NVIDIA GeForce: FreeBSD 9.1 vs. Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu FreeBSD 9.1 vs. Windows 8 Pro x64 vs. Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA Linux benchmarks of multiple NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 224GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 224GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 224GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 325.08, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 325.08, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 325.08, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 325.08, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 325.08, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 325.08, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DH87RL, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 2.06, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Intel (0x8c20) HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.1-RELEASE-p15 (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 20070831 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DH87RL, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 2.06, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GT104 HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.1-RELEASE-p15 (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.44, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 20070831 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DH87RL, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 2.06, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: NVIDIA (0x0e0a) HDA OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.1-RELEASE-p15 (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.44, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44, Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 20070831 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 72.38 |============ GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 107.60 |================== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 169.39 |============================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 75.55 |============= GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 96.53 |================ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 191.08 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 75.80 |============= GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 97.02 |================ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 190.55 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 85.80 |=========== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 81.00 |=========== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 211.30 |============================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 92.80 |============ GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 85.07 |=========== GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 239.03 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 25.00 |=== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 25.00 |=== GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 25.00 |=== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 46.75 |====== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 85.55 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 225.51 |=============================== GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 46.22 |====== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 86.42 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 233.39 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 47.36 |====== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 86.27 |============ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 222.06 |============================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 25.66 |====== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 45.91 |=========== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 126.70 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 25.12 |====== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 46.29 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 128.15 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 25.91 |====== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 46.12 |============ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 122.41 |=============================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 47.08 |======== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 72.30 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 191.87 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 49.37 |======== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 72.97 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 186.03 |=============================== GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 49.09 |======== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 72.93 |============ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 187.63 |=============================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 43.39 |======== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 66.28 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 178.94 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 45.68 |======== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 66.85 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 174.44 |=============================== GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 45.39 |======== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 66.75 |============ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 170.92 |=============================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 26.14 |======= GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 40.82 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 111.82 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 27.71 |======== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 41.04 |============ GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 112.82 |================================ GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 27.51 |======== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 41.05 |============ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 112.19 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 295.32 |================== GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 290.62 |================== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 320.16 |=================== GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 304.86 |=================== GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 296.07 |================== GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 319.72 |=================== GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 421.73 |========================== GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 400.89 |======================== GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 526.84 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 120.26 |============ GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 147.23 |============== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 223.16 |====================== GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 127.61 |============= GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 152.59 |=============== GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 236.94 |======================= GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 131.12 |============= GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 162.07 |================ GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 325.38 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 52.18 |======= GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 105.06 |============= GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 197.64 |========================= GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 54.11 |======= GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 107.98 |============== GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 203.87 |========================== GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 54.76 |======= GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 112.35 |============== GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 249.47 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro ....... 32.26 |======= GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro ....... 67.40 |============== GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro ....... 134.78 |============================ GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 33.34 |======= GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 69.85 |============== GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA . 140.86 |============================= GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 33.69 |======= GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 72.11 |=============== GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA ... 156.50 |================================