NVIDIA 1080p 2014 vs. 2015 Linux

End of year 2015 Nouveau Linux graphics driver benchmarking compared to year prior. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1512247-GA-2015NOUVE65&grs&rdt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCompilerEnd Of 2015End Of 2014 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 780 TiIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)Realtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2nouveau 1.0.124.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)Intel Xeon E5 v3/CoreNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (967/1620MHz)Intel C610/X99DELL P2415QUbuntu 14.103.16.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0nouveau 1.0.113.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (862/1620MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/1620MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- nouveau.pstate=1Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- EXA

unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreentesseract: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimatetf2: 1920 x 1080End Of 2015End Of 2014 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti43.15192.44188.3374.6192.5619.91126.68141.0795.9891.0030.14182.34167.10113.86101.3512.4291.4698.4367.3380.7219.94118.86132.0790.7785.7412.4894.7499.7768.1575.3821.22123.22139.0295.2786.5615.42100.30128.3080.9180.12OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 6501020304050SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 343.1519.9130.1412.4219.9412.4821.2215.42

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 650612182430Min: 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: 7.46 / Max: 24Min: 4 / Avg: 10.07 / Max: 25Min: 2 / Avg: 7.29 / Max: 17Min: 3 / Avg: 7.8 / Max: 24

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 6504080120160200SE +/- 2.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 2.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3192.44126.68182.3491.46118.8694.74123.22100.30

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 6504080120160200SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 3.87, N = 6SE +/- 1.12, N = 3188.33141.07167.1098.43132.0799.77139.02128.30

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateGTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 650306090120150SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 374.6195.98113.8667.3390.7768.1595.2780.91

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

End Of 2015End Of 2014OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 65020406080100SE +/- 9.45, N = 6SE +/- 2.75, N = 6SE +/- 2.15, N = 6SE +/- 2.79, N = 6SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 1.63, N = 6SE +/- 1.26, N = 6SE +/- 1.39, N = 392.5691.00101.3580.7285.7475.3886.5680.12

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