Mesa 8.0 Nouveau Gallium3D Benchmarks of the Nouveau Gallium3D stack in Mesa. Comparing the NVIDIA GeForce performance between Mesa 7.11 and Mesa 8.0-devel of the different Nouveau NVC0 Fermi, NV50, etc open-source drivers with several different graphics cards. Testing for a future article by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for looking at Mesa 8.0 OpenGL performance.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1201135-BY-MESA80NOU33&export=txt&sor&grt .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 8600GTS Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 11.10 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2) ext4 1920x1080 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 768MB (675/1800MHz) NVIDIA 295.09 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.09 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz) DELL P2210H nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT/PCIe/SSE2 512MB (660/950MHz) NVIDIA 295.09 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz) DELL P2210H nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA 295.09 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz) DELL P2210H nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA 295.09 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system. - GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11: Compiz was running on this system. - GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel: Compiz was running on this system.
doom3: 1920 x 1080 - Low doom3: 800 x 600 - Low lightsmark: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Off nexuiz: 800 x 600 - No - Off openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 800 x 600 vdrift: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 1920 x 1080 padman: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 8600GTS Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel NVIDIA 8 27.93 13.05 10.62 26.33 23.20 89.03 16.40 25.47 8.03 27.90 13.24 1 1 23.20 87.13 13.60 15.93 23.93 169.27 490.97 183.11 313.87 502.33 568.63 278.43 453.93 35.23 78.33 38.72 38.25 86.12 91.67 257.33 53.95 47.83 86.77 35.13 78.80 39.23 1 1 91.73 251.27 57.36 51.83 87.07 107.43 170.30 282.10 97.69 235.09 390.17 3 180.97 386.20 19.70 59.07 23.34 57.80 64 232 37.17 28.43 65.50 19.60 58.90 1 1 63.87 224.50 37.23 29.40 65.20 28.67 112.77 54.75 24.85 58.38 17.48 3 42.97 91.40 37.83 81.20 46.64 108.52 150.87 332.43 170.42 33.07 146.73 37.87 81.83 38.85 1 1 149.53 321.07 75.84 34.13 146.30 39.33 160.00 35.05 25.13 119.85 108.33 476.33 36.63 110.20 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low NVIDIA Mesa 8.0-devel Mesa 7.11 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.74, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 169.27 8.03 8.00 107.43 35.23 35.13 39.33 37.87 37.83 28.67 19.70 19.60
Doom 3 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GTX 460 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low NVIDIA Mesa 8.0-devel Mesa 7.11 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 2.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 170.30 78.80 78.33 160.00 81.83 81.20 112.77 59.07 58.90 27.93 27.90
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 8600GTS OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA Mesa 8.0-devel Mesa 7.11 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.56, N = 6 490.97 13.24 13.05 282.10 39.23 38.72 54.75 38.85 35.05
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 183.11 10.62 1.00 97.69 38.25 1.00 46.64 25.13 1.00 24.85 23.34 1.00
Nexuiz Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 313.87 26.33 1.00 235.09 86.12 1.00 119.85 108.52 1.00 58.38 57.80 1.00
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 14.48, N = 6 502.33 23.20 23.20 390.17 91.73 91.67 150.87 149.53 108.33 64.00 63.87 17.48
OpenArena Resolution: 800 x 600 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 3.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 4.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 568.63 89.03 87.13 476.33 332.43 321.07 257.33 251.27 3.00 232.00 224.50 3.00
VDrift Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce GTX 460 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.20, N = 2 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 170.42 75.84 57.36 53.95 37.23 37.17 13.60
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 8600GTS OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA Mesa 8.0-devel Mesa 7.11 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 278.43 16.40 15.93 180.97 51.83 47.83 42.97 29.40 28.43 36.63 34.13 33.07
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce 9800GT GeForce 8600GTS GeForce 9500GT OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA Mesa 7.11 Mesa 8.0-devel 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 3.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 453.93 25.47 23.93 386.20 87.07 86.77 146.73 146.30 110.20 91.40 65.50 65.20
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