NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux vs. Windows GeForce NVIDIA vs. Nouveau end of 2014 Linux OpenGL performance comparison to Windows 7 Pro updated... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 60GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 71.73 |==== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 156.97 |========= GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 148.27 |======== GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 411.37 |======================= GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 354.83 |==================== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 505.90 |============================ GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 368.47 |==================== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 329.37 |================== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 427.40 |======================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 13.9 MAX: 27.0 GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 14.0 GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 13.0 GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 12.0 GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 12.0 GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 7.0 GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 25.0 GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 7.0 GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 24.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 84.79 |======= GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 186.20 |============== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 206.50 |================ GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 351.79 |=========================== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 341.37 |========================== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 364.86 |============================ GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 310.03 |======================== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 294.87 |======================= GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 320.50 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 72.59 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 156.32 |============= GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 167.15 |============== GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 303.45 |========================== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 287.66 |========================= GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 324.81 |============================ GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 268.48 |======================= GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 241.88 |===================== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 283.09 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 58.81 |======= GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 119.68 |============== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 121.78 |============== GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 213.51 |========================= GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 198.59 |======================== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 235.77 |============================ GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 192.23 |======================= GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 175.25 |===================== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 206.65 |========================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 12987 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 35148 |=============== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 20691 |========= GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 66074 |============================ GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 67679 |============================= GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 67270 |============================= GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 65465 |============================ GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 67015 |============================= GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 66594 |============================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 361 |== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 958 |===== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 1602 |======== GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 3110 |=============== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 3245 |================ GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 6092 |============================== GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 3136 |=============== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 3234 |================ GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 6105 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 31251 |=== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 81664 |======= GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 93937 |======== GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 294649 |======================== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 295241 |======================== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 345018 |============================ GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 269080 |====================== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 274756 |====================== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 290723 |======================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 193 |==== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 434 |========== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 329 |======= GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 827 |================== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 644 |============== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 1336 |============================== GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 844 |=================== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 655 |=============== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 1344 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 520 |===== GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ...... 1167 |=========== GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 ... 960 |========= GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 1980 |================== GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 .... 1513 |============== GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 3322 |============================== GTX 680: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 1950 |================== GTX 760: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 ....... 1515 |============== GTX 780 Ti: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 3288 |==============================