Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22
January 05 2015
 
GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22
January 05 2015
 
GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09
January 05 2015
 
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January 05 2015
 
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Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980, "Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",251.275,250.812,251.053 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",268.03,270.02,269.894 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",202.421,202.884,201.647 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",215.455,215.842,216.594 "Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",17.8362,17.8401,17.833 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",21.4109,21.382,21.3686 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",17.8872,17.8881,17.8894 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",21.2682,21.2863,21.2373 "Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",89.853,89.8368,89.835 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",98.5155,98.9514,99.2579 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",82.9475,82.8683,82.8788 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",90.458,91.2272,91.0599 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",242.1457185,241.8780247,242.6738135 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",261.4987608,263.3843215,263.5528212 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",216.8530516,232.9602128,232.1882249,233.1462544 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",232.4038653,249.8633003,250.3811702,249.8870634,249.4304158 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",135192,135032,134944 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",152488,153658,152135 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",135556,135753,135742 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",153929,154970,155008 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",1794,1787,1785 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",2040,2028,2030 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",1793,1786,1785 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",1982,1998,1998 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",344,342,342 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",388,379,380 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",356,355,355 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",397,381,385 "Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",85.8888,85.7448,85.8803 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",96.9019,96.4897,96.1751 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",85.2821,85.681,85.6652 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",96.8937,95.7715,95.5505 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",177.1950659,176.9824116,177.2284866 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",192.8234173,193.8527249,193.1389512 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",171.9202395,171.6394754,171.7488643 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",185.4629515,185.4825901,187.7556854 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",117.7484383,118.0477723,118.1480443 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",129.085864,129.0072556,129.249036 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",114.6741443,115.1970187,114.6666376 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",124.2199319,124.6974515,124.6102225 "Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",87.7055,87.8694,87.6994 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",93.5104,94.3404,94.5916 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",91.8393,92.4441,92.4515 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",97.7497,98.2585,98.3939 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",53904,53912,53982 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",59299,59634,59459 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",53634,53754,53684 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",58973,59104,59124 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",1001,1001,1001 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",1080,1075,1082 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",1019,1019,1019 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",1092,1082,1088 "Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",24.1093,24.1103,24.1196 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",25.9557,26.2168,26.313 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",24.3086,24.3149,24.3073 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",26.0335,26.2106,26.2331 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",9490,9492,9486 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",9833,9730,9793 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",9503,9492,9496 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",9719,9528,9688 "GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160", Higher Results Are Better "GTX 970: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",4421,4416,4406 "GTX 980: Ubuntu 14.10 - NVIDIA 346.22",4543,4509,4542 "GTX 970: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",4525,4402,4448 "GTX 980: Windows 7 - NVIDIA 347.09",4495,4473,4493