Nouveau Mesa 9.1-devel Ubuntu 13.04 Some early Mesa 9.0 vs. Mesa 9.1-devel benchmarks of the Nouveau Gallium3D driver. Benchmarking on Linux 3.7 kernel with Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (400/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1 (git-0ac9029) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1 (git-0ac9029) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1 (git-0ac9029) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT (400/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 23.55 |============================= 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 38.66 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 20.39 |========================= 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 16.94 |===================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 28.94 |=================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 14.94 |================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 92.53 |================================ 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 133.43 |============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 89.97 |=============================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 84.70 |============================= 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 131.40 |============================================= GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 90.20 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 22.80 |===================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 51.00 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 26.50 |======================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 21.00 |=================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 51.07 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 26.50 |======================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 108.87 |=============================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 160.80 |============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 97.83 |============================ 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 103.17 |============================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 159.87 |============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 98.07 |============================ Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 40.40 |========================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 73.43 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 37.10 |======================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 39.87 |========================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 73.17 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 39.67 |========================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 70.80 |==================================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 91.87 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 57.70 |============================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 66.13 |================================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 91.73 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 67.47 |=================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 60.55 |============================= 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 97.24 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 36.87 |================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 50.17 |======================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 97.18 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 49.49 |======================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 24.70 |=========================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 42.53 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 25.33 |============================ 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 24.57 |=========================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 42.60 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 26.30 |============================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 101.16 |=============================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 149.31 |============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 76.94 |======================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 90.91 |============================ 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 149.39 |============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 87.97 |=========================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9500GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 32.04 |========================== 9800GT: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 57.71 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.0.1 ..... 31.57 |========================== 9500GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 30.45 |========================= 9800GT: Mesa 9.1-devel . 57.58 |=============================================== GT 220: Mesa 9.1-devel . 34.16 |============================