NVIDIA Nouveau 1080p 2015 Linux
End of year 2015 NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux graphics driver benchmarking. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 680
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 760
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz).
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 780 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 650
Changed Graphics to MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz).
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 750 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz).
Nouveau: GTX 680
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Nouveau: GTX 780 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz).
Nouveau: GTX 760
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz).
Nouveau: GTX 650
Changed Graphics to MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz).
Nouveau: GTX 750 Ti
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (405/810MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
DiRT Showdown
This is a benchmark of DiRT Showdown on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenArena
BioShock Infinite
A Steam-based test of the BioShock Infinite game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Metro: Last Light Redux
A Steam-based test of the Metro: Last Light Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Xonotic
This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Unigine Valley
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Metro 2033 Redux
A Steam-based test of the Metro 2033 Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenArena
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.
Team Fortress 2
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 680
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2015 10:12 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 760
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2015 11:16 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 780 Ti
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2015 12:27 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 650
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2015 14:07 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA 358.16: GTX 750 Ti
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2015 15:06 by user phoronix.
Nouveau: GTX 680
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 22 December 2015 07:55 by user phoronix.
Nouveau: GTX 780 Ti
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 22 December 2015 08:54 by user phoronix.
Nouveau: GTX 760
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 22 December 2015 09:49 by user phoronix.
Nouveau: GTX 650
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 22 December 2015 10:33 by user phoronix.
Nouveau: GTX 750 Ti
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (405/810MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: nouveau.pstate=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 22 December 2015 11:22 by user phoronix.