Linux 3.12 Mesa 9.3 Nouveau Comparison Intel Core i7-4770K testing with various NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards on the Linux 3.12 kernel plus Mesa 9.3-devel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce 9500GT: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 220: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 0a HDMI/DP, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 26.20 |==================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 29.50 |======================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 38.50 |============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 65.33 |=================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 19.48 |========================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 20.13 |=========================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 25.46 |================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 38.27 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 127.73 |================================= GeForce GT 220 ..... 134.97 |=================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 124.93 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 194.80 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 31.70 |======================= GeForce GT 220 ..... 38.37 |============================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 36.70 |=========================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 70.27 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... MIN: 19.0 AVG: 31.5 MAX: 48.0 GeForce GT 220 ..... MIN: 14.0 AVG: 26.1 MAX: 44.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 16.0 AVG: 27.2 MAX: 44.0 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 27.0 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 125.53 |============================= GeForce GT 220 ..... 129.70 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 134.20 |=============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 219.63 |================================================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 24.00 |====================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 31.52 |============================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 29.30 |=========================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 54.57 |=================================================== Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 34.80 |====================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 38.07 |========================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 42.97 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 79.17 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 6.12 |============== GeForce GT 220 ..... 10.61 |======================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 12.30 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 22.67 |=================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 8.99 |=============== GeForce GT 220 ..... 15.30 |========================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 17.13 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 30.88 |=================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 5.94 |=============== GeForce GT 220 ..... 9.41 |======================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 11.06 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 20.09 |=================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 8.63 |=============== GeForce GT 220 ..... 12.93 |======================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 15.95 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 28.80 |=================================================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT .. 14.40 |===================================== GeForce GT 220 .. 15.83 |========================================= GeForce GTX 680 . 20.90 |====================================================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 9500GT .. MIN: 35 AVG: 69 MAX: 99 GeForce GT 220 .. MIN: 30 AVG: 63 MAX: 94 GeForce GTX 680 . MIN: 31 AVG: 48 MAX: 99 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 107.27 |==================================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 109.67 |==================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 94.42 |=============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 150.60 |================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 18.0 GeForce GT 220 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 18.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 28.0 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 15.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 121.82 |============================== GeForce GT 220 ..... 132.43 |================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 127.93 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 201.86 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 41.07 |========================= GeForce GT 220 ..... 49.09 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 49.32 |============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 83.42 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 18.38 |============= GeForce GT 220 ..... 28.97 |==================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 39.82 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 72.26 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 2229 |=========== GeForce GT 220 ..... 2473 |============ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 5340 |========================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 10446 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 163 |========================= GeForce GT 220 ..... 191 |============================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 210 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 347 |===================================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce 9500GT ..... 13991 |============================ GeForce GT 220 ..... 14399 |============================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 14933 |============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 25189 |===================================================