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.
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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.
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT/PCIe/SSE2 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.09, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.09, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.09, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 8.00 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 35.23 |========
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 37.83 |========
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 19.70 |====
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 8.03 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 35.13 |========
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 19.60 |====
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 37.87 |========
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 169.27 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 107.43 |=======================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 28.67 |======
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 39.33 |=========
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 10.62 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 38.25 |========
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 46.64 |=========
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 23.34 |=====
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 1.00 |
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 1.00 |
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 1.00 |
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 1.00 |
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 183.11 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 97.69 |====================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 24.85 |=====
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 25.13 |=====
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 16.40 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 47.83 |======
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 33.07 |====
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 28.43 |====
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 15.93 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 51.83 |=======
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 29.40 |====
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 34.13 |=====
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 278.43 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 180.97 |========================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 42.97 |======
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 36.63 |=====
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 13.05 |=
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 38.72 |===
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 13.24 |=
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 39.23 |===
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 38.85 |===
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 490.97 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 282.10 |=====================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 54.75 |====
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 35.05 |===
VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 53.95 |============
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 170.42 |=====================================
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 37.17 |========
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 13.60 |===
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 57.36 |============
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 37.23 |========
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 75.84 |================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 23.20 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 91.67 |=======
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 150.87 |===========
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 64.00 |=====
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 23.20 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 91.73 |=======
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 63.87 |=====
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 149.53 |===========
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 502.33 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 390.17 |=============================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 17.48 |=
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 108.33 |========
World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 25.47 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 86.77 |=======
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 146.73 |============
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 65.50 |=====
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 23.93 |==
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 87.07 |=======
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 65.20 |=====
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 146.30 |============
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 453.93 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 386.20 |===============================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 91.40 |=======
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 110.20 |=========
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 27.93 |======
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 78.33 |=================
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 81.20 |==================
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 59.07 |=============
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 27.90 |======
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 78.80 |=================
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 58.90 |=============
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 81.83 |==================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 170.30 |=====================================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 112.77 |=========================
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 160.00 |===================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 26.33 |===
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 86.12 |==========
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 108.52 |=============
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 57.80 |=======
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 1.00 |
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 1.00 |
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 1.00 |
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 1.00 |
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 313.87 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 235.09 |============================
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 58.38 |=======
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 119.85 |==============
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 7.11 ...... 89.03 |======
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 257.33 |=================
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 7.11 ...... 332.43 |======================
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 7.11 ....... 232.00 |===============
GeForce GTX 460: Mesa 8.0-devel . 87.13 |======
GeForce 9800GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 251.27 |================
GeForce 9500GT: Mesa 8.0-devel .. 224.50 |===============
GeForce 8600GTS: Mesa 8.0-devel . 321.07 |=====================
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA ......... 568.63 |=====================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA .......... 3.00 |
GeForce 9500GT: NVIDIA .......... 3.00 |
GeForce 8600GTS: NVIDIA ......... 476.33 |===============================