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 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 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 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz) 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA 346.22 4.4.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz) 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 680: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22, GTX 760: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22, GTX 780 Ti: 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 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 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 411.37 827 1980 66074 303.45 351.79 213.51 3110 294649 354.83 644 1513 67679 287.66 341.37 198.59 3245 295241 505.90 1336 3322 67270 324.81 364.86 235.77 6092 345018 368.47 844 1950 65465 268.48 310.03 192.23 3136 269080 329.37 655 1515 67015 241.88 294.87 175.25 3234 274756 427.40 1344 3288 66594 283.09 320.50 206.65 6105 290723 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 2.72, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 427.40 505.90 148.27 329.37 354.83 156.97 368.47 411.37 71.73
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 8.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 1344 1336 329 655 644 434 844 827 193
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 10.35, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 3288 3322 960 1515 1513 1167 1950 1980 520
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K SE +/- 9.17, N = 3 SE +/- 129.22, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 9.45, N = 3 SE +/- 88.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 31.72, N = 3 SE +/- 57.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 66594 67270 20691 67015 67679 35148 65465 66074 12987
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.97, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 283.09 324.81 167.15 241.88 287.66 156.32 268.48 303.45 72.59
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 4.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 4.73, N = 6 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 4.72, N = 5 SE +/- 2.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 320.50 364.86 206.50 294.87 341.37 186.20 310.03 351.79 84.79
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 2.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 206.65 235.77 121.78 175.25 198.59 119.68 192.23 213.51 58.81
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 6 12 18 24 30 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.29 / Max: 24 Min: 1 / Avg: 1.96 / Max: 7 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.73 / Max: 13 Min: 1 / Avg: 3 / Max: 7 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.8 / Max: 12 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.37 / Max: 14 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.67 / Max: 25 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.43 / Max: 12 Min: 6 / Avg: 13.94 / Max: 27
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 25.12, N = 3 SE +/- 24.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.20, N = 3 SE +/- 3.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.00, N = 3 SE +/- 10.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 6105 6092 1602 3234 3245 958 3136 3110 361
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 347.09 Windows 7 NVIDIA 346.22 Ubuntu 14.10 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Nouveau 70K 140K 210K 280K 350K SE +/- 990.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1251.22, N = 3 SE +/- 7.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1102.27, N = 3 SE +/- 123.73, N = 3 SE +/- 25.18, N = 3 SE +/- 4955.24, N = 3 SE +/- 63.82, N = 3 SE +/- 3.93, N = 3 290723 345018 93937 274756 295241 81664 269080 294649 31251
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