AMD Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce, Gallium3D LLVMpipe Linux OpenGL benchmarking of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards on the open-source Mesa/Gallium3D drivers with Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Performance compared to Gallium3D LLVMpipe in two configurations. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce 8800GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9500GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9600GSO: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 220: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 520: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5750: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (700/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6450: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-cb12bf7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3-1~exp1 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-51e9bfd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3-1~exp1 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 27.76 |======================= GeForce 9500GT ...... 18.82 |================ GeForce 9600GSO ..... 16.05 |============= GeForce GT 220 ...... 19.47 |================ GeForce GT 520 ...... 8.58 |======= Radeon HD 5750 ...... 57.31 |================================================ Radeon HD 6450 ...... 16.41 |============== Radeon HD 6570 ...... 48.30 |======================================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 60.01 |================================================== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 7.63 |====== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 7.57 |====== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 135.47 |=================================== GeForce 9500GT ...... 127.17 |================================= GeForce 9600GSO ..... 97.20 |========================= GeForce GT 220 ...... 132.37 |================================== GeForce GT 520 ...... 40.33 |========== Radeon HD 5750 ...... 179.80 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6450 ...... 17.90 |===== Radeon HD 6570 ...... 153.87 |======================================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 188.80 |================================================= LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 17.50 |===== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 17.33 |==== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 35.53 |============ GeForce 9500GT ...... 31.80 |=========== GeForce 9600GSO ..... 25.80 |========= GeForce GT 220 ...... 37.57 |============ GeForce GT 520 ...... 11.10 |==== Radeon HD 5750 ...... 74.23 |========================= Radeon HD 6450 ...... 148.09 |================================================= Radeon HD 6570 ...... 61.13 |==================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 75.00 |========================= LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 4.80 |== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 4.73 |== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 59.40 |============================== GeForce 9500GT ...... 49.50 |========================= GeForce 9600GSO ..... 41.90 |===================== GeForce GT 220 ...... 54.63 |============================ GeForce GT 520 ...... 19.30 |========== Radeon HD 5750 ...... 59.27 |============================== Radeon HD 6450 ...... 99.17 |================================================== Radeon HD 6570 ...... 18.30 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 57.80 |============================= LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 13.10 |======= LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 13.10 |======= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 27.45 |========== GeForce 9500GT ...... 29.57 |=========== GeForce 9600GSO ..... 25.37 |========= GeForce GT 220 ...... 34.10 |============= GeForce GT 520 ...... 15.27 |====== Radeon HD 5750 ...... 104.33 |====================================== Radeon HD 6450 ...... 133.58 |================================================= Radeon HD 6570 ...... 16.07 |====== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 120.07 |============================================ LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 8.93 |=== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 9.00 |=== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8800GT ...... 120.23 |============================= GeForce 9500GT ...... 115.76 |============================ GeForce 9600GSO ..... 87.70 |===================== GeForce GT 220 ...... 124.83 |============================== GeForce GT 520 ...... 42.61 |========== Radeon HD 5750 ...... 204.05 |================================================= Radeon HD 6450 ...... 110.48 |=========================== Radeon HD 6570 ...... 51.56 |============ Radeon HD 6770 ...... 203.42 |================================================= LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.2 . 7.48 |== LLVMpipe - LLVM 3.3 . 7.28 |==