Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4

Benchmarks of a few Nouveau vs. Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Radeon HD 6570
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Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4OpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118UnityX Server 1.17.2nouveau 1.0.11radeon 7.6.994.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.43.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon Vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4 BenchmarksSystem Logs- GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 650: nouveau.pstate=1 - GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 760: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 650: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6570: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: EXA- GeForce GTX 760: EXA- GeForce GTX 680: EXA- GeForce GTX 650: EXA- Radeon HD 6870: EXA- Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR- Radeon R7 370: GLAMOR- Radeon HD 6950: EXA- Radeon HD 6570: EXA

GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%274%449%623%798%Unigine ValleyTesseractOpenArena1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen2560 x 16002560 x 1600

Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4openarena: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 2560 x 1600unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimategputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - FullscreenGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 657087.8782.2530.5191.8471.4911086462565.0058.1421.4568.9149.0559259441156.55148.1769.36131.1299.01188814036857.2752.9521.2662.7243.684885252197.4787.3839.30103.2166.581005109767179.53141.6786.70186.57150.852961159024135.50113.3957.07151.34115.46177864.6787.3546.42120.4990.3111247520837.2230.6310.87OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti4080120160200SE +/- 0.53, N = 5SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 3.34, N = 6SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 337.2264.67135.50179.5397.4757.27156.5565.0087.87MIN: 2 / MAX: 1089MIN: 1 / MAX: 263MIN: 1 / MAX: 200MIN: 1 / MAX: 209MIN: 1 / MAX: 262MIN: 10MIN: 2MIN: 9MIN: 6
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150Min: 35.1 / Avg: 37.22 / Max: 37.8Min: 63.8 / Avg: 64.67 / Max: 66.2Min: 133 / Avg: 135.5 / Max: 140.3Min: 174.7 / Avg: 179.53 / Max: 196.1Min: 96.2 / Avg: 97.47 / Max: 99.7Min: 57.2 / Avg: 57.27 / Max: 57.3Min: 151.6 / Avg: 156.55 / Max: 168.8Min: 64.3 / Avg: 65 / Max: 65.4Min: 87.8 / Avg: 87.87 / Max: 87.9

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeRadeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti1326395265Min: 4 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 62Min: 3 / Avg: 15.63 / Max: 36Min: 2 / Avg: 7.48 / Max: 33Min: 2 / Avg: 5.61 / Max: 40Min: 3 / Avg: 10.34 / Max: 23Min: 10 / Avg: 17.42 / Max: 41Min: 2 / Avg: 6.32 / Max: 57Min: 9 / Avg: 15.24 / Max: 30Min: 6 / Avg: 11.34 / Max: 68

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 330.6387.35113.39141.6787.3852.95148.1758.1482.25
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150Min: 30.48 / Avg: 30.63 / Max: 30.74Min: 86.95 / Avg: 87.35 / Max: 87.55Min: 113.02 / Avg: 113.39 / Max: 113.93Min: 139.34 / Avg: 141.67 / Max: 143.04Min: 86.51 / Avg: 87.38 / Max: 88.07Min: 52.8 / Avg: 52.95 / Max: 53.18Min: 147.85 / Avg: 148.17 / Max: 148.34Min: 58.01 / Avg: 58.14 / Max: 58.25Min: 82.04 / Avg: 82.25 / Max: 82.45

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 310.8746.4257.0786.7039.3021.2669.3621.4530.51
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti1632486480Min: 10.85 / Avg: 10.87 / Max: 10.9Min: 46.36 / Avg: 46.42 / Max: 46.5Min: 56.8 / Avg: 57.07 / Max: 57.21Min: 86.49 / Avg: 86.7 / Max: 87.12Min: 39.19 / Avg: 39.3 / Max: 39.37Min: 21.24 / Avg: 21.26 / Max: 21.28Min: 69.03 / Avg: 69.36 / Max: 69.69Min: 21.42 / Avg: 21.45 / Max: 21.46Min: 30.49 / Avg: 30.51 / Max: 30.53

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti4080120160200SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 3.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3120.49151.34186.57103.2162.72131.1268.9191.84MIN: 47 / MAX: 202MIN: 75 / MAX: 312MIN: 99 / MAX: 453MIN: 30 / MAX: 190MIN: 27 / MAX: 107MIN: 62 / MAX: 306MIN: 30 / MAX: 122MIN: 40 / MAX: 167
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150Min: 120.39 / Avg: 120.49 / Max: 120.66Min: 148.91 / Avg: 151.34 / Max: 153.06Min: 179.8 / Avg: 186.57 / Max: 190.31Min: 102.59 / Avg: 103.21 / Max: 104.15Min: 62.61 / Avg: 62.72 / Max: 62.8Min: 130.84 / Avg: 131.12 / Max: 131.26Min: 68.68 / Avg: 68.91 / Max: 69.36Min: 91.6 / Avg: 91.84 / Max: 92.25

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 2.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 390.31115.46150.8566.5843.6899.0149.0571.49MIN: 35 / MAX: 173MIN: 35 / MAX: 263MIN: 36 / MAX: 354MIN: 27 / MAX: 139MIN: 15 / MAX: 85MIN: 18 / MAX: 255MIN: 16 / MAX: 98MIN: 25 / MAX: 138
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti306090120150Min: 90.21 / Avg: 90.31 / Max: 90.43Min: 114.89 / Avg: 115.46 / Max: 116Min: 147.51 / Avg: 150.85 / Max: 156.33Min: 66.55 / Avg: 66.58 / Max: 66.62Min: 43.62 / Avg: 43.68 / Max: 43.72Min: 97.86 / Avg: 99.01 / Max: 99.97Min: 48.7 / Avg: 49.05 / Max: 49.25Min: 71.03 / Avg: 71.49 / Max: 71.75

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 10.73, N = 3SE +/- 7.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3112417782961100548818885921108
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti5001000150020002500Min: 1124 / Avg: 1124 / Max: 1124Min: 1757 / Avg: 1777.67 / Max: 1793Min: 2952 / Avg: 2960.67 / Max: 2976Min: 1005 / Avg: 1005.33 / Max: 1006Min: 488 / Avg: 488 / Max: 488Min: 1887 / Avg: 1888.33 / Max: 1890Min: 592 / Avg: 592 / Max: 592Min: 1108 / Avg: 1108 / Max: 1108

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 24.77, N = 3SE +/- 585.33, N = 3SE +/- 45.88, N = 3SE +/- 19.06, N = 3SE +/- 36.12, N = 3SE +/- 8.84, N = 3SE +/- 11.35, N = 375208159024109767525211403685944164625
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 Ti30K60K90K120K150KMin: 75176 / Avg: 75208.33 / Max: 75257Min: 157854 / Avg: 159024 / Max: 159643Min: 109701 / Avg: 109766.67 / Max: 109855Min: 52487 / Avg: 52520.67 / Max: 52553Min: 140321 / Avg: 140368 / Max: 140439Min: 59432 / Avg: 59441.33 / Max: 59459Min: 64603 / Avg: 64625.33 / Max: 64640