NVIDIA GeForce Linux - Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7

Benchmarking of Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu 12.10, and Windows 7 (x86_64 64-bit of all OSes) on a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220, GeForce GTX 460, and GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards when using the latest upstream NVIDIA graphics binary driver releases for Linux and Microsoft Windows. Benchmarking by Phoronix.com with Michael Larabel for a future article looking at the performance difference of OpenGL between Windows and Linux as well as the Unity/KDE differences.

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NVIDIA GeForce Linux - Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7 Suite 1.0.0 System Test suite extracted from NVIDIA GeForce Linux - Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7. pts/openarena-1.5.0 +set r_customWidth 1280 +set r_customHeight 1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/warsow-1.3.2 +vid_customwidth 2560 +vid_customheight 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/openarena-1.5.0 +set r_customWidth 1920 +set r_customHeight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/openarena-1.5.0 +set r_customWidth 2560 +set r_customHeight 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-low.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-high.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-ultra.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +exec effects-low.cfg Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low pts/unigine-heaven-1.2.0 -video_width 1280 -video_height 1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/unigine-heaven-1.2.0 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 1280 +vid_height 1024 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +exec effects-high.cfg Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High pts/unigine-heaven-1.2.0 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/warsow-1.3.2 +vid_customwidth 1920 +vid_customheight 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +exec effects-ultra.cfg Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra pts/lightsmark-1.2.0 1920x1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/lightsmark-1.2.0 2560x1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/unigine-sanctuary-1.5.1 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/unigine-sanctuary-1.5.1 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/unigine-tropics-1.5.2 -video_width 1280 -video_height 1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/unigine-tropics-1.5.2 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/unigine-tropics-1.5.2 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600