Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux NVIDIA OpenGL Tests Windows vs. Linux NVIDIA OpenGL benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.15, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.15, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.15, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.15, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: GTX 950: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Windows 10: GTX 970: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Windows 10: GTX TITAN X: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 367.53 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 465.03 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 448.46 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 463.57 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 311.97 |============================= Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 359.37 |================================= Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 331.65 |=============================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 342.20 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 12.0 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 11.0 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.2 MAX: 12.0 Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.2 MAX: 6.0 Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 16.0 Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 13.0 Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 15.0 Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 15.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 48.87 |================ Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 87.93 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 120.51 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 128.62 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 48.37 |================ Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 86.67 |============================= Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 118.26 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 122.52 |========================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 50.02 |================ Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 90.18 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 125.89 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 132.07 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 46.99 |=============== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 81.81 |=========================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 109.51 |==================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 114.26 |===================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 54.09 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 89.50 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 109.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 113.84 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 55.33 |=================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 94.66 |================================= Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 119.75 |========================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 122.21 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 375.07 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 443.40 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 437.51 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 443.17 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 377.00 |===================================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 364.35 |=================================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 364.47 |=================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 380.66 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 155.25 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 269.77 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 327.71 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 335.35 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 312.25 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 311.88 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 318.22 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 335.46 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 102.51 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 186.54 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 238.01 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 251.61 |===================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 256.36 |===================================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 278.19 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 280.78 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 294.35 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 70.40 |============= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 128.90 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 166.36 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 177.32 |================================= Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 181.88 |================================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 216.28 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 223.38 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 233.15 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 2702 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 4439 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 5680 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 5530 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 2686 |===================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 4282 |================================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 5606 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 5311 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 36516 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 54184 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 73187 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 75837 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 34835 |==================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 50638 |============================= Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 63536 |===================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 69303 |======================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 1063 |================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 1767 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 2621 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 2499 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 1056 |================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 1766 |============================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 2613 |============================================= Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 2500 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 5806 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 9439 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 12356 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 12763 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 5759 |==================== Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 9350 |================================ Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 12005 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 12214 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 84741 |================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 138292 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 196322 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 200057 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 78084 |================= Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 127872 |=========================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 167772 |==================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 168432 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 194 |================ Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 373 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 506 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 552 |============================================== Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 194 |================ Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 374 |=============================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 507 |========================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 490 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950 ..... 582 |================ Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970 ..... 1101 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti .. 1500 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X . 1616 |============================================= Windows 10: GTX 950 ....... 583 |================ Windows 10: GTX 970 ....... 1100 |=============================== Windows 10: GTX 980 Ti .... 1504 |========================================== Windows 10: GTX TITAN X ... 1390 |=======================================