Ultra HD 4k Linux Scaling Looking at GPU performance scaling at resolutions up to 3840x2160 Ultra HD (4k) resolution on Ubuntu Linux with NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 10.32 |======================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 19.59 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 49.84 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 91.88 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 47.20 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 86.49 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 72.50 |========================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 124.83 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 16.16 |============================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 25.79 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 108.14 |============================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 158.77 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 67.16 |================================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 92.04 |============================================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 63.01 |================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 84.29 |============================================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 139.23 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 174.42 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 88.28 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 108.68 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 107.28 |========================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 110.97 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 110.75 |=========================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 110.99 |===========================================