Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux graphics driver OpenGL performance on Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Latest as of April 2013 with a wide range of hardware. Many GeForce graphics cards benchmarked on Ubuntu. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Closed-Source Open-Source Open-Source Maxed GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 220 GeForce 9800GTX AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD ATI RD890 bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256MB (500/400MHz) Realtek ALC889 Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 13.04 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.13.3 NVIDIA 319.12 3.3.0 GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2 ext4 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (600/700MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (500/900MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz) 4.3.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (399/399MHz) DELL P2210H nouveau 1.0.7 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (400/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (405/324MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1101MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - Open-Source: GeForce 8800GT, Open-Source: GeForce 9500GT, Open-Source: GeForce 9600GSO, Open-Source: GeForce 9800GT, Open-Source: GeForce 9800GTX, Open-Source: GeForce GT 220, Open-Source: GeForce GT 520, Open-Source: GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Open-Source Maxed: GeForce 9500GT, Open-Source Maxed: GeForce GT 220, Open-Source Maxed: GeForce 9800GTX: EXA
reaction: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 1920 x 1080 reaction: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Off doom3: 1920 x 1080 - Low Closed-Source Open-Source Open-Source Maxed GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 220 GeForce 9800GTX 36.50 22.50 36.50 91.20 16.20 104.32 30.47 20.74 153.60 110.30 154.17 459.77 126.57 291.37 157.13 88.83 56.97 39.30 57 176.27 37.53 167.79 53.86 28.67 61.50 45.33 61.50 182.63 43.90 192.05 67.19 32.82 200.10 126.13 201.60 503.57 143.93 291.04 179.64 107.45 220.20 148.77 215.33 525.73 161.43 292.91 194.70 118.50 61.70 41.17 61.70 181.20 45.50 176.60 61.33 27.95 162.77 98.67 160.30 393.53 105.17 282.96 143.02 74.38 54 29.17 53.97 106.50 26.80 104.94 36.82 17.42 277.23 176.47 290.80 506.70 127.57 289.04 197.51 138.11 532.50 472.40 529.70 551.27 292.20 290.37 222.64 189.82 59.40 27.45 60.57 135.47 35.53 120.23 19.29 27.76 25.57 42.27 25.20 42.30 106.33 23.20 104.70 33.27 17.63 21.80 41.90 25.37 41.90 97.20 25.80 87.70 33.64 16.05 18.10 79.73 46.78 79.80 170.17 52.73 155.18 61.82 31.10 39 80.30 48.33 80.17 170.50 54.97 156.13 64.07 31.27 39.50 41.50 27.07 41.50 102.80 27 96.42 36.28 15.39 22.10 19.30 15.27 19.30 40.33 11.10 42.61 16.35 8.58 9.70 48.73 36.88 48.73 86.30 30.60 98.13 42.06 21.61 25.63 49.50 29.57 49.50 127.17 31.80 115.76 39.56 18.82 26.30 54.63 34.10 54.67 132.37 37.57 124.83 47.91 19.47 30.00 168.17 101.13 167.43 301.57 86.77 239.79 112.41 60.35 78.53 OpenBenchmarking.org
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.08, N = 3 SE +/- 2.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 4.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 36.50 153.60 56.97 61.50 200.10 220.20 61.70 162.77 54.00 277.23 532.50 49.50 168.17 54.63 59.40 42.27 41.90 79.73 80.30 41.50 19.30 48.73
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.92, N = 6 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 4 SE +/- 0.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 4 22.50 110.30 39.30 45.33 126.13 148.77 41.17 98.67 29.17 176.47 472.40 29.57 101.13 34.10 27.45 25.20 25.37 46.78 48.33 27.07 15.27 36.88
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 6.01, N = 6 SE +/- 2.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 36.50 154.17 57.00 61.50 201.60 215.33 61.70 160.30 53.97 290.80 529.70 49.50 167.43 54.67 60.57 42.30 41.90 79.80 80.17 41.50 19.30 48.73
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 2.09, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 2.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 91.20 459.77 176.27 182.63 503.57 525.73 181.20 393.53 106.50 506.70 551.27 127.17 301.57 132.37 135.47 106.33 97.20 170.17 170.50 102.80 40.33 86.30
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 5.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 16.20 126.57 37.53 43.90 143.93 161.43 45.50 105.17 26.80 127.57 292.20 31.80 86.77 37.57 35.53 23.20 25.80 52.73 54.97 27.00 11.10 30.60
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 1.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 104.32 291.37 167.79 192.05 291.04 292.91 176.60 282.96 104.94 289.04 290.37 115.76 239.79 124.83 120.23 104.70 87.70 155.18 156.13 96.42 42.61 98.13
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 30.47 157.13 53.86 67.19 179.64 194.70 61.33 143.02 36.82 197.51 222.64 39.56 112.41 47.91 19.29 33.27 33.64 61.82 64.07 36.28 16.35 42.06
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Closed-Source Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off GeForce 8500GT GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 680 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 SE +/- 3.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 20.74 88.83 28.67 32.82 107.45 118.50 27.95 74.38 17.42 138.11 189.82 18.82 60.35 19.47 27.76 17.63 16.05 31.10 31.27 15.39 8.58 21.61
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Open-Source Maxed Open-Source OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9800GTX GeForce GT 220 GeForce 8800GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce 9800GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 26.30 78.53 30.00 25.57 21.80 18.10 39.00 39.50 22.10 9.70 25.63
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