NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Maxwell Linux benchmarks on Ubuntu with proprietary NVIDIA 343.22 driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Intel Haswell-E DMI2 16384MB 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz) Intel Wellsburg HD Audio SE39UY04 Intel Connection Ubuntu 14.04 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.2 X Server 1.15.1 fglrx 14.30.4 4.3.13083 GCC 4.8.2 ext4 3840x2160 ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz) SEK SE39UY04 NVIDIA 343.22 4.3.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz) eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Environment Details - Radeon R9 285, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri Compiler Details - Radeon R9 285, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 970: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - Radeon R9 285, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 290, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 970: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance OpenCL Details - GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512 - GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640 - GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880 - GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536 - GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536 - GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048 - GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152 - GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664 System Details - GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512. - GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640. - GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880. - GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536. - GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536. - GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048. - GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152. - GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 tesseract: 3840 x 2160 gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimate unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160 luxmark: GPU - Room luxmark: GPU - Sala luxmark: GPU - Luxball HDR csgo: 3840 x 2160 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 168 1439 6235 102.01 41807 141.25 104.29 43.92 12.18 888 1693 12653 81.15 338 595 2881 29.59 29787 92.45 42.56 19.39 3.35 445 1146 8615 42.19 102 796 3897 64.18 24495 95.00 71.81 27.31 7.21 629 1177 7979 57.17 139 1339 4884 92.05 42139 132.75 96.41 40.78 10.64 865 1597 11442 80.17 243 1794 4526 129.84 63640 162.36 122.67 61.37 19.32 1317 2560 19217 112.76 89 602 3019 57.42 20561 63.76 39.58 29.78 4.81 489 897 6774 16.43 107 687 3243 73.38 21147 73.74 48.40 34.40 8.70 583 1013 8161 49.54 336 2033 10493 185.18 50543 189.00 137.61 91.29 26.16 1106 2276 16851 153.19 212 1300 6680 116.09 42493 144.52 101.70 65.37 16.47 579 1208 8120 90.08 216 1381 7111 123.06 45626 152.08 106.61 68.73 17.42 605 1266 8586 104.92 368 1993 9340 181.84 58774 169.52 117.90 89.58 25.14 1700 3099 22763 152.93 165 1009 5163 103.15 43399 129.36 88.50 56.18 14.27 475 989 6923 76.04 339 1778 9271 169.18 53319 158.17 109.06 85.64 23.90 1550 2847 20686 140.17 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 4.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 168 338 102 139 243 89 107 336 212 216 368 165 339
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 21.82, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 23.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 2.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.76, N = 3 SE +/- 12.84, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 1439 595 796 1339 1794 602 687 2033 1300 1381 1993 1009 1778
GpuTest Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 20.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 41.62, N = 3 SE +/- 47.72, N = 3 SE +/- 11.35, N = 3 SE +/- 48.57, N = 3 6235 2881 3897 4884 4526 3019 3243 10493 6680 7111 9340 5163 9271
Tesseract Resolution: 3840 x 2160 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 1.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 102.01 29.59 64.18 92.05 129.84 57.42 73.38 185.18 116.09 123.06 181.84 103.15 169.18
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K SE +/- 47.12, N = 3 SE +/- 5136.91, N = 6 SE +/- 12.33, N = 3 SE +/- 8.89, N = 3 SE +/- 32.00, N = 3 SE +/- 29.05, N = 3 SE +/- 18.41, N = 3 SE +/- 81.20, N = 3 SE +/- 23.90, N = 3 SE +/- 52.48, N = 3 SE +/- 110.20, N = 3 SE +/- 55.59, N = 3 SE +/- 107.43, N = 3 41807 29787 24495 42139 63640 20561 21147 50543 42493 45626 58774 43399 53319
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 4.39, N = 6 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 141.25 92.45 95.00 132.75 162.36 63.76 73.74 189.00 144.52 152.08 169.52 129.36 158.17 MIN: 65 / MAX: 292 MIN: 39 / MAX: 173 MIN: 44 / MAX: 156 MIN: 57 / MAX: 260 MIN: 78 / MAX: 388 MIN: 31 / MAX: 97 MIN: 36 / MAX: 106 MIN: 89 / MAX: 352 MIN: 68 / MAX: 229 MIN: 70 / MAX: 252 MIN: 81 / MAX: 295 MIN: 61 / MAX: 205 MIN: 75 / MAX: 266
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 104.29 42.56 71.81 96.41 122.67 39.58 48.40 137.61 101.70 106.61 117.90 88.50 109.06 MIN: 29 / MAX: 239 MIN: 14 / MAX: 113 MIN: 23 / MAX: 131 MIN: 29 / MAX: 212 MIN: 29 / MAX: 340 MIN: 19 / MAX: 70 MIN: 23 / MAX: 81 MIN: 41 / MAX: 287 MIN: 40 / MAX: 182 MIN: 41 / MAX: 200 MIN: 43 / MAX: 233 MIN: 36 / MAX: 159 MIN: 39 / MAX: 208
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 43.92 19.39 27.31 40.78 61.37 29.78 34.40 91.29 65.37 68.73 89.58 56.18 85.64
Unigine Valley Resolution: 3840 x 2160 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 12.18 3.35 7.21 10.64 19.32 4.81 8.70 26.16 16.47 17.42 25.14 14.27 23.90
LuxMark OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room OpenBenchmarking.org Score, More Is Better LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 21.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 888 445 629 865 1317 489 583 1106 579 605 1700 475 1550
LuxMark OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala OpenBenchmarking.org Score, More Is Better LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.76, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 2.85, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 1693 1146 1177 1597 2560 897 1013 2276 1208 1266 3099 989 2847
LuxMark OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR OpenBenchmarking.org Score, More Is Better LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 4.48, N = 3 SE +/- 3.53, N = 3 SE +/- 6.33, N = 3 SE +/- 4.04, N = 3 SE +/- 15.24, N = 3 SE +/- 5.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 9.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 12653 8615 7979 11442 19217 6774 8161 16851 8120 8586 22763 6923 20686
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Radeon R9 285 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R7 260X Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 980 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 970 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 2.09, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 7.22, N = 6 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 3.71, N = 6 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 81.15 42.19 57.17 80.17 112.76 16.43 49.54 153.19 90.08 104.92 152.93 76.04 140.17
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