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 NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 99.42 67.45 57.30 30.22 23.52 21.60 27.75 23.42 20.73 25.41 9.73 8.40
DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 41.24 25.65 21.80 25.54 20.50 15.43 23.92 20.50 18.75 20.72 13.16 13.07
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1440 NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 1.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 350.47 274.93 224.43 258.47 204.93 156.10 245.97 198.10 165.93 211.70 96.93 72.03
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 9 18 27 36 45 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.83 / Max: 19 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.62 / Max: 7 Min: 3 / Avg: 4.44 / Max: 20 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.84 / Max: 32 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.87 / Max: 28 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.36 / Max: 20 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.07 / Max: 33 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.05 / Max: 24 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.11 / Max: 28 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.7 / Max: 19 Min: 4 / Avg: 10.31 / Max: 44 Min: 8 / Avg: 13.86 / Max: 23
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1440 NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 3.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 2.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 271.99 202.36 178.79 220.26 157.00 131.52 208.34 152.19 129.48 166.51 78.33 56.73
Tesseract Resolution: 3840 x 2160 NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 174.59 112.84 99.66 130.20 82.00 71.87 120.20 81.47 68.45 88.17 46.11 31.85
Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Boost 2 Boost 1 NVIDIA 364.15 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 120.45 96.47 84.13 119.92 97.13 83.18 104.39 96.74 89.40 100.58 53.79 37.27
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 92.59 64.86 55.70 59.54 40.33 34.30 54.60 40.27 32.23 44.04 20.10 13.49
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 240.16 156.43 135.45 199.30 128.93 108.51 187.00 128.77 107.55 137.74 68.32 46.71
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 171.14 110.95 94.42 141.48 93.30 77.73 133.82 92.66 76.46 100.43 51.12 32.99
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 680 11K 22K 33K 44K 55K SE +/- 239.87, N = 3 SE +/- 129.17, N = 3 SE +/- 47.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 6.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 52104 44292 43285 43943 33843 32850 40348 32828 32337 34888 14137 13719
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Boost 2 NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 4.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, 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 2084 1114 919 2026 1276 990 1904 1113 856 1198 666 346
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 40K 80K 120K 160K 200K SE +/- 376.18, N = 3 SE +/- 460.55, N = 3 SE +/- 501.80, N = 3 SE +/- 12.29, N = 3 SE +/- 9.53, N = 3 SE +/- 4.48, N = 3 SE +/- 5.04, N = 3 SE +/- 7.37, N = 3 SE +/- 7.17, N = 3 SE +/- 8.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 182879 131704 127944 112154 70301 68200 104577 70338 66826 72134 33403 30704
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, 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 = 3 359 220 169 286 171 136 259 171 125 194 91 49
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen NVIDIA 364.15 Boost 2 Boost 1 Linux 4.6 Git OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 3.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, 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 = 3 812 485 376 769 429 341 696 429 315 486 243 123
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