Nouveau Fermi Driver / Hardware Comparison

Nouveau NVC0 performance relative to binary driver and other NVIDIA GPU families.

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GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D
March 28 2011
 
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30
March 28 2011
 
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D
March 28 2011
 
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30
March 28 2011
 
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D
March 28 2011
 
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30
March 28 2011
 
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GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/400MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (1350/540MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Nouveau Fermi Driver / Hardware ComparisonOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 HydraIntel Sandy Bridge2816MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/400MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (1350/540MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)DELL P2210HUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0nouveau 0.0.16NVIDIA 270.302.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.43.3.0 NVIDIA 270.304.1.0 NVIDIA 270.30GCC 4.4.5ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau Fermi Driver / Hardware Comparison BenchmarksSystem Logs- Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

vdrift: 1920 x 1080openarena: 800 x 600padman: 800 x 600urbanterror: 800 x 600urbanterror: 1920 x 1080vdrift: 800 x 600openarena: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offpadman: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 800 x 600 - No - OffGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460 Nouveau Gallium3D NVIDIA 270.30 Nouveau Gallium3D NVIDIA 270.30 Nouveau Gallium3D NVIDIA 270.3077.12228.17189.07114.77108.53171.48151.1046.72148.8089.2235.13669.57527.40232.23228.3080.02417.40101.68450.73236.6943.38207.67189.57117.1076106.1486.9024.1590.6050.209.32385.67405.83229.931010.04124.9026.28125.2367.2217.63112.7395.1362.6330.8060.1733.4012.1236.9026.6657.61669.50505.40230.17227.27106.79557.43186.63509.83328.82OpenBenchmarking.org

VDrift

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 1920 x 1080Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.3020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 377.1235.1343.389.3217.6357.61

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 800 x 600Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.30140280420560700SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.66, N = 3228.17669.57207.67385.67112.73669.50

World of Padman

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 800 x 600Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.30110220330440550SE +/- 1.16, N = 3SE +/- 1.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 3.07, N = 3189.07527.40189.57405.8395.13505.40

Urban Terror

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 800 x 600Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.3050100150200250SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3114.77232.23117.10229.9362.63230.17

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.3050100150200250SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3108.53228.3076.0010.0030.80227.27

VDrift

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVDrift 2010-06-30Resolution: 800 x 600Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.304080120160200SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3171.4880.02106.1410.0460.17106.79

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.30120240360480600SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3151.10417.4086.90124.9033.40557.43

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: OffNouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.304080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 346.72101.6824.1526.2812.12186.63

World of Padman

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Nouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.30110220330440550SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.29, N = 3148.80450.7390.60125.2336.90509.83

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: OffNouveau Gallium3DNVIDIA 270.3070140210280350SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 389.22236.6950.2067.2226.66328.82

GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 18:48 by user phoronix.

GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 19:46 by user phoronix.

GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 18:07 by user phoronix.

GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/400MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 20:49 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (1350/540MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 15:41 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 March 2011 22:02 by user phoronix.