Nouveau on Linux 4.4 and Linux 4.5 compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1602080-GA-NOUVEAULI19
Nouveau Linux 4.5 Performance
Nouveau on Linux 4.4 and Linux 4.5 compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Linux 4.5: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.4: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.5: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.4: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.5: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.4: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.5: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 4.4: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-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, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
NVIDIA 352.63: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
NVIDIA 352.63: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
NVIDIA 352.63: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
NVIDIA 352.63: 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 1940 |============================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 1939 |============================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 492 |=======
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 492 |=======
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 440 |======
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 440 |======
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 965 |==============
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 965 |==============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 3148 |=============================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 482 |=======
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 1479 |=====================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 1911 |===========================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 722 |=========================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 722 |=========================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 183 |======
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 183 |======
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 164 |======
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 164 |======
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 334 |============
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 335 |============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 1296 |=============================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 213 |=======
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 636 |======================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 828 |=============================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 255143 |==================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 254043 |==================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 107326 |==============
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 106983 |==============
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 99272 |=============
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 98879 |=============
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 113598 |===============
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 113278 |===============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 318935 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 144253 |===================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 270625 |====================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 271321 |=====================================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 3037 |======================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 3018 |======================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 1143 |========
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 1143 |========
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 909 |=======
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 908 |=======
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 1950 |==============
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 1935 |==============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 6100 |=============================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 1231 |=========
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 3230 |========================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 3142 |=======================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 68175 |============================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 68116 |============================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 24537 |================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 24537 |================
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 35230 |=======================
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 35197 |=======================
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 21462 |==============
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 21450 |==============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 63648 |=========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 40153 |==========================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 64312 |==========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 63034 |=========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 232.05 |=========================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 183.03 |====================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 116.50 |=============
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 111.03 |============
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 103.30 |===========
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 98.30 |===========
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 153.23 |=================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 144.10 |================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 394.03 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 127.00 |==============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 321.80 |===================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 350.67 |======================================
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 217.94 |==================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 210.83 |=================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 98.47 |================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 97.35 |===============
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 91.94 |===============
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 90.73 |==============
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 128.19 |====================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 127.45 |====================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 272.34 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 124.77 |====================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 219.18 |===================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 230.46 |====================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 310.12 |=====================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 307.26 |====================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 305.80 |====================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 309.55 |=====================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 305.78 |====================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 303.36 |====================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 312.32 |=====================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 304.03 |====================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 363.47 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 353.84 |==========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 361.39 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 358.41 |==========================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 233.32 |===================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 230.67 |===================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 149.37 |======================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 141.78 |=====================
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 131.32 |====================
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 125.21 |===================
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 199.31 |==============================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 184.78 |============================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 285.94 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 164.67 |=========================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 280.11 |==========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 284.13 |===========================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 183.94 |=================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 177.74 |================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 100.19 |==================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 95.24 |=================
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 87.92 |================
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 83.54 |===============
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 139.70 |=========================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 129.83 |========================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 236.92 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 110.61 |====================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 219.33 |========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 224.08 |=========================================
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 82.74 |==================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 82.27 |==================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 48.11 |===========
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 45.00 |==========
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 46.92 |==========
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 44.77 |==========
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 78.17 |=================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 75.37 |=================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 196.39 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 57.76 |=============
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 151.10 |=================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 165.39 |====================================
Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ 101.88 |======================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ 98.37 |=====================================
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ 94.99 |===================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ 83.45 |===============================
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ 87.05 |================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ 78.91 |=============================
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... 103.31 |======================================
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... 93.15 |===================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . 115.52 |===========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... 93.24 |===================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... 109.75 |=========================================
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... 110.19 |=========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.5: GTX 680 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 26.0
Linux 4.4: GTX 680 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 20.0
Linux 4.5: GTX 760 ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 25.0
Linux 4.4: GTX 760 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.0 MAX: 26.0
Linux 4.5: GTX 650 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 20.0
Linux 4.4: GTX 650 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 19.0
Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 26.0
Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.9 MAX: 24.0
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 20.0
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650 .... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 22.0
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 17.0
NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 17.0