NVIDIA GeForce Linux OpenCL Performance
Benchmarking of various NVIDIA graphics cards for a future Phoronix article by Michael Larabel. Using the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver the GeForce GTX 680, GT 220, GT 520, GT 240, 9600GSO, 9800GT, and GTX460 discrete graphics cards were performance benchmarked.


GeForce 9600GSO: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 1024MB (500/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce 9800GT: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 220: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 240: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GTX 460: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 520: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GTX 680: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

AMD-A6-3410: 

	Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB (400/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.3.6-1.2-jan (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2 Catalyst 12.6, OpenGL: 4.2.11733, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

AMD-A6-3410mx: 

	Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6520G 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink Device 5390

	OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11733, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Fedora17-catalyst126final: 

	Processor: AMD A6-3410MX APU @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 358D v33.18, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink Device 5390

	OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11733, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


LuxMark 2.1beta1
OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room
Score > Higher Is Better
GeForce GT 220 ............ 38  |======
GeForce GT 520 ............ 26  |====
GeForce GTX 680 ........... 296 |==============================================
AMD-A6-3410mx ............. 98  |===============
Fedora17-catalyst126final . 98  |===============


LuxMark 2.1beta1
OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala
Score > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT ............ 93  |=======
GeForce GT 220 ............ 67  |=====
GeForce GT 240 ............ 153 |===========
GeForce GTX 460 ........... 373 |==========================
GeForce GT 520 ............ 42  |===
GeForce GTX 680 ........... 649 |==============================================
AMD-A6-3410 ............... 102 |=======
AMD-A6-3410mx ............. 214 |===============
Fedora17-catalyst126final . 213 |===============


LuxMark 2.1beta1
OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR
Score > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9600GSO ........... 280  |===
GeForce 9800GT ............ 640  |=======
GeForce GT 220 ............ 463  |=====
GeForce GT 240 ............ 1047 |===========
GeForce GTX 460 ........... 2514 |===========================
GeForce GT 520 ............ 312  |===
GeForce GTX 680 ........... 4208 |=============================================
AMD-A6-3410 ............... 863  |=========
AMD-A6-3410mx ............. 1825 |====================
Fedora17-catalyst126final . 1816 |===================