NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux Boost Testing Karol Herbst's 4.5 re-clocking Git tree on Ubuntu 16.04 with Mesa 11.3-dev. GLXVBlank 0. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com compared to NVIDIA Linux graphics driver.
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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 Vulkan Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 Boost 1 Boost 2 Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 Intel Sky Lake 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB Realtek ALC1150 DELL P2415Q Intel Connection Ubuntu 16.04 4.6.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160413 Unity 7.4.0 X Server 1.18.3 nouveau 1.0.12 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.3.1 20160413 ext4 3840x2160 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB 4.5.0-karolherbst-nouveau (x86_64) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz) 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA 364.15 4.5.0 1.0.5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - Linux 4.6 Git: GTX 680, Linux 4.6 Git: GTX 760, Linux 4.6 Git: GTX 780 Ti, Boost 1: GTX 680, Boost 2: GTX 680, Boost 1: GTX 760, Boost 2: GTX 760, Boost 1: GTX 780 Ti, Boost 2: GTX 780 Ti: EXA
bioshock-infinite: 3840 x 2160 - Very High dirt-showdown: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra - 4x MSAA openarena: 2560 x 1440 tesseract: 2560 x 1440 tesseract: 3840 x 2160 tf2: 3840 x 2160 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimate gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 Boost 1 Boost 2 Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti 25.41 20.72 211.70 166.51 88.17 100.58 44.04 137.74 100.43 34888 1198 72134 194 486 8.40 13.07 72.03 56.73 31.85 37.27 13.49 46.71 32.99 13719 346 30704 49 123 9.73 13.16 96.93 78.33 46.11 53.79 20.10 68.32 51.12 14137 666 33403 91 243 23.42 20.50 198.10 152.19 81.47 97.13 40.27 128.77 92.66 32828 1113 70338 171 429 23.52 20.50 204.93 157.00 82.00 96.47 40.33 128.93 93.30 32850 1114 70301 171 429 20.73 18.75 165.93 129.48 68.45 83.18 32.23 107.55 76.46 32337 856 66826 125 315 21.60 15.43 156.10 131.52 71.87 84.13 34.30 108.51 77.73 33843 919 68200 136 341 27.75 23.92 245.97 208.34 120.20 119.92 54.60 187.00 133.82 40348 1904 104577 259 696 30.22 25.54 258.47 220.26 130.20 120.45 59.54 199.30 141.48 43943 2084 112154 286 769 57.30 21.80 224.43 178.79 99.66 89.40 55.70 135.45 94.42 44292 990 127944 169 376 67.45 25.65 274.93 202.36 112.84 96.74 64.86 156.43 110.95 43285 1276 131704 220 485 99.42 41.24 350.47 271.99 174.59 104.39 92.59 240.16 171.14 52104 2026 182879 359 812 OpenBenchmarking.org
BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 25.41 8.40 9.73 23.42 20.73 27.75 23.52 21.60 30.22 57.30 67.45 99.42
DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 20.72 13.07 13.16 20.50 18.75 23.92 20.50 15.43 25.54 21.80 25.65 41.24
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 211.70 72.03 96.93 198.10 165.93 245.97 204.93 156.10 258.47 224.43 274.93 350.47
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 9 18 27 36 45 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.7 / Max: 19 Min: 8 / Avg: 13.86 / Max: 23 Min: 4 / Avg: 10.31 / Max: 44 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.05 / Max: 24 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.11 / Max: 28 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.07 / Max: 33 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.87 / Max: 28 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.36 / Max: 20 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.84 / Max: 32 Min: 3 / Avg: 4.44 / Max: 20 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.62 / Max: 7 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.83 / Max: 19
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 2.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 3.01, N = 3 166.51 56.73 78.33 152.19 129.48 208.34 157.00 131.52 220.26 178.79 202.36 271.99
Tesseract Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 88.17 31.85 46.11 81.47 68.45 120.20 82.00 71.87 130.20 99.66 112.84 174.59
Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 100.58 37.27 53.79 97.13 83.18 119.92 96.47 84.13 120.45 89.40 96.74 104.39
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 44.04 13.49 20.10 40.27 32.23 54.60 40.33 34.30 59.54 55.70 64.86 92.59
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 137.74 46.71 68.32 128.77 107.55 187.00 128.93 108.51 199.30 135.45 156.43 240.16
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 100.43 32.99 51.12 92.66 76.46 133.82 93.30 77.73 141.48 94.42 110.95 171.14
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 11K 22K 33K 44K 55K SE +/- 6.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 129.17, N = 3 SE +/- 47.84, N = 3 SE +/- 239.87, N = 3 34888 13719 14137 32828 32337 40348 32850 33843 43943 44292 43285 52104
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 400 800 1200 1600 2000 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 +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 4.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 1198 346 666 1113 856 1904 1114 919 2084 990 1276 2026
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 40K 80K 120K 160K 200K SE +/- 8.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 7.37, N = 3 SE +/- 7.17, N = 3 SE +/- 5.04, N = 3 SE +/- 9.53, N = 3 SE +/- 4.48, N = 3 SE +/- 12.29, N = 3 SE +/- 501.80, N = 3 SE +/- 460.55, N = 3 SE +/- 376.18, N = 3 72134 30704 33403 70338 66826 104577 70301 68200 112154 127944 131704 182879
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 194 49 91 171 125 259 171 136 286 169 220 359
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.6 Git Boost 1 Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 3.48, N = 3 486 123 243 429 315 696 429 341 769 376 485 812
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