NVIDIA 1080p 2014 vs. 2015 Linux

End of year 2015 Nouveau Linux graphics driver benchmarking compared to year prior. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1512247-GA-2015NOUVE65.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionEnd Of 2014End Of 2015 GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 TiIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)Intel C610/X99DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.16.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0nouveau 1.0.113.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (862/1620MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (967/1620MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/1620MHz)Intel Xeon E7 v3/XeonMSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)Realtek ALC1150Ubuntu 15.104.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2nouveau 1.0.124.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- nouveau.pstate=1Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- EXA

openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltimateEnd Of 2014End Of 2015 GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti99.7794.7475.3812.4868.15139.02123.2286.5621.2295.27132.07118.8685.7419.9490.77128.30100.3080.1215.4280.9198.4391.4680.7212.4267.33188.33192.4492.5643.1574.61167.10182.34101.3530.14113.86141.07126.6891.0019.9195.98OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti4080120160200SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 3.87, N = 6SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 399.77139.02132.07128.3098.43188.33167.10141.07

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti612182430Min: 4 / Avg: 10.07 / Max: 25Min: 2 / Avg: 7.29 / Max: 17Min: 3 / Avg: 7.46 / Max: 24Min: 3 / Avg: 7.8 / Max: 24Min: 5 / Avg: 10.11 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 5.38 / Max: 17Min: 2 / Avg: 5.94 / Max: 25Min: 3 / Avg: 7.08 / Max: 25

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti4080120160200SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 2.63, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 394.74123.22118.86100.3091.46192.44182.34126.68

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti20406080100SE +/- 1.63, N = 6SE +/- 1.26, N = 6SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.79, N = 6SE +/- 9.45, N = 6SE +/- 2.15, N = 6SE +/- 2.75, N = 675.3886.5685.7480.1280.7292.56101.3591.00

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti1020304050SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 312.4821.2219.9415.4212.4243.1530.1419.91

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

End Of 2014End Of 2015OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateGTX 650GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 368.1595.2790.7780.9167.3374.61113.8695.98

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