NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux GeForce 2014 NVIDIA vs. Nouveau end of 2014 Linux OpenGL performance comparison... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 71.73 |===== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 156.97 |=========== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 148.27 |========== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 411.37 |============================ GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 354.83 |======================== GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 505.90 |================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 13.9 MAX: 27.0 GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 14.0 GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 13.0 GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 12.0 GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 12.0 GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 7.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 53.26 |==== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 128.24 |========== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 130.94 |========== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 362.07 |============================ GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 321.28 |========================= GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 441.25 |================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 52.50 |==== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 115.43 |========== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 112.67 |========= GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 328.67 |=========================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 293.47 |======================== GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 412.90 |================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 84.79 |======== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 186.20 |================= GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 206.50 |=================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 351.79 |================================= GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 341.37 |================================ GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 364.86 |================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 72.59 |======== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 156.32 |================ GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 167.15 |================= GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 303.45 |================================ GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 287.66 |============================== GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 324.81 |================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 58.81 |======== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 119.68 |================= GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 121.78 |================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 213.51 |=============================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 198.59 |============================= GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 235.77 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 12987 |======= GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 35148 |================== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 20691 |=========== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 66074 |================================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 67679 |=================================== GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 67270 |=================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 361 |== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 958 |====== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 1602 |========= GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 3110 |================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 3245 |=================== GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 6092 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 31251 |=== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 81664 |======== GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 93937 |========= GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 294649 |============================= GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 295241 |============================= GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 345018 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 193 |===== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 434 |============ GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 329 |========= GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 827 |====================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 644 |================= GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 1336 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 520 |====== GTX 760: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 .... 1167 |============= GTX 780 Ti: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 960 |========== GTX 680: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 1980 |===================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 346.22 ............. 1513 |================ GTX 780 Ti: NVIDIA 346.22 .......... 3322 |====================================