NVIDIA Nouveau Linux 3.15 Mesa 10.3 Graphics A Graphics comparison on latest open source code Nouveau against closed-source NVIDIA Linux driver for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. 9800GTX: Open-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / 9800 GTX+ 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GT 520: Open-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 760: Open-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 9800GTX: Closed-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.19, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GT 520: Closed-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.19, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 760: Closed-Source: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.19, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 49.40 |======= GT 520: Open-Source .... 11.30 |== GTX 760: Open-Source ... 60.17 |======== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 131.27 |================== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 24.77 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 330.37 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 76.41 |============================ GT 520: Closed-Source .. 22.55 |======== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 127.79 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 91.86 |========== GT 520: Open-Source .... 25.56 |=== GTX 760: Open-Source ... 103.77 |=========== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 401.86 |============================================ GT 520: Closed-Source .. 93.97 |========== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 421.33 |============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 18.76 |=== GT 520: Open-Source .... 5.35 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 21.75 |==== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 96.44 |================ GT 520: Closed-Source .. 21.37 |==== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 280.74 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 10463 |== GT 520: Open-Source .... 4080 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 14390 |=== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 101566 |===================== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 13336 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 224007 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 4 | GT 520: Open-Source .... 1050 |===== GTX 760: Open-Source ... 9954 |================================================ 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 51 | GT 520: Closed-Source .. 24 | GTX 760: Closed-Source . 331 |== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 2279 |== GT 520: Open-Source .... 1983 |== GTX 760: Open-Source ... 7538 |====== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 4650 |==== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 3911 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 59496 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 190 |===== GT 520: Open-Source .... 38 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 229 |====== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 562 |================ GT 520: Closed-Source .. 97 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 1725 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 36.04 |====== GT 520: Open-Source .... 8.94 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 40.82 |====== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 181.70 |============================ GT 520: Closed-Source .. 37.35 |====== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 296.19 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 19.72 |==== GT 520: Open-Source .... 6.15 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 35.19 |====== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 81.43 |============== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 27.70 |===== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 259.11 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 12.95 |=== GT 520: Open-Source .... 3.98 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 28.97 |======== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 52.05 |============= GT 520: Closed-Source .. 19.40 |===== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 177.39 |============================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GT 520: Open-Source .... 8.60 |====== GTX 760: Open-Source ... 45.18 |================================ 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 8.79 |====== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 3.78 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 66.02 |=============================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 13.88 |=== GT 520: Open-Source .... 3.52 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 22.94 |===== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 50.36 |=========== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 12.89 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 214.93 |============================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GT 520: Open-Source .... 8.40 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 34.60 |==== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 69.93 |========= GT 520: Closed-Source .. 32.70 |==== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 366.70 |============================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... 13.13 |=== GT 520: Open-Source .... 3.47 |= GTX 760: Open-Source ... 20.33 |===== 9800GTX: Closed-Source . 53.05 |============== GT 520: Closed-Source .. 10.71 |=== GTX 760: Closed-Source . 180.16 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 9800GTX: Open-Source ... MIN: 12 AVG: 20 MAX: 34 GT 520: Open-Source .... MIN: 47 AVG: 87 MAX: 99 GTX 760: Open-Source ... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 37 9800GTX: Closed-Source . MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 21 GT 520: Closed-Source .. MIN: 21 AVG: 40 MAX: 67 GTX 760: Closed-Source . MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 17 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GT 520: Open-Source .... MIN: 69 AVG: 94 MAX: 99 GTX 760: Open-Source ... MIN: 18 AVG: 29 MAX: 86 9800GTX: Closed-Source . MIN: 3 AVG: 14 MAX: 51 GT 520: Closed-Source .. MIN: 8 AVG: 31 MAX: 67 GTX 760: Closed-Source . MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 11