Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux NVIDIA OpenGL Tests

Windows vs. Linux NVIDIA OpenGL benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1604128-HA-NVIDIA72386&sor&grt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 16.04Windows 10 GTX 950 GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX TITAN X GTX 950 GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX TITAN XIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz)Realtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-18-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.3NVIDIA 364.154.5.01.0.5GCC 5.3.1 20160407ext43840x2160eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz)Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)112GBWindows NT10.0 (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 950, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 970, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX 980 Ti, Ubuntu 16.04: GTX TITAN X: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

gputest: GiMark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Plot3D - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: TessMark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreenopenarena: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - UltimateUbuntu 16.04Windows 10 GTX 950 GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX TITAN X GTX 950 GTX 970 GTX 980 Ti GTX TITAN X2702365161063580684741194582367.5348.8750.0254.09375.07155.25102.5170.40443954184176794391382923731101465.0387.9390.1889.50443.40269.77186.54128.905680731872621123561963225061500448.46120.51125.89109.00437.51327.71238.01166.365530758372499127632000575521616463.57128.62132.07113.84443.17335.35251.61177.322686348351056575978084194583311.9748.3746.9955.33377.00312.25256.36181.88428250638176693501278723741100359.3786.6781.8194.66364.35311.88278.19216.285606635362613120051677725071504331.65118.26109.51119.75364.47318.22280.78223.385311693032500122141684324901390342.20122.52114.26122.21380.66335.46294.35233.15OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 95012002400360048006000SE +/- 23.21, N = 3SE +/- 17.93, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 15.17, N = 3SE +/- 15.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 356805530443927025606531142822686

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 95016K32K48K64K80KSE +/- 149.74, N = 3SE +/- 207.72, N = 3SE +/- 207.28, N = 3SE +/- 88.56, N = 3SE +/- 58.74, N = 3SE +/- 227.79, N = 3SE +/- 312.55, N = 3SE +/- 134.22, N = 37583773187541843651669303635365063834835

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX TITAN XGTX 970GTX 9506001200180024003000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 6.84, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 326212499176710632613250017661056

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 9503K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 39.31, N = 3SE +/- 33.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 87.00, N = 3SE +/- 72.38, N = 3SE +/- 9.39, N = 3SE +/- 3.46, N = 3127631235694395806122141200593505759

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 95040K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 489.31, N = 3SE +/- 408.63, N = 3SE +/- 361.53, N = 3SE +/- 304.34, N = 3SE +/- 76.22, N = 3SE +/- 136.70, N = 3SE +/- 193.36, N = 3SE +/- 299.89, N = 32000571963221382928474116843216777212787278084

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 950120240360480600SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3552506373194507490374194

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 95030060090012001500SE +/- 6.17, N = 3SE +/- 7.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 5.36, N = 3SE +/- 5.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3161615001101582150413901100583

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 970GTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 950100200300400500SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 6.62, N = 5SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 5.32, N = 6SE +/- 0.90, N = 3465.03463.57448.46367.53359.37342.20331.65311.97

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 970GTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 95048121620Min: 1 / Avg: 2.14 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 2.15 / Max: 6Min: 1 / Avg: 2.19 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.71 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.77 / Max: 13Min: 1 / Avg: 2.88 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 2.94 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.17 / Max: 16

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 950306090120150SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3128.62120.5187.9348.87122.52118.2686.6748.37

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 950306090120150SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3132.07125.8990.1850.02114.26109.5181.8146.99

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 950306090120150SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3122.21119.7594.6655.33113.84109.0089.5054.09

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Ubuntu 16.04Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGTX 970GTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 950100200300400500SE +/- 1.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.42, N = 3443.40443.17437.51375.07380.66377.00364.47364.35

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 950GTX 97070140210280350SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 2.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3335.46318.22312.25311.88335.35327.71269.77155.25

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 95060120180240300SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3294.35280.78278.19256.36251.61238.01186.54102.51

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGTX TITAN XGTX 980 TiGTX 970GTX 95050100150200250SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3233.15223.38216.28181.88177.32166.36128.9070.40

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