NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 On Linux Initial Linux OpenGL comparison with NVIDIA GPUs including the new GeForce GTX 960. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix of NVIDIA's current line-up. GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1804MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 960: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Metro 2033 Redux 1.0 Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 29.68 |================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 30.79 |=================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 34.13 |===================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 73.83 |============================================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 44.27 |=========================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 53.15 |================================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 73.11 |============================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 83.77 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 71.15 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 82.27 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 83.32 |=================================================== Metro 2033 Redux 1.0 Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0m1 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 41 MAX: 132 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 2 AVG: 40 MAX: 168 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 36 MAX: 107 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 3 AVG: 18 MAX: 80 GeForce GTX 750 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 125 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 3 AVG: 22 MAX: 107 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 18 MAX: 92 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 2 AVG: 16 MAX: 85 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 18 MAX: 91 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 3 AVG: 17 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 16 MAX: 92 Metro: Last Light Redux 1.0 Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 26.65 |============= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 25.73 |============ GeForce GTX 650 .... 27.32 |============= GeForce GTX 680 .... 73.91 |=================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 39.85 |=================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 46.47 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 68.99 |================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 104.11 |================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 77.11 |===================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 100.28 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 104.76 |================================================== Metro: Last Light Redux 1.0 Phoronix Test Suite v5.6.0m1 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 2.4 AVG: 45.9 MAX: 95.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 7.2 AVG: 46.9 MAX: 90.5 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 7.5 AVG: 44.3 MAX: 84.8 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 2.2 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 29.7 GeForce GTX 750 .... MIN: 4.8 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 53.9 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 2.2 AVG: 23.0 MAX: 48.0 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 4.9 AVG: 15.8 MAX: 32.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 2.3 AVG: 10.6 MAX: 28.6 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 13.9 MAX: 33.4 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.0 MAX: 26.6 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 2.3 AVG: 10.5 MAX: 27.2 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 79.90 |================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 45.13 |========== GeForce GTX 650 .... 77.45 |================= GeForce GTX 680 .... 188.86 |========================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 118.21 |========================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 131.18 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 173.49 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 223.83 |================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 183.08 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 218.17 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 224.14 |================================================== Atlantis Substance Demo 4.5.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 7.97 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 9.34 |========= GeForce GTX 650 .... 21.17 |==================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 33.24 |=============================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 24.54 |======================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 28.68 |========================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 31.62 |============================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 54.43 |================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 34.66 |================================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 51.71 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 55.30 |=================================================== Atlantis Substance Demo 4.5.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 348 MAX: 1241 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 7 AVG: 175 MAX: 947 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 127 MAX: 918 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 3 AVG: 46 MAX: 224 GeForce GTX 750 .... MIN: 5 AVG: 93 MAX: 836 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 4 AVG: 62 MAX: 284 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 51 MAX: 224 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 5 AVG: 21 MAX: 133 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 43 MAX: 355 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 22 MAX: 66 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 5 AVG: 20 MAX: 135 Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 11.90 |============== GeForce GTX 650 .... 11.45 |============= GeForce GTX 680 .... 29.87 |================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 14.00 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 18.75 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 26.81 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 44.18 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 29.36 |================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 41.42 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 43.97 |=================================================== Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 8 AVG: 196 MAX: 889 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 8 AVG: 169 MAX: 939 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 8 AVG: 41 MAX: 242 GeForce GTX 750 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 118 MAX: 1568 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 8 AVG: 77 MAX: 802 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 8 AVG: 47 MAX: 250 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 8 AVG: 25 MAX: 91 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 8 AVG: 42 MAX: 240 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 8 AVG: 28 MAX: 83 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 9 AVG: 26 MAX: 93 Matinee Fight Scene Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 6.53 |=========== GeForce GTX 650 .... 11.00 |================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 22.37 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 14.62 |======================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 16.88 |============================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 21.29 |==================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 30.45 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 21.60 |==================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 27.76 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 29.65 |================================================== Matinee Fight Scene Demo 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 23 AVG: 209 MAX: 599 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 20 AVG: 192 MAX: 512 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 17 AVG: 55 MAX: 179 GeForce GTX 750 .... MIN: 20 AVG: 132 MAX: 500 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 17 AVG: 98 MAX: 269 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 17 AVG: 61 MAX: 185 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 17 AVG: 35 MAX: 124 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 17 AVG: 59 MAX: 180 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 16 AVG: 41 MAX: 140 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 16 AVG: 37 MAX: 114 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 14.98 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 13.73 |======= GeForce GTX 650 .... 17.22 |========= GeForce GTX 680 .... 48.41 |========================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 28.71 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 33.41 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 43.69 |======================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 88.29 |================================================ GeForce GTX 960 .... 53.66 |============================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 84.85 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 93.72 |=================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 21.15 |============ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 17.82 |========== GeForce GTX 650 .... 20.05 |============ GeForce GTX 680 .... 64.51 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 29.83 |================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 34.39 |==================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 55.98 |================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 88.36 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 60.02 |=================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 83.89 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 88.12 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 72.25 |================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 54.61 |============= GeForce GTX 650 .... 63.49 |=============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 179.90 |============================================ GeForce GTX 750 .... 75.10 |================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 88.32 |===================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 161.14 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 205.98 |================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 143.44 |=================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 183.17 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 189.92 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 873 |============= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 705 |=========== GeForce GTX 650 .... 614 |========= GeForce GTX 680 .... 1931 |============================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 1039 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 1160 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 1726 |========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 3417 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 1787 |=========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 2735 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 3211 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 2031 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 1680 |====== GeForce GTX 650 .... 2415 |========= GeForce GTX 680 .... 8831 |================================ GeForce GTX 750 .... 4133 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 4198 |=============== GeForce GTX 760 .... 6777 |========================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 14002 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 8466 |=============================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 12333 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 12500 |============================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 322 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 259 |======= GeForce GTX 650 .... 177 |===== GeForce GTX 680 .... 641 |================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 566 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 662 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 528 |============== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1194 |================================ GeForce GTX 960 .... 1140 |=============================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 1756 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 1924 |==================================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 610 |========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 505 |======== GeForce GTX 650 .... 347 |===== GeForce GTX 680 .... 1291 |==================== GeForce GTX 750 .... 962 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 1025 |================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 1057 |================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 2446 |====================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 2019 |================================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 3114 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 3326 |==================================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 4355 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 3543 |======= GeForce GTX 650 .... 2458 |===== GeForce GTX 680 .... 8635 |================= GeForce GTX 750 .... 7687 |================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 9115 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 7344 |=============== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 18041 |===================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 14736 |============================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 22969 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 25168 |===================================================