NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Maxwell Linux benchmarks on Ubuntu with proprietary NVIDIA 343.22 driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 770: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 343.22, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13083, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13083, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13083, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13083, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13083, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 90.08 |============================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 16.43 |===== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 49.54 |================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 76.04 |========================= GeForce GTX 770 .... 104.92 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 153.19 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 140.17 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 152.93 |================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 42.19 |============== Radeon R7 260X ..... 57.17 |=================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 80.17 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 81.15 |========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 112.76 |===================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 116.09 |=============================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 57.42 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 73.38 |==================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 103.15 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 123.06 |================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 185.18 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 169.18 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 181.84 |================================================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 29.59 |======== Radeon R7 260X ..... 64.18 |================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 92.05 |========================= Radeon R9 285 ...... 102.01 |============================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 129.84 |=================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 65.37 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 29.78 |================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 34.40 |=================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 56.18 |=============================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 68.73 |====================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 91.29 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 85.64 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 89.58 |================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 19.39 |=========== Radeon R7 260X ..... 27.31 |=============== Radeon R9 270X ..... 40.78 |======================= Radeon R9 285 ...... 43.92 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 61.37 |================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 16.47 |================================ GeForce GTX 750 .... 4.81 |========= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 8.70 |================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 14.27 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 17.42 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 26.16 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 23.90 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 25.14 |================================================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 3.35 |======= Radeon R7 260X ..... 7.21 |============== Radeon R9 270X ..... 10.64 |===================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 12.18 |======================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 19.32 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 144.52 |====================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 63.76 |================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 73.74 |==================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 129.36 |================================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 152.08 |======================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 189.00 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 158.17 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 169.52 |============================================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 92.45 |======================== Radeon R7 260X ..... 95.00 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 132.75 |=================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 141.25 |===================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 162.36 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 101.70 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 39.58 |============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 48.40 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 88.50 |================================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 106.61 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 137.61 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 109.06 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 117.90 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 42.56 |=============== Radeon R7 260X ..... 71.81 |========================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 96.41 |=================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 104.29 |====================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 122.67 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 42493 |================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 20561 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 21147 |================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 43399 |=================================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 45626 |===================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 50543 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 53319 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 58774 |=============================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 29787 |======================== Radeon R7 260X ..... 24495 |==================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 42139 |================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 41807 |================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 63640 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 1300 |================================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 602 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 687 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 1009 |========================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 1381 |=================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 2033 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 1778 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 1993 |=================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 595 |=============== Radeon R7 260X ..... 796 |==================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 1339 |================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 1439 |===================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 1794 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 6680 |================================ GeForce GTX 750 .... 3019 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 3243 |================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 5163 |========================= GeForce GTX 770 .... 7111 |=================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 10493 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 9271 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 9340 |============================================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 2881 |============== Radeon R7 260X ..... 3897 |=================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 4884 |======================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 6235 |============================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 4526 |====================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 212 |=============================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 89 |============= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 107 |=============== GeForce GTX 760 .... 165 |======================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 216 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 336 |================================================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 339 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 368 |===================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 338 |================================================= Radeon R7 260X ..... 102 |=============== Radeon R9 270X ..... 139 |==================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 168 |======================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 243 |=================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 579 |================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 489 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 583 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 475 |=============== GeForce GTX 770 .... 605 |=================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1106 |================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 1550 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 1700 |==================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 445 |============== Radeon R7 260X ..... 629 |=================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 865 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 888 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 1317 |======================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 1208 |==================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 897 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 1013 |================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 989 |================= GeForce GTX 770 .... 1266 |===================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 2276 |====================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 2847 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 3099 |==================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1146 |=================== Radeon R7 260X ..... 1177 |==================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 1597 |=========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 1693 |============================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 2560 |=========================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 8120 |================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 6774 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 8161 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 6923 |================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 8586 |=================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 16851 |====================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 20686 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 22763 |=================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 8615 |=================== Radeon R7 260X ..... 7979 |================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 11442 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 12653 |============================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 19217 |===========================================