Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux NVIDIA OpenGL Tests

Windows vs. Linux NVIDIA OpenGL benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1604128-HA-NVIDIA72386&grr&rdt.

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionWindows 10Ubuntu 16.04 GTX 950 GTX TITAN X GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 970 GTX 950 GTX TITAN XIntel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)112GBWindows NT10.0 (x86_64)Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz)Realtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-18-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.3NVIDIA 364.154.5.01.0.5GCC 5.3.1 20160407ext43840x2160eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: TessMark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Plot3D - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: GiMark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreenxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimatexonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreenunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenopenarena: 1920 x 1080Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 GTX 950 GTX TITAN X GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 970 GTX 950 GTX TITAN X5831947808457591056348352686181.88256.36312.25377.0055.3346.9948.37311.971390490168432122142500693035311233.15294.35335.46380.66122.21114.26122.52342.20110037412787293501766506384282216.28278.19311.88364.3594.6681.8186.67359.371504507167772120052613635365606223.38280.78318.22364.47119.75109.51118.26331.651500506196322123562621731875680166.36238.01327.71437.51109.00125.89120.51448.46110137313829294391767541844439128.90186.54269.77443.4089.5090.1887.93465.03582194847415806106336516270270.40102.51155.25375.0754.0950.0248.87367.531616552200057127632499758375530177.32251.61335.35443.17113.84132.07128.62463.57OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti30060090012001500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 5.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 5.36, N = 3SE +/- 7.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.17, N = 3583139011001504150011015821616

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti120240360480600SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3194490374507506373194552

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 299.89, N = 3SE +/- 76.22, N = 3SE +/- 193.36, N = 3SE +/- 136.70, N = 3SE +/- 408.63, N = 3SE +/- 361.53, N = 3SE +/- 304.34, N = 3SE +/- 489.31, N = 37808416843212787216777219632213829284741200057

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 3.46, N = 3SE +/- 87.00, N = 3SE +/- 9.39, N = 3SE +/- 72.38, N = 3SE +/- 33.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 39.31, N = 3575912214935012005123569439580612763

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 310562500176626132621176710632499

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti16K32K48K64K80KSE +/- 134.22, N = 3SE +/- 58.74, N = 3SE +/- 312.55, N = 3SE +/- 227.79, N = 3SE +/- 207.72, N = 3SE +/- 207.28, N = 3SE +/- 88.56, N = 3SE +/- 149.74, N = 33483569303506386353673187541843651675837

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti12002400360048006000SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 15.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 15.17, N = 3SE +/- 23.21, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 17.93, N = 326865311428256065680443927025530

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti50100150200250SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 2.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3181.88233.15216.28223.38166.36128.9070.40177.32

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti60120180240300SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3256.36294.35278.19280.78238.01186.54102.51251.61

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti70140210280350SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 2.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3312.25335.46311.88318.22327.71269.77155.25335.35

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti100200300400500SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 1.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3377.00380.66364.35364.47437.51443.40375.07443.17

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 355.33122.2194.66119.75109.0089.5054.09113.84

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 346.99114.2681.81109.51125.8990.1850.02132.07

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 348.37122.5286.67118.26120.5187.9348.87128.62

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti48121620Min: 1 / Avg: 3.17 / Max: 16Min: 1 / Avg: 2.88 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 2.77 / Max: 13Min: 1 / Avg: 2.94 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 2.19 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.14 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 2.71 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.15 / Max: 6

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 950GTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 980 Ti100200300400500SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 5.32, N = 6SE +/- 6.62, N = 5SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3311.97342.20359.37331.65448.46465.03367.53463.57

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