 20 / Avg: 33.9 / Max: 56 Min: 13 / Avg: 26.51 / Max: 53
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 12 / Avg: 22.61 / Max: 42 Min: 54 / Avg: 89.54 / Max: 99 Min: 13 / Avg: 22.16 / Max: 42
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time 9800GT GTX 460 GTX 680 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 12 / Avg: 22.55 / Max: 39 Min: 54 / Avg: 89.5 / Max: 99 Min: 13 / Avg: 22.14 / Max: 43
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