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