Mesa 10.3 vs. Git Nouveau Benchmarks

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GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3
November 22 2014
 
GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3
November 22 2014
 
GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel
November 30 2014
 
GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel
November 26 2014
 
Intel HD 4600
December 01 2014
 
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March 03 2015
 
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Mesa 10.3 vs. Git Nouveau BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDisplay DriverGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develIntel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte Z97-HD3Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM8192MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0GeForce GTX 650Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thDELL S2409WRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.103.18.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.03.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1ext41920x1080GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 6503.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4GeForce GTX 760Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores)Supermicro X10SLV-Q v1.01128GB Crucial_CT128M55Intel HD 4600 (1150MHz)Intel Haswell HDMIIntel Connection I217-VLinuxMint 173.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Cinnamon 2.2.16X Server 1.15.1intel 2.99.9103.3 Mesa 10.1.3GCC 4.8Intel Core i7-4870HQ @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores)MSI MS-13F1Intel Crystal Well DRAM16384MB2 x 128GB KINGSTON RBU-SNSIntel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz)Intel Crystal Well HD AudioQualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260LinuxMint 17.13.16.0-31-generic (x86_64)Cinnamon 2.4.6X Server 1.16.0intel 2.99.9143.3 Mesa 10.3.2GCC 4.9.1OpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3, GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3, GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel, GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel: nouveau.pstate=1Processor Details- GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3, GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3, GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel, GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3: EXA- GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3: EXA- GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel: EXA- GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel: EXA- Intel HD 4600: SNA- Intel Iris Pro 5200: SNA

GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develIntel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%253%407%560%713%OpenArenaUnigine TropicsWarsowGpuTestGpuTest1920 x 10801920 x 10801920 x 1080Triangle - 1920 x 1080Furmark - 1920 x 1080

Mesa 10.3 vs. Git Nouveau Benchmarkscsgo: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080warsow: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develIntel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 520055.8780.6596.99104.1953.43145.64100.3762.478979840384.4492.98125.98102.5570.20138.8093.3183.399488075955.52101.3096.29120.57103.9680.17157.19115.2678.298989818584.5688.57125.46137.26102.5364.52142.00110.3590.909528072035.7316.5236.6382.3763.3745.2147442982254.8032.6129.60108549120OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-develMesa 10.320406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 355.5255.8784.4484.56
GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-develMesa 10.31632486480Min: 55.48 / Avg: 55.52 / Max: 55.57Min: 55.79 / Avg: 55.87 / Max: 55.99Min: 83.72 / Avg: 84.44 / Max: 84.98Min: 84.39 / Avg: 84.56 / Max: 84.89

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develIntel Iris Pro 520060120180240300SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 6SE +/- 21.29, N = 6SE +/- 19.91, N = 6SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 5.10, N = 235.7380.6588.5792.98101.30254.80MIN: 5 / MAX: 30010MIN: 1 / MAX: 30002MIN: 2 / MAX: 30006MIN: 5 / MAX: 596MIN: 1
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develIntel Iris Pro 520050100150200250Min: 35.7 / Avg: 35.73 / Max: 35.8Min: 48.2 / Avg: 80.65 / Max: 102.3Min: 41.2 / Avg: 88.57 / Max: 155.2Min: 51.1 / Avg: 92.98 / Max: 155.9Min: 100.4 / Avg: 101.3 / Max: 101.9Min: 249.7 / Avg: 254.8 / Max: 259.9

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.31326395265Min: 2 / Avg: 27.94 / Max: 65Min: 5 / Avg: 9.82 / Max: 32Min: 5 / Avg: 9.81 / Max: 25Min: 3 / Avg: 6.45 / Max: 18Min: 3 / Avg: 6.44 / Max: 19

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-develMesa 10.3306090120150SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 396.2996.99125.46125.98
GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-develMesa 10.320406080100Min: 95.88 / Avg: 96.29 / Max: 96.92Min: 96.69 / Avg: 96.99 / Max: 97.44Min: 125.12 / Avg: 125.46 / Max: 125.66Min: 125.72 / Avg: 125.98 / Max: 126.49

Team Fortress 2

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-devel306090120150SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3120.57137.26
GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 760OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.5-devel306090120150Min: 119.55 / Avg: 120.57 / Max: 121.12Min: 135.97 / Avg: 137.26 / Max: 138.76

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.320406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 316.5232.61102.53102.55103.96104.19
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.320406080100Min: 16.5 / Avg: 16.52 / Max: 16.53Min: 31.69 / Avg: 32.61 / Max: 34.77Min: 102.5 / Avg: 102.53 / Max: 102.54Min: 102.54 / Avg: 102.55 / Max: 102.56Min: 103.95 / Avg: 103.96 / Max: 103.97Min: 104.17 / Avg: 104.19 / Max: 104.2

Warsow

This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel Iris Pro 5200Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel20406080100SE +/- 0.63, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 7.65, N = 6SE +/- 7.64, N = 6SE +/- 11.13, N = 6SE +/- 1.47, N = 329.6036.6353.4364.5270.2080.17
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel Iris Pro 5200Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel1530456075Min: 27.1 / Avg: 29.6 / Max: 31.4Min: 36.5 / Avg: 36.63 / Max: 36.9Min: 29.9 / Avg: 53.43 / Max: 78Min: 45.9 / Avg: 64.52 / Max: 100.7Min: 34.6 / Avg: 70.2 / Max: 115.7Min: 77.7 / Avg: 80.17 / Max: 82.8

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 14.39, N = 6SE +/- 13.22, N = 6SE +/- 9.09, N = 6SE +/- 1.10, N = 382.37138.80142.00145.64157.19MIN: 42 / MAX: 109MIN: 1 / MAX: 260MIN: 1 / MAX: 258MIN: 2 / MAX: 243MIN: 17 / MAX: 242
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel306090120150Min: 82.31 / Avg: 82.37 / Max: 82.43Min: 97.02 / Avg: 138.8 / Max: 181.53Min: 103.66 / Avg: 142 / Max: 180.74Min: 110.18 / Avg: 145.64 / Max: 159.81Min: 155.14 / Avg: 157.19 / Max: 158.92

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 13.90, N = 6SE +/- 7.00, N = 6SE +/- 10.21, N = 6SE +/- 0.73, N = 363.3793.31100.37110.35115.26MIN: 30 / MAX: 93MIN: 1 / MAX: 235MIN: 1 / MAX: 199MIN: 1 / MAX: 234MIN: 16 / MAX: 198
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-devel20406080100Min: 63.31 / Avg: 63.37 / Max: 63.43Min: 59.7 / Avg: 93.31 / Max: 152.36Min: 81.48 / Avg: 100.37 / Max: 117.64Min: 78.84 / Avg: 110.35 / Max: 151.6Min: 114.19 / Avg: 115.26 / Max: 116.66

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 3.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 8.58, N = 6SE +/- 7.29, N = 645.2162.4778.2983.3990.90MIN: 22 / MAX: 74MIN: 1 / MAX: 159MIN: 14 / MAX: 158MIN: 1 / MAX: 206MIN: 1 / MAX: 206
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateIntel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-devel20406080100Min: 45.1 / Avg: 45.21 / Max: 45.27Min: 54.4 / Avg: 62.47 / Max: 79.15Min: 77.64 / Avg: 78.29 / Max: 79.28Min: 55.38 / Avg: 83.39 / Max: 112.53Min: 73.46 / Avg: 90.9 / Max: 113.52

GpuTest

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develIntel Iris Pro 52002004006008001000SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.17, N = 34748978989489521085
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develIntel Iris Pro 52002004006008001000Min: 471 / Avg: 474.33 / Max: 476Min: 897 / Avg: 897.33 / Max: 898Min: 898 / Avg: 898 / Max: 898Min: 946 / Avg: 948 / Max: 949Min: 952 / Avg: 952 / Max: 952Min: 1077 / Avg: 1084.67 / Max: 1099

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.320K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 657.37, N = 4SE +/- 360.68, N = 3SE +/- 92.58, N = 3SE +/- 53.85, N = 3SE +/- 192.81, N = 3SE +/- 75.59, N = 3429824912080720807599818598403
OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel HD 4600Intel Iris Pro 5200GeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 760: Mesa 10.3GeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.5-develGeForce GTX 650: Mesa 10.320K40K60K80K100KMin: 41015 / Avg: 42982 / Max: 43711Min: 48408 / Avg: 49120.33 / Max: 49575Min: 80573 / Avg: 80720 / Max: 80891Min: 80685 / Avg: 80759.33 / Max: 80864Min: 97801 / Avg: 98184.67 / Max: 98410Min: 98310 / Avg: 98403.33 / Max: 98553