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.
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Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 780 Ti Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon R9 290 Radeon R7 370 Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz) Realtek ALC1150 SyncMaster Intel Connection Ubuntu 15.10 4.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118 Unity X Server 1.17.2 nouveau 1.0.11 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MB radeon 7.6.99 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB OpenBenchmarking.org Kernel Details - GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 780 Ti: nouveau.pstate=1 Processor Details - GeForce GTX 650: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - GeForce GTX 760: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - Radeon HD 6570: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Radeon HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Radeon HD 6950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Radeon R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - GeForce GTX 650: EXA - GeForce GTX 680: EXA - GeForce GTX 760: EXA - GeForce GTX 780 Ti: EXA - Radeon HD 6570: EXA - Radeon HD 6870: EXA - Radeon HD 6950: EXA - Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR - Radeon R7 370: GLAMOR
Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4 gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen openarena: 2560 x 1600 tesseract: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 780 Ti Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon R9 290 Radeon R7 370 52521 488 57.27 52.95 62.72 43.68 21.26 140368 1888 156.55 148.17 131.12 99.01 69.36 59441 592 65.00 58.14 68.91 49.05 21.45 64625 1108 87.87 82.25 91.84 71.49 30.51 37.22 30.63 10.87 109767 1005 97.47 87.38 103.21 66.58 39.30 75208 1124 64.67 87.35 120.49 90.31 46.42 159024 2961 179.53 141.67 186.57 150.85 86.70 1778 135.50 113.39 151.34 115.46 57.07 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 30K 60K 90K 120K 150K SE +/- 585.33, N = 3 SE +/- 36.12, N = 3 SE +/- 45.88, N = 3 SE +/- 24.77, N = 3 SE +/- 11.35, N = 3 SE +/- 8.84, N = 3 SE +/- 19.06, N = 3 159024 140368 109767 75208 64625 59441 52521
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon R7 370 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 780 Ti Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 7.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 10.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 2961 1888 1778 1124 1108 1005 592 488
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon R7 370 Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 6570 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 3.34, N = 6 SE +/- 2.64, N = 6 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 5 179.53 156.55 135.50 97.47 87.87 65.00 64.67 57.27 37.22 MIN: 1 / MAX: 209 MIN: 2 MIN: 1 / MAX: 200 MIN: 1 / MAX: 262 MIN: 6 MIN: 9 MIN: 1 / MAX: 263 MIN: 10 MIN: 2 / MAX: 1089
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon R9 290 Radeon R7 370 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 6570 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 148.17 141.67 113.39 87.38 87.35 82.25 58.14 52.95 30.63
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Radeon R9 290 Radeon R7 370 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 3.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 186.57 151.34 131.12 120.49 103.21 91.84 68.91 62.72 MIN: 99 / MAX: 453 MIN: 75 / MAX: 312 MIN: 62 / MAX: 306 MIN: 47 / MAX: 202 MIN: 30 / MAX: 190 MIN: 40 / MAX: 167 MIN: 30 / MAX: 122 MIN: 27 / MAX: 107
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Radeon R9 290 Radeon R7 370 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 780 Ti Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 150.85 115.46 99.01 90.31 71.49 66.58 49.05 43.68 MIN: 36 / MAX: 354 MIN: 35 / MAX: 263 MIN: 18 / MAX: 255 MIN: 35 / MAX: 173 MIN: 25 / MAX: 138 MIN: 27 / MAX: 139 MIN: 16 / MAX: 98 MIN: 15 / MAX: 85
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon R7 370 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 6570 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 86.70 69.36 57.07 46.42 39.30 30.51 21.45 21.26 10.87
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon R7 370 Radeon HD 6870 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 6950 GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 6570 13 26 39 52 65 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.61 / Max: 40 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.32 / Max: 57 Min: 2 / Avg: 7.48 / Max: 33 Min: 3 / Avg: 10.34 / Max: 23 Min: 6 / Avg: 11.34 / Max: 68 Min: 9 / Avg: 15.24 / Max: 30 Min: 3 / Avg: 15.63 / Max: 36 Min: 10 / Avg: 17.42 / Max: 41 Min: 4 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 62
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