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,
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",16.25,66.19,66.03,65.97,66.07,66.04
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",44.74,203.79,196.97,176.46,184.29,186.09
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",48.52,173.12,170.71,169.87,172.38,172.01
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",187.82,195.48,202.63,199.61
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",42.27,45.55,45.35,45.27,45.39
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",86.44,71.61,72.88,83.42,100.8,78.46
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",42.17,43.76,46.78,46.26,44.28,46.77
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",75.27,75.12,75.73
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",46.53,47.24,47
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",80.47,79.87,92.65,80.91,83.46,79.05
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",48.04,47.53,48.76
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",76.93,78.96,78.61
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",127,127.1,126.9
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",347.9,352.9,351.2
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",322.9,319.5,323
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",394.7,400,387.4
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",98.2,98.4,98.3
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",182.9,184.1,182.1
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",110.8,111.2,111.1
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",143.5,144.7,144.1
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",103.2,103.4,103.3
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",240,221.8,252.2,236.8,227.4,214.1
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",116.6,116.5,116.4
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",152.3,157,150.4
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",124.1783,124.9518,125.1768
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",230.1804,231.8625,229.3393
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",218.1456,213.3147,226.0889
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",272.3355,281.3816,263.2976
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",90.49941,91.14457,90.55769
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",208.2139,208.3811,215.8839
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",96.87449,97.75442,97.43231
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",128.3364,126.6576,127.3586
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",91.32358,92.07922,92.42553
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",216.0775,219.9578,217.7827
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",97.47709,98.44501,99.47681
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",128.7447,127.1115,128.7041
"Team Fortress 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",88.64,95.03,89.14,94.7,97.4,94.54
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",100.76,110.93,119.8,104.42,111.07,114.16
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",95.65,111.79,116.89,114.89,107.14,112.13
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",103.03,114.01,117.2,118.02,121.9,118.98
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",73.14,77.7,78.65,83.12,81.32,79.54
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",92.38,93.54,99.49,99.31,103.84,101.68
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",81.84,82.89,85.62
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",89.66,94.75,95.05
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",77.05,86.64,89.27,89.02,92.19,88.11
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",93.63,102.83,101.53,106.64,101.34,105.28
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",93.28,95.06,96.63
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",96.6,105.93,104.33,104.49,104.87,103.65
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",357.4769004,351.775917,352.2798347
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",359.6479007,358.6891527,356.8982449
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",363.4062357,364.0765417,356.6951532
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",363.4971439,365.4554305,361.4478672
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",297.6820272,304.3956241,308.0029531
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",301.0503942,310.1769218,310.5620394
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",309.6178256,309.0864922,309.9447274
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",305.9310483,304.8258435,301.3376533
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",306.1422523,307.4185136,303.7755304
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",302.8318464,313.1352685,314.4018369
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",310.0466147,301.0770303,306.2730659
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",314.7787952,315.0579856,307.1141711
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",164.2888332,165.2679094,164.450274
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",287.5525156,282.4457887,282.406165
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",278.760046,279.9267788,281.6330432
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",279.5957572,289.32997,288.9013009
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",125.2245558,124.9527026,125.4532348
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",228.7961816,230.0484423,233.1670595
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",142.3923413,141.3545035,141.5843775
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",183.6858505,184.4412421,186.2048738
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",131.3982221,131.1930548,131.3790562
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",228.1230385,232.4783533,239.3509873
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",148.9600728,149.4637739,149.6981411
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",200.9368553,200.4500652,196.5395135
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",110.2447234,110.7895641,110.7954463
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",224.5118735,225.1294441,222.6061692
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",218.3354858,218.2470663,221.4223467
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",237.5606899,236.6816956,236.526446
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",84.0283126,83.3939641,83.1958993
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",177.521734,181.7864181,173.9186504
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",95.2038383,94.779189,95.7495651
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",129.6038273,129.1796978,130.7200511
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",87.634264,88.5432158,87.5725027
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",183.9321378,183.6659416,184.2243504
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",100.1855682,100.2662396,100.1269277
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",140.6119251,140.491802,137.9935152
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",40147,40214,40098
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",62809,63711,62582
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",64409,64279,64247
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",64412,62399,64133
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",35200,35195,35196
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",68167,68096,68084
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",24540,24537,24533
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",21450,21456,21443
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",35230,35228,35232
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",68152,68155,68219
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",24532,24540,24540
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",21452,21480,21453
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",1231,1231,1231
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",3139,3153,3133
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",3230,3229,3232
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",6130,6088,6082
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",908,908,908
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",3018,3018,3018
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",1143,1143,1143
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",1934,1934,1938
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",910,909,909
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",3033,3038,3039
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",1143,1143,1143
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",1950,1950,1950
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",145699,143594,143467
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",273674,271070,269218
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",270633,271407,269836
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",311276,312585,339940,328286,307611,313914
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",98882,98877,98877
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",254047,254047,254034
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",106994,106976,106979
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",113210,113401,113222
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",99267,99280,99268
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",255152,255152,255125
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",107321,107337,107320
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",113620,113559,113615
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",213,213,213
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",828,828,828
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",635,637,637
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",1337,1271,1280
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",164,164,164
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",722,722,722
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",182,184,184
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",335,334,335
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",164,166,163
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",722,722,722
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",183,182,183
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",334,334,334
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",482,482,482
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",1918,1917,1897
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",1477,1479,1482
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",3158,3131,3156
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",440,440,439
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",1940,1939,1939
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",492,492,492
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",965,965,965
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",439,440,440
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",1940,1940,1940
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",492,492,492
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",965,965,965
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 650",
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 680",
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 760",
"NVIDIA 352.63: GTX 780 Ti",
"Linux 4.4: GTX 650",
"Linux 4.4: GTX 680",
"Linux 4.4: GTX 760",
"Linux 4.4: GTX 780 Ti",
"Linux 4.5: GTX 650",
"Linux 4.5: GTX 680",
"Linux 4.5: GTX 760",
"Linux 4.5: GTX 780 Ti",