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.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux reviewProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980Radeon HD 7850Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 290Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Haswell-E DMI216384MB128GB Crucial_CT128MX1NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)Intel Wellsburg HD AudioSEK SE39UY04Intel ConnectionUbuntu 14.043.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.2X Server 1.15.1NVIDIA 343.224.3.0GCC 4.8.2ext43840x2160eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MBSE39UY04fglrx 14.30.44.3.13083Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 980, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 980, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceOpenCL Details- GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536- GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512- GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640- GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152- GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880- GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664- GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048System Details- GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.- GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512.- GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640.- GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152.- GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880.- GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664.- GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048.Environment Details- Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux reviewcsgo: 3840 x 2160tesseract: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080luxmark: GPU - Roomluxmark: GPU - Salaluxmark: GPU - Luxball HDRGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980Radeon HD 7850Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 29090.08116.0965.3716.47144.52101.7042493130066802125791208812016.4357.4229.784.8163.7639.5820561602301989489897677449.5473.3834.408.7073.7448.402114768732431075831013816176.04103.1556.1814.27129.3688.5043399100951631654759896923104.92123.0668.7317.42152.08106.61456261381711121660512668586153.19185.1891.2926.16189.00137.61505432033104933361106227616851140.17169.1885.6423.90158.17109.0653319177892713391550284720686152.93181.8489.5825.14169.52117.905877419939340368170030992276342.1929.5919.393.3592.4542.562978759528813384451146861557.1764.1827.317.2195.0071.812449579638971026291177797980.1792.0540.7810.64132.7596.41421391339488413986515971144281.15102.0143.9212.18141.25104.294180714396235168888169312653112.76129.8461.3719.32162.36122.6763640179445262431317256019217OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 760Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 750306090120150SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 7.22, N = 6SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.16, N = 3153.19152.93140.17112.76104.9290.0881.1580.1776.0457.1749.5442.1916.43

Tesseract

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750Radeon HD 78504080120160200SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3185.18181.84169.18129.84123.06116.09103.15102.0192.0573.3864.1857.4229.59

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750Radeon R7 260XRadeon HD 785020406080100SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 391.2989.5885.6468.7365.3761.3756.1843.9240.7834.4029.7827.3119.39

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750Radeon HD 7850612182430SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 426.1625.1423.9019.3217.4216.4714.2712.1810.648.707.214.813.35

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 760Radeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 7504080120160200SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 4.39, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3189.00169.52162.36158.17152.08144.52141.25132.75129.3695.0092.4573.7463.76MIN: 89 / MAX: 352MIN: 81 / MAX: 295MIN: 78 / MAX: 388MIN: 75 / MAX: 266MIN: 70 / MAX: 252MIN: 68 / MAX: 229MIN: 65 / MAX: 292MIN: 57 / MAX: 260MIN: 61 / MAX: 205MIN: 44 / MAX: 156MIN: 39 / MAX: 173MIN: 36 / MAX: 106MIN: 31 / MAX: 97

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 770Radeon R9 285GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 760Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 750306090120150SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3137.61122.67117.90109.06106.61104.29101.7096.4188.5071.8148.4042.5639.58MIN: 41 / MAX: 287MIN: 29 / MAX: 340MIN: 43 / MAX: 233MIN: 39 / MAX: 208MIN: 41 / MAX: 200MIN: 29 / MAX: 239MIN: 40 / MAX: 182MIN: 29 / MAX: 212MIN: 36 / MAX: 159MIN: 23 / MAX: 131MIN: 23 / MAX: 81MIN: 14 / MAX: 113MIN: 19 / MAX: 70

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 285Radeon HD 7850Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 75014K28K42K56K70KSE +/- 32.00, N = 3SE +/- 110.20, N = 3SE +/- 107.43, N = 3SE +/- 81.20, N = 3SE +/- 52.48, N = 3SE +/- 55.59, N = 3SE +/- 23.90, N = 3SE +/- 8.89, N = 3SE +/- 47.12, N = 3SE +/- 5136.91, N = 6SE +/- 12.33, N = 3SE +/- 18.41, N = 3SE +/- 29.05, N = 363640587745331950543456264339942493421394180729787244952114720561

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 285GeForce GTX 770Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750Radeon HD 7850400800120016002000SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 12.84, N = 3SE +/- 23.13, N = 3SE +/- 2.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 21.82, N = 6203319931794177814391381133913001009796687602595

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750Radeon HD 78502K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 20.65, N = 3SE +/- 47.72, N = 3SE +/- 48.57, N = 3SE +/- 41.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 11.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 310493934092717111668062355163488445263897324330192881

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R9 285GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 75080160240320400SE +/- 4.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 336833933833624321621216816513910710289

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: RoomGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760Radeon HD 7850400800120016002000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 21.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.00, N = 31700155013171106888865629605583579489475445

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: SalaGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680Radeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 7507001400210028003500SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 330992847256022761693159712661208117711461013989897

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDRGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 680Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 7505K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 9.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 15.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 4.48, N = 3SE +/- 4.04, N = 3SE +/- 3.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 6.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 5.17, N = 32276320686192171685112653114428615858681618120797969236774

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