Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4

Benchmarks of a few Nouveau vs. Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1511230-HA-NOUVEAULI78&grs&rdt.

Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)Realtek ALC1150SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118UnityX Server 1.17.2nouveau 1.0.114.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext42560x1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBradeon 7.6.993.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MBOpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 650: nouveau.pstate=1Processor Details- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 760: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 650: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6570: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: EXA- GeForce GTX 760: EXA- GeForce GTX 680: EXA- GeForce GTX 650: EXA- Radeon HD 6870: EXA- Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR- Radeon R7 370: GLAMOR- Radeon HD 6950: EXA- Radeon HD 6570: EXA

Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreentesseract: 2560 x 1600openarena: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimategputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreenxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - UltraGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 657030.51110882.2587.8771.496462591.8421.4559258.1465.0049.055944168.9169.361888148.17156.5599.01140368131.1221.2648852.9557.2743.685252162.7239.30100587.3897.4766.58109767103.2186.702961141.67179.53150.85159024186.5757.071778113.39135.50115.46151.3446.42112487.3564.6790.3175208120.4910.8730.6337.22OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 657020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 330.5121.4569.3621.2639.3086.7057.0746.4210.87

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 69506001200180024003000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.69, N = 3SE +/- 10.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3110859218884881005296117781124

Tesseract

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 382.2558.14148.1752.9587.38141.67113.3987.3530.63

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 65704080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 3.34, N = 6SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 587.8765.00156.5557.2797.47179.53135.5064.6737.22MIN: 6MIN: 9MIN: 2MIN: 10MIN: 1 / MAX: 262MIN: 1 / MAX: 209MIN: 1 / MAX: 200MIN: 1 / MAX: 263MIN: 2 / MAX: 1089

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 65701326395265Min: 6 / Avg: 11.34 / Max: 68Min: 9 / Avg: 15.24 / Max: 30Min: 2 / Avg: 6.32 / Max: 57Min: 10 / Avg: 17.42 / Max: 41Min: 3 / Avg: 10.34 / Max: 23Min: 2 / Avg: 5.61 / Max: 40Min: 2 / Avg: 7.48 / Max: 33Min: 3 / Avg: 15.63 / Max: 36Min: 4 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 62

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950306090120150SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 2.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 371.4949.0599.0143.6866.58150.85115.4690.31MIN: 25 / MAX: 138MIN: 16 / MAX: 98MIN: 18 / MAX: 255MIN: 15 / MAX: 85MIN: 27 / MAX: 139MIN: 36 / MAX: 354MIN: 35 / MAX: 263MIN: 35 / MAX: 173

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 695030K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 11.35, N = 3SE +/- 8.84, N = 3SE +/- 36.12, N = 3SE +/- 19.06, N = 3SE +/- 45.88, N = 3SE +/- 585.33, N = 3SE +/- 24.77, N = 364625594411403685252110976715902475208

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650Radeon HD 6870Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 69504080120160200SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 3.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 391.8468.91131.1262.72103.21186.57151.34120.49MIN: 40 / MAX: 167MIN: 30 / MAX: 122MIN: 62 / MAX: 306MIN: 27 / MAX: 107MIN: 30 / MAX: 190MIN: 99 / MAX: 453MIN: 75 / MAX: 312MIN: 47 / MAX: 202

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