NVIDIA Nouveau 1080p 2015 Linux

End of year 2015 NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux graphics driver benchmarking. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1512223-GA-NOUVEAU7224.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNVIDIA 358.16Nouveau GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 750 Ti GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 750 TiIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)Realtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.2.0-22-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2NVIDIA 358.164.4.0ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64)nouveau 1.0.124.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (405/810MHz)3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveKernel Details- Nouveau: GTX 680, Nouveau: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau: GTX 760, Nouveau: GTX 650, Nouveau: GTX 750 Ti: nouveau.pstate=1Graphics Details- Nouveau: GTX 680, Nouveau: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau: GTX 760, Nouveau: GTX 650: EXA

bioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Highdirt-showdown: 1920 x 1080 - High - 2x MSAAmetro2033-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltimateNVIDIA 358.16Nouveau GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 750 Ti GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 750 Ti125.16123.61133.77130.04344.57224.19109.8064.70223.37119.84115.00130.27120.55320.17214.35108.3355.76216.21127.80125.40135.38153.56392.33267.75105.9591.43231.2161.7045.8255.8944.34126.77122.9991.5020.13110.4395.5981.0497.3285.53250.87180.92104.3134.63147.9436.5914.51188.33192.4492.5643.1574.6116.3613.75141.07126.6891.0019.9195.9832.9514.62167.10182.34101.3530.14113.8618.0514.4898.4391.4680.7212.4267.3331.1322.7821.593.26OpenBenchmarking.org

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti306090120150SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 2.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3125.16119.84127.8061.7095.5936.5916.3632.9518.05

DiRT Showdown

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDiRT ShowdownResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAAGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3123.61115.00125.4045.8281.0414.5113.7514.6214.48

Metro 2033 Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro 2033 ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti306090120150SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3133.77130.27135.3855.8997.32

Metro: Last Light Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3130.04120.55153.5644.3485.53

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti90180270360450SE +/- 1.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3344.57320.17392.33126.77250.87188.33141.07167.1098.4331.13

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti1530456075Min: 1 / Avg: 2.85 / Max: 17Min: 1 / Avg: 3.12 / Max: 18Min: 1 / Avg: 2.54 / Max: 17Min: 5 / Avg: 7.87 / Max: 22Min: 2 / Avg: 3.97 / Max: 18Min: 1 / Avg: 5.38 / Max: 17Min: 3 / Avg: 7.08 / Max: 25Min: 2 / Avg: 5.94 / Max: 25Min: 5 / Avg: 10.11 / Max: 28Min: 3 / Avg: 31.97 / Max: 81

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti60120180240300SE +/- 3.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 2.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3224.19214.35267.75122.99180.92192.44126.68182.3491.4622.78

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti20406080100SE +/- 2.87, N = 6SE +/- 2.77, N = 6SE +/- 3.17, N = 6SE +/- 1.55, N = 6SE +/- 2.76, N = 6SE +/- 2.75, N = 6SE +/- 2.15, N = 6SE +/- 2.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 9.45, N = 6109.80108.33105.9591.50104.3191.00101.3580.7221.5992.56

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 364.7055.7691.4320.1334.6343.1519.9130.1412.423.26

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

NVIDIA 358.16NouveauOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 650GTX 750 Ti50100150200250SE +/- 1.74, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 1.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3223.37216.21231.21110.43147.9474.6195.98113.8667.33

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4