Nouveau GTX 900 Linux 4.6 Testing

Nouveau Linux 4.6 kernel testing with the GeForce GTX 900 series 3D support compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-dev: GTX 950
March 24 2016
 
Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-dev: GTX 960
March 24 2016
 
Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-dev: GTX 980
March 24 2016
 
Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-dev: GTX 980 Ti
March 23 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 950
March 24 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 960
March 24 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 980
March 24 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 980 Ti
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Nouveau GTX 900 Linux 4.6 TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MBeVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MBeVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz)Realtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201603224.4.0-15-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.1nouveau 1.0.12NVIDIA 364.123.3 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-43c6f3f 2016-03-23 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.44.5.0GCC 5.3.1 20160320ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau GTX 900 Linux 4.6 Testing BenchmarksSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 3840 x 2160tf2: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultragputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenLinux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devNVIDIA 364.12 GTX 950 GTX 960 GTX 980 GTX 980 Ti GTX 950 GTX 960 GTX 980 GTX 980 Ti42.2323.2611.6225.624.7240.1913.0910.434235728558247.4325.2011.9227.985.5841.5014.0311.60394881856081.7340.8118.4147.229.5676.1025.7721.508019154144552896123.1764.8126.8973.8013.38150.9548.6638.22158892782518438132359.07240.57103.97110.9654.06372.73155.35102.4436600107185278194582418.83260.33118.58111.8962.81397.80174.59121.8938254116289871253765457.12355.44186.68111.8294.00440.25295.07204.595955019961600183881146432.95385.17218.47112.54108.40432.67326.30237.317343726251994585041500OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 950100200300400500SE +/- 12.61, N = 6SE +/- 6.63, N = 6SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 8.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3432.95457.12418.83359.07123.1781.7347.4342.23

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.

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95080160240320400SE +/- 2.98, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3385.17355.44260.33240.5764.8140.8125.2023.26

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160GTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95050100150200250SE +/- 1.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3218.47186.68118.58103.9726.8918.4111.9211.62

Team Fortress 2

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 950306090120150SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 5SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3112.54111.82111.89110.9673.8047.2227.9825.62

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.

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95020406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3108.4094.0062.8154.0613.389.565.584.72

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.

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 950100200300400500SE +/- 1.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3432.67440.25397.80372.73150.9576.1041.5040.19

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95070140210280350SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3326.30295.07174.59155.3548.6625.7714.0313.09

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95050100150200250SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3237.31204.59121.89102.4438.2221.5011.6010.43

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95016K32K48K64K80KSE +/- 168.70, N = 3SE +/- 229.19, N = 3SE +/- 187.57, N = 3SE +/- 122.08, N = 3SE +/- 8.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 37343759550382543660015889801939484235

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 9506001200180024003000SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 326251996116210712781548172

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95040K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 1287.92, N = 3SE +/- 874.30, N = 3SE +/- 376.67, N = 3SE +/- 287.50, N = 3SE +/- 13.86, N = 3SE +/- 10.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31994581600188987185278251841445585608558

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 950110220330440550SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 350438825319438282

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 95030060090012001500SE +/- 4.51, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31500114676558213296

OpenArena

NVIDIA 364.12Linux 4.6 + Mesa 11.3-devOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 980 TiGTX 980GTX 960GTX 9501224364860Min: 1 / Avg: 2.22 / Max: 7Min: 1 / Avg: 2.14 / Max: 7Min: 1 / Avg: 2.37 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 2.71 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 8.05 / Max: 31Min: 1 / Avg: 12.4 / Max: 33Min: 2 / Avg: 21.05 / Max: 58Min: 2 / Avg: 23.61 / Max: 63