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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GeForce GTX 680
October 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 750
October 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
October 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 760
October 14 2014
 
GeForce GTX 770
October 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
October 12 2014
 
GeForce GTX 970
October 17 2014
 
GeForce GTX 980
October 13 2014
 
Radeon HD 7850
October 11 2014
 
Radeon R7 260X
October 11 2014
 
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October 11 2014
 
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October 11 2014
 
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October 11 2014
 
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Linux review, "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",53.99,97.72,97.41,96.94,97.29,97.15 "GeForce GTX 750",16.74,16.32,16.23 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",49.34,49.64,49.63 "GeForce GTX 760",57.5,79.97,79.86,79.73,79.62,79.56 "GeForce GTX 770",106.04,105.27,103.46 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",153.81,152.81,152.95 "GeForce GTX 970",140.2,140.25,140.07 "GeForce GTX 980",154.05,152.69,152.05 "Radeon HD 7850",43.68,45.49,32.13,45.33,44.74,41.76 "Radeon R7 260X",57.26,57.19,57.05 "Radeon R9 270X",80.43,79.88,80.2 "Radeon R9 285",81.63,81.43,80.39 "Radeon R9 290",114.16,111,113.12 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",42446,42525,42507 "GeForce GTX 750",20619,20535,20529 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",21156,21112,21174 "GeForce GTX 760",43468,43440,43289 "GeForce GTX 770",45644,45706,45527 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",50434,50702,50494 "GeForce GTX 970",53313,53136,53508 "GeForce GTX 980",58557,58847,58917 "Radeon HD 7850",13544,37906,37898,13541,37916,37916 "Radeon R7 260X",24486,24479,24519 "Radeon R9 270X",42126,42156,42135 "Radeon R9 285",41891,41802,41728 "Radeon R9 290",63703,63600,63616 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",1302,1302,1296 "GeForce GTX 750",603,602,601 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",688,687,687 "GeForce GTX 760",1003,1008,1017 "GeForce GTX 770",1384,1378,1380 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",2037,2031,2032 "GeForce GTX 970",1783,1776,1775 "GeForce GTX 980",2005,2006,1967 "Radeon HD 7850",560,560,664,560,663,560 "Radeon R7 260X",796,796,796 "Radeon R9 270X",1339,1339,1339 "Radeon R9 285",1441,1438,1438 "Radeon R9 290",1825,1809,1749 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",6681,6679,6681 "GeForce GTX 750",3021,3021,3016 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",3244,3243,3243 "GeForce GTX 760",5155,5148,5185 "GeForce GTX 770",7194,7075,7064 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",10531,10460,10488 "GeForce GTX 970",9324,9315,9174 "GeForce GTX 980",9432,9272,9316 "Radeon HD 7850",2882,2881,2880 "Radeon R7 260X",3899,3895,3898 "Radeon R9 270X",4884,4884,4884 "Radeon R9 285",6235,6237,6233 "Radeon R9 290",4526,4526,4526 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",212,211,213 "GeForce GTX 750",89,89,89 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",106,107,107 "GeForce GTX 760",163,165,166 "GeForce GTX 770",219,214,215 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",341,334,334 "GeForce GTX 970",339,338,339 "GeForce GTX 980",377,364,364 "Radeon HD 7850",338,338,338 "Radeon R7 260X",102,102,102 "Radeon R9 270X",139,139,139 "Radeon R9 285",168,168,168 "Radeon R9 290",243,243,243 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",578,579,579 "GeForce GTX 750",489,489,489 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",582,583,583 "GeForce GTX 760",475,474,475 "GeForce GTX 770",605,605,604 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",1106,1106,1105 "GeForce GTX 970",1550,1550,1551 "GeForce GTX 980",1701,1700,1700 "Radeon HD 7850",452,452,431 "Radeon R7 260X",628,629,629 "Radeon R9 270X",864,865,866 "Radeon R9 285",888,888,888 "Radeon R9 290",1273,1338,1339 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",1208,1208,1208 "GeForce GTX 750",897,897,897 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",1013,1012,1013 "GeForce GTX 760",989,989,989 "GeForce GTX 770",1266,1266,1266 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",2274,2277,2276 "GeForce GTX 970",2846,2848,2847 "GeForce GTX 980",3093,3102,3103 "Radeon HD 7850",1146,1146,1146 "Radeon R7 260X",1174,1180,1176 "Radeon R9 270X",1599,1594,1598 "Radeon R9 285",1693,1692,1694 "Radeon R9 290",2557,2558,2566 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",8124,8118,8119 "GeForce GTX 750",6780,6764,6779 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",8162,8162,8158 "GeForce GTX 760",6923,6923,6923 "GeForce GTX 770",8584,8590,8585 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",16848,16852,16852 "GeForce GTX 970",20687,20685,20686 "GeForce GTX 980",22746,22778,22765 "Radeon HD 7850",8610,8622,8614 "Radeon R7 260X",7991,7975,7970 "Radeon R9 270X",11447,11434,11445 "Radeon R9 285",12662,12651,12647 "Radeon R9 290",19235,19230,19187 "Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",115.9334,116.2214,116.1247 "GeForce GTX 750",57.39805,57.58738,57.27399 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",73.2865,73.43791,73.40586 "GeForce GTX 760",103.3754,103.2063,102.86 "GeForce GTX 770",123.8307,122.833,122.5228 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",183.9328,185.7921,185.8205 "GeForce GTX 970",167.8858,169.1786,170.4686 "GeForce GTX 980",184.0849,180.3695,181.0685 "Radeon HD 7850",29.62412,29.56511,29.57696 "Radeon R7 260X",64.00356,63.77494,64.75689 "Radeon R9 270X",91.98882,92.51347,91.65838 "Radeon R9 285",103.0124,100.4011,102.6243 "Radeon R9 290",132.7547,129.2905,127.4678 "Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",65.326,65.4586,65.3327 "GeForce GTX 750",29.7694,29.8025,29.7757 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",34.3682,34.4333,34.4024 "GeForce GTX 760",56.0545,56.3405,56.1569 "GeForce GTX 770",68.1331,68.9069,69.1428 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",91.3875,90.9798,91.492 "GeForce GTX 970",85.5639,85.8458,85.5045 "GeForce GTX 980",89.4159,89.5955,89.7237 "Radeon HD 7850",19.2268,19.0766,19.87 "Radeon R7 260X",27.4755,26.9151,27.5455 "Radeon R9 270X",41.4871,39.3705,41.4878 "Radeon R9 285",43.8645,43.9475,43.9543 "Radeon R9 290",61.0418,61.2051,61.8571 "Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",16.4582,16.4838,16.4695 "GeForce GTX 750",4.71414,4.84383,4.85951 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",8.69655,8.69854,8.70468 "GeForce GTX 760",14.2275,14.3046,14.2808 "GeForce GTX 770",17.4196,17.3934,17.4447 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",26.0308,26.2039,26.2567 "GeForce GTX 970",23.9153,23.9099,23.8842 "GeForce GTX 980",24.9491,25.1996,25.2691 "Radeon HD 7850",3.23068,3.44586,3.44622,3.26608 "Radeon R7 260X",7.24304,7.20054,7.18166 "Radeon R9 270X",10.6378,10.6414,10.6431 "Radeon R9 285",12.1882,12.1915,12.1708 "Radeon R9 290",19.3256,19.3261,19.3198 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",144.2893417,144.6126464,144.6727097 "GeForce GTX 750",63.4389703,63.8515182,64.0026291 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",73.6828779,73.7517427,73.7758731 "GeForce GTX 760",129.1877639,129.4361962,129.470915 "GeForce GTX 770",152.4185333,151.989778,151.8260243 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",189.0428937,188.6913991,189.2605159 "GeForce GTX 970",158.5185516,157.9733358,158.0323533 "GeForce GTX 980",169.7942378,169.6991081,169.0627487 "Radeon HD 7850",96.7479702,96.7828095,70.5135736,97.0193478,96.7122954,96.923094 "Radeon R7 260X",94.7885175,95.1925015,95.0274899 "Radeon R9 270X",133.009021,133.2583603,131.9821261 "Radeon R9 285",140.5958864,141.7404472,141.4183742 "Radeon R9 290",163.9269552,164.1726171,158.9838584 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate", Higher Results Are Better "GeForce GTX 680",101.6415515,101.5778941,101.8789326 "GeForce GTX 750",39.7660069,39.7219381,39.2445979 "GeForce GTX 750 Ti",48.4149741,48.4038543,48.3752391 "GeForce GTX 760",88.3543592,88.6739452,88.4632701 "GeForce GTX 770",106.3879669,106.6791165,106.7492136 "GeForce GTX 780 Ti",137.6135612,136.9509936,138.2664323 "GeForce GTX 970",108.6936041,108.9873239,109.5013006 "GeForce GTX 980",117.9260738,117.8214879,117.9380455 "Radeon HD 7850",42.7118553,42.5187219,42.4546526 "Radeon R7 260X",71.3941165,72.0857322,71.9404846 "Radeon R9 270X",96.4998434,96.2334122,96.5004528 "Radeon R9 285",104.5071042,103.4980835,104.8634471 "Radeon R9 290",123.6951194,121.0245104,123.2922833