NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux vs. Windows GeForce NVIDIA vs. Nouveau end of 2014 Linux OpenGL performance comparison to Windows 7 Pro updated... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Display Driver GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores) ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 15360MB 64GB OCZ AGILITY NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1250MHz) Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th DELL S2409W Intel Connection Ubuntu 14.10 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.3.1 X Server 1.16.0 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.9.1 ext4 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1250MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1250MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz) 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA 346.22 4.4.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz) Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores) 60GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Kernel Details - GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: nouveau.pstate=1 Processor Details - GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 780 Ti: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22, GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22, GTX 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Graphics Details - GTX 680: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 760: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, GTX 780 Ti: Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: EXA
openarena: 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau - 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09 71.73 193 520 12987 72.59 84.79 58.81 361 31251 156.97 434 1167 35148 156.32 186.20 119.68 958 81664 148.27 329 960 20691 167.15 206.50 121.78 1602 93937 505.90 1336 3322 67270 324.81 364.86 235.77 6092 345018 354.83 644 1513 67679 287.66 341.37 198.59 3245 295241 411.37 827 1980 66074 303.45 351.79 213.51 3110 294649 329.37 655 1515 67015 241.88 294.87 175.25 3234 274756 368.47 844 1950 65465 268.48 310.03 192.23 3136 269080 427.40 1344 3288 66594 283.09 320.50 206.65 6105 290723 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 2.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 2.72, N = 3 71.73 411.37 368.47 156.97 354.83 329.37 148.27 505.90 427.40
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 8.29, N = 3 193 827 844 434 644 655 329 1336 1344
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 10.35, N = 3 520 1980 1950 1167 1513 1515 960 3322 3288
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 57.49, N = 3 SE +/- 31.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 88.88, N = 3 SE +/- 9.45, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 129.22, N = 3 SE +/- 9.17, N = 3 12987 66074 65465 35148 67679 67015 20691 67270 66594
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 72.59 303.45 268.48 156.32 287.66 241.88 167.15 324.81 283.09
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.10, N = 3 SE +/- 4.72, N = 5 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 4.73, N = 6 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 2.46, N = 3 SE +/- 4.71, N = 3 84.79 351.79 310.03 186.20 341.37 294.87 206.50 364.86 320.50
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 2.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 58.81 213.51 192.23 119.68 198.59 175.25 121.78 235.77 206.65
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 6 12 18 24 30 Min: 6 / Avg: 13.94 / Max: 27 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.43 / Max: 12 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.67 / Max: 25 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.37 / Max: 14 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.8 / Max: 12 Min: 1 / Avg: 3 / Max: 7 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.73 / Max: 13 Min: 1 / Avg: 1.96 / Max: 7 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.29 / Max: 24
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 10.14, N = 3 SE +/- 2.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.06, N = 3 SE +/- 5.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 24.89, N = 3 SE +/- 25.12, N = 3 361 3110 3136 958 3245 3234 1602 6092 6105
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 70K 140K 210K 280K 350K SE +/- 3.93, N = 3 SE +/- 63.82, N = 3 SE +/- 4955.24, N = 3 SE +/- 25.18, N = 3 SE +/- 123.73, N = 3 SE +/- 1102.27, N = 3 SE +/- 7.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1251.22, N = 3 SE +/- 990.23, N = 3 31251 294649 269080 81664 295241 274756 93937 345018 290723
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