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.

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GeForce 9800GTX: Windows 8 Pro
July 23 2013
 
GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro
July 23 2013
 
GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro
July 23 2013
 
GeForce 9800GTX: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA
July 29 2013
 
GeForce GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA
July 29 2013
 
GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA
July 29 2013
 
GeForce 9800GTX: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA
July 30 2013
 
GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA
July 30 2013
 
GeForce GTX 680: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA
July 30 2013
 
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GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro

GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro

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 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 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 GTX 460: Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz).

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

GeForce GTX 460: PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz).

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

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTX Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)224GBWindows NT6.2 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)Realtek ALC892Intel Connection I217-VUbuntu 13.103.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.14.2NVIDIA 325.083.3.0 NVIDIA 325.08GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3ext42560x1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)4.3.0 NVIDIA 325.08NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)INTEL DH87RLOCZ VERTEX3 2.06NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)NVIDIA (0x0e0a) HDAFreeBSD9.1-RELEASE-p15 (i686)KDE 4.10.5X Server 1.12.4NVIDIA 310.444.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44GCC 4.2.1 20070831 + Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863)zfsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)NVIDIA GT104 HDANVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)Intel (0x8c20) HDA3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44OpenBenchmarking.org

nexuiz: 2560 x 1600 - Yes - Onopenarena: 2560 x 1600unigine-sanctuary: 1600 x 1200unigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 1600 x 1200unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Lowxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - UltimateGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTX Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA Ubuntu 13.10 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIA169.39211.30225.51126.70191.87178.94111.82320.16223.16197.64134.78107.6081.0085.5545.9172.3066.2840.82290.62147.23105.0667.4072.3885.8046.7525.6647.0843.3926.14295.32120.2652.1832.2675.5592.8046.2225.1249.3745.6827.71304.86127.6154.1133.34191.08239.03233.39128.15186.03174.44112.82319.72236.94203.87140.8696.5385.0786.4246.2972.9766.8541.04296.07152.59107.9869.85190.5525222.06122.41187.63170.92112.19526.84325.38249.47156.5097.022586.2746.1272.9366.7541.05400.89162.07112.3572.1175.802547.3625.9149.0945.3927.51421.73131.1254.7633.69OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnPC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro4080120160200SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 1.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 3.36, N = 3SE +/- 2.28, N = 375.8075.5572.3897.0296.53107.60190.55191.08169.39

OpenArena

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 2SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 325.0092.8085.8025.0085.0781.0025.00239.03211.30

Unigine Sanctuary

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1600 x 1200PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro50100150200250SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 3.56, N = 647.3646.2246.7586.2786.4285.55222.06233.39225.51

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 325.9125.1225.6646.1246.2945.91122.41128.15126.70

Unigine Tropics

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1600 x 1200PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 349.0949.3747.0872.9372.9772.30187.63186.03191.87

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 345.3945.6843.3966.7566.8566.28170.92174.44178.94

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600PC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 327.5127.7126.1441.0541.0440.82112.19112.82111.82

Xonotic

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowPC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro110220330440550SE +/- 1.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.43, N = 3SE +/- 4.19, N = 3SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 2.99, N = 3421.73304.86295.32400.89296.07290.62526.84319.72320.16

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighPC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro70140210280350SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 2.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.95, N = 3131.12127.61120.26162.07152.59147.23325.38236.94223.16

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraPC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro50100150200250SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.95, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 354.7654.1152.18112.35107.98105.06249.47203.87197.64

GeForce 9800GTXGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimatePC-BSD 9.1 NVIDIAUbuntu 13.10 NVIDIAWindows 8 Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 333.6933.3432.2672.1169.8567.40156.50140.86134.78

GeForce GTX 680: Windows 8 Pro

Testing initiated at 23 July 2013 11:44 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 460: Windows 8 Pro

Testing initiated at 23 July 2013 20:34 by user 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)

Testing initiated at 23 July 2013 22:33 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 29 July 2013 13:19 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 29 July 2013 15:17 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 29 July 2013 16:49 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 30 July 2013 19:34 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 30 July 2013 20:47 by user phoronix.

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

Testing initiated at 30 July 2013 22:02 by user phoronix.