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 reviewProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980Radeon HD 7850Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 290Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Haswell-E DMI216384MB128GB Crucial_CT128MX1NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)Intel Wellsburg HD AudioSEK SE39UY04Intel ConnectionUbuntu 14.043.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.2X Server 1.15.1NVIDIA 343.224.3.0GCC 4.8.2ext43840x2160eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MBSE39UY04fglrx 14.30.44.3.13083Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 980, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: --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- GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 980, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceOpenCL Details- GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536- GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512- GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640- GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152- GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880- GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664- GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048System Details- GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.- GeForce GTX 750: GPU Compute Cores: 512.- GeForce GTX 750 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 640.- GeForce GTX 760: GPU Compute Cores: 1152.- GeForce GTX 770: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 2880.- GeForce GTX 970: GPU Compute Cores: 1664.- GeForce GTX 980: GPU Compute Cores: 2048.Environment Details- Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux reviewcsgo: 3840 x 2160gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080luxmark: GPU - Roomluxmark: GPU - Salaluxmark: GPU - Luxball HDRtesseract: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - UltimateGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 980Radeon HD 7850Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 29090.08424931300668021257912088120116.0965.3716.47144.52101.7016.4320561602301989489897677457.4229.784.8163.7639.5849.542114768732431075831013816173.3834.408.7073.7448.4076.0443399100951631654759896923103.1556.1814.27129.3688.50104.92456261381711121660512668586123.0668.7317.42152.08106.61153.19505432033104933361106227616851185.1891.2926.16189.00137.61140.1753319177892713391550284720686169.1885.6423.90158.17109.06152.9358774199393403681700309922763181.8489.5825.14169.52117.9042.192978759528813384451146861529.5919.393.3592.4542.5657.172449579638971026291177797964.1827.317.2195.0071.8180.17421391339488413986515971144292.0540.7810.64132.7596.4181.154180714396235168888169312653102.0143.9212.18141.25104.29112.7663640179445262431317256019217129.8461.3719.32162.36122.67OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 6SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 7.22, N = 6112.7681.1580.1757.1742.19152.93140.17153.19104.9276.0449.5416.4390.08

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 68014K28K42K56K70KSE +/- 32.00, N = 3SE +/- 47.12, N = 3SE +/- 8.89, N = 3SE +/- 12.33, N = 3SE +/- 5136.91, N = 6SE +/- 110.20, N = 3SE +/- 107.43, N = 3SE +/- 81.20, N = 3SE +/- 52.48, N = 3SE +/- 55.59, N = 3SE +/- 18.41, N = 3SE +/- 29.05, N = 3SE +/- 23.90, N = 363640418074213924495297875877453319505434562643399211472056142493

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680400800120016002000SE +/- 23.13, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 21.82, N = 6SE +/- 12.84, N = 3SE +/- 2.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3179414391339796595199317782033138110096876021300

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 6802K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 47.72, N = 3SE +/- 48.57, N = 3SE +/- 20.65, N = 3SE +/- 41.62, N = 3SE +/- 11.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 345266235488438972881934092711049371115163324330196680

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 68080160240320400SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 324316813910233836833933621616510789212

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: RoomRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680400800120016002000SE +/- 21.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31317888865629445170015501106605475583489579

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: SalaRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 6807001400210028003500SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 325601693159711771146309928472276126698910138971208

LuxMark

OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterLuxMark 2.1beta1OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDRRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 6805K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 15.24, N = 3SE +/- 4.48, N = 3SE +/- 4.04, N = 3SE +/- 6.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.53, N = 3SE +/- 9.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 5.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 31921712653114427979861522763206861685185866923816167748120

Tesseract

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 6804080120160200SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3129.84102.0192.0564.1829.59181.84169.18185.18123.06103.1573.3857.42116.09

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 68020406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 361.3743.9240.7827.3119.3989.5885.6491.2968.7356.1834.4029.7865.37

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 319.3212.1810.647.213.3525.1423.9026.1617.4214.278.704.8116.47

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 6804080120160200SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 4.39, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3162.36141.25132.7595.0092.45169.52158.17189.00152.08129.3673.7463.76144.52MIN: 78 / MAX: 388MIN: 65 / MAX: 292MIN: 57 / MAX: 260MIN: 44 / MAX: 156MIN: 39 / MAX: 173MIN: 81 / MAX: 295MIN: 75 / MAX: 266MIN: 89 / MAX: 352MIN: 70 / MAX: 252MIN: 61 / MAX: 205MIN: 36 / MAX: 106MIN: 31 / MAX: 97MIN: 68 / MAX: 229

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850GeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 970GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3122.67104.2996.4171.8142.56117.90109.06137.61106.6188.5048.4039.58101.70MIN: 29 / MAX: 340MIN: 29 / MAX: 239MIN: 29 / MAX: 212MIN: 23 / MAX: 131MIN: 14 / MAX: 113MIN: 43 / MAX: 233MIN: 39 / MAX: 208MIN: 41 / MAX: 287MIN: 41 / MAX: 200MIN: 36 / MAX: 159MIN: 23 / MAX: 81MIN: 19 / MAX: 70MIN: 40 / MAX: 182


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