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
gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1440 - Fullscreen openarena: 2560 x 1440 tesseract: 2560 x 1440 tesseract: 3840 x 2160 xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimate unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen bioshock-infinite: 3840 x 2160 - Very High dirt-showdown: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra - 4x MSAA tf2: 3840 x 2160 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 486 194 72134 1198 34888 211.70 166.51 88.17 137.74 100.43 44.04 25.41 20.72 100.58 123 49 30704 346 13719 72.03 56.73 31.85 46.71 32.99 13.49 8.40 13.07 37.27 243 91 33403 666 14137 96.93 78.33 46.11 68.32 51.12 20.10 9.73 13.16 53.79 429 171 70338 1113 32828 198.10 152.19 81.47 128.77 92.66 40.27 23.42 20.50 97.13 429 171 70301 1114 32850 204.93 157.00 82.00 128.93 93.30 40.33 23.52 20.50 96.47 315 125 66826 856 32337 165.93 129.48 68.45 107.55 76.46 32.23 20.73 18.75 83.18 341 136 68200 919 33843 156.10 131.52 71.87 108.51 77.73 34.30 21.60 15.43 84.13 696 259 104577 1904 40348 245.97 208.34 120.20 187.00 133.82 54.60 27.75 23.92 119.92 769 286 112154 2084 43943 258.47 220.26 130.20 199.30 141.48 59.54 30.22 25.54 120.45 376 169 127944 990 44292 224.43 178.79 99.66 135.45 94.42 55.70 57.30 21.80 89.40 485 220 131704 1276 43285 274.93 202.36 112.84 156.43 110.95 64.86 67.45 25.65 96.74 812 359 182879 2026 52104 350.47 271.99 174.59 240.16 171.14 92.59 99.42 41.24 104.39 OpenBenchmarking.org
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
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: 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: 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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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