Nouveau on Linux 4.4 and Linux 4.5 compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 760 GTX 680 Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon 16384MB 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB Realtek ALC1150 DELL P2415Q Intel Connection Ubuntu 15.10 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206 Unity X Server 1.17.2 nouveau 1.0.12 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz) 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz) 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64) MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206 MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz) 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz) 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz) 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA 352.63 4.5.0 MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - Linux 4.5: GTX 680, Linux 4.4: GTX 680, Linux 4.5: GTX 760, Linux 4.4: GTX 760, Linux 4.5: GTX 650, Linux 4.4: GTX 650, Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti, Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti: EXA Kernel Details - Linux 4.4: GTX 680, Linux 4.4: GTX 760, Linux 4.4: GTX 650, Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti: nouveau.pstate=1
csgo: 1920 x 1080 gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen openarena: 1920 x 1080 tf2: 1920 x 1080 tesseract: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 650 GTX 760 GTX 680 82.74 68175 3037 255143 722 1940 232.05 101.88 217.94 310.12 233.32 183.94 82.27 68116 3018 254043 722 1939 183.03 98.37 210.83 307.26 230.67 177.74 48.11 24537 1143 107326 183 492 116.50 94.99 98.47 305.80 149.37 100.19 45.00 24537 1143 106983 183 492 111.03 83.45 97.35 309.55 141.78 95.24 46.92 35230 909 99272 164 440 103.30 87.05 91.94 305.78 131.32 87.92 44.77 35197 908 98879 164 440 98.30 78.91 90.73 303.36 125.21 83.54 78.17 21462 1950 113598 334 965 153.23 103.31 128.19 312.32 199.31 139.70 75.37 21450 1935 113278 335 965 144.10 93.15 127.45 304.03 184.78 129.83 196.39 63648 6100 318935 1296 3148 394.03 115.52 272.34 363.47 285.94 236.92 57.76 40153 1231 144253 213 482 127.00 93.24 124.77 353.84 164.67 110.61 151.10 64312 3230 270625 636 1479 321.80 109.75 219.18 361.39 280.11 219.33 165.39 63034 3142 271321 828 1911 350.67 110.19 230.46 358.41 284.13 224.08 OpenBenchmarking.org
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 2.07, N = 6 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 4.39, N = 6 SE +/- 0.77, N = 6 SE +/- 0.63, N = 5 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 3.21, N = 4 SE +/- 8.30, N = 6 SE +/- 20.52, N = 6 SE +/- 24.45, N = 6 82.74 48.11 46.92 78.17 82.27 45.00 44.77 75.37 196.39 57.76 151.10 165.39
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 15K 30K 45K 60K 75K SE +/- 21.85, N = 3 SE +/- 2.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 9.17, N = 3 SE +/- 25.90, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 629.67, N = 3 SE +/- 33.62, N = 3 SE +/- 49.54, N = 3 SE +/- 344.78, N = 3 68175 24537 35230 21462 68116 24537 35197 21450 63648 40153 64312 63034
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 15.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 5.93, N = 3 3037 1143 909 1950 3018 1143 908 1935 6100 1231 3230 3142
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 70K 140K 210K 280K 350K SE +/- 9.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.51, N = 3 SE +/- 4.18, N = 3 SE +/- 19.55, N = 3 SE +/- 4.33, N = 3 SE +/- 5.57, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 61.76, N = 3 SE +/- 5102.54, N = 6 SE +/- 723.76, N = 3 SE +/- 453.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1292.43, N = 3 255143 107326 99272 113598 254043 106983 98879 113278 318935 144253 270625 271321
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 20.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 722 183 164 334 722 183 164 335 1296 213 636 828
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 8.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 6.84, N = 3 1940 492 440 965 1939 492 440 965 3148 482 1479 1911
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 5.60, N = 6 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.96, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 3.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 232.05 116.50 103.30 153.23 183.03 111.03 98.30 144.10 394.03 127.00 321.80 350.67
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 6 12 18 24 30 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.64 / Max: 26 Min: 4 / Avg: 8.56 / Max: 25 Min: 5 / Avg: 9.64 / Max: 20 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.62 / Max: 26 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.46 / Max: 20 Min: 5 / Avg: 8.96 / Max: 26 Min: 5 / Avg: 10.14 / Max: 19 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.91 / Max: 24 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.56 / Max: 20 Min: 5 / Avg: 7.86 / Max: 22 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.07 / Max: 17 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.82 / Max: 17
Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.86, N = 6 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 2.13, N = 6 SE +/- 1.38, N = 6 SE +/- 1.85, N = 6 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 6 SE +/- 1.75, N = 3 SE +/- 2.71, N = 6 SE +/- 1.44, N = 6 SE +/- 3.12, N = 6 SE +/- 2.78, N = 6 101.88 94.99 87.05 103.31 98.37 83.45 78.91 93.15 115.52 93.24 109.75 110.19
Tesseract Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 5.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 3.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 217.94 98.47 91.94 128.19 210.83 97.35 90.73 127.45 272.34 124.77 219.18 230.46
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 3.66, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 3.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 3.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 3 SE +/- 1.82, N = 3 SE +/- 2.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 310.12 305.80 305.78 312.32 307.26 309.55 303.36 304.03 363.47 353.84 361.39 358.41
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 3.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 3.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 233.32 149.37 131.32 199.31 230.67 141.78 125.21 184.78 285.94 164.67 280.11 284.13
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Linux 4.5 Linux 4.4 NVIDIA 352.63 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 650 GTX 780 Ti 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 3 SE +/- 2.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 183.94 100.19 87.92 139.70 177.74 95.24 83.54 129.83 236.92 110.61 219.33 224.08
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