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