Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GTX 970: 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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, 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: 3840x2160 GTX 980: 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 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: SEK SE39UY04, 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: 3840x2160 GTX 970: 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 980: 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) Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 85.84 |============================ GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 96.52 |================================ GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 85.54 |============================ GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 96.07 |================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 17.84 |=========================== GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 21.39 |================================ GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 17.89 |=========================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 21.26 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 251.05 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 269.31 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 202.32 |======================= GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 215.96 |========================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 89.84 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 98.91 |================================ GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 82.90 |=========================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 90.92 |============================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 87.76 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 94.15 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 92.24 |============================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 98.13 |================================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 24.11 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 26.16 |================================ GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 24.31 |============================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 26.16 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 242.23 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 262.81 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 228.79 |=========================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 246.39 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 177.14 |============================ GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 193.27 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 171.77 |============================ GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 186.23 |============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 117.98 |============================ GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 129.11 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 114.85 |============================ GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 124.51 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 4414 |================================ GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 4531 |================================= GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 4458 |================================ GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 4487 |================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 53933 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 59464 |================================ GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 53691 |============================= GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 59067 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 1789 |============================= GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 2033 |================================= GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 1788 |============================= GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 1993 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 9489 |================================ GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 9785 |================================= GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 9497 |================================ GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 9645 |================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 135056 |=========================== GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 152760 |=============================== GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 135684 |=========================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 154636 |=============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 343 |============================== GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 382 |================================= GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 355 |=============================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 388 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 1001 |============================== GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 . 1079 |================================= GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 1019 |=============================== GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 .... 1087 |=================================