Benchmarking of various NVIDIA GeForce 400/500 Fermi and GeForce 600 Kepler graphics cards on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com. Using Ubuntu 13.04 with the Linux 3.10 vanilla kernel.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) , Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.13, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 336System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 336.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz) , Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 48System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 48.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz) , Audio: NVIDIA GPU 15 HDMI/DP , Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 192System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 192.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) , Audio: Realtek ALC1150 , Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1536System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores) , Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME , Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core , Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000520AS + 40GB OCZ VERTEX2 , Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz) , Audio: Realtek ALC898 , Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection
OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.11.5-031105-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.13, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 960System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 960.
GTX 560 Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores) , Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0 , Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM , Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 320GB Hitachi HDT72103 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-6 + 500GB HD-PVRU2 , Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (405/324MHz) , Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD , Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: jfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Notes: 2xOpenCL Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 336System Notes: GPU Compute Cores: 336. Anisotropic Filtering: 2x.
NVIDIA GeForce Fermi/Kepler Ubuntu Linux Performance Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 GTX 560 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0 Intel Haswell DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz) Realtek ALC1150 Realtek RTL8111/8168 Ubuntu 13.04 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.0.0 X Server 1.13.3 NVIDIA 331.13 4.4.0 GCC 4.7 ext4 2560x1600 eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz) eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz) NVIDIA GPU 15 HDMI/DP NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) Realtek ALC1150 Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores) ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME Intel Xeon E5/Core 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000520AS + 40GB OCZ VERTEX2 ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz) Realtek ALC898 Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection LinuxMint 15 3.11.5-031105-generic (x86_64) Cinnamon 1.8.8 1920x1080 Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores) MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 320GB Hitachi HDT72103 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-6 + 500GB HD-PVRU2 MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (405/324MHz) Realtek ALC887-VD Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.4.0 X Server 1.18.3 NVIDIA 367.27 4.5.0 GCC 5.3.1 20160413 jfs OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - GTX 560: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - GTX 560: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave OpenCL Details - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: GPU Compute Cores: 336 - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520: GPU Compute Cores: 48 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 192 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660: GPU Compute Cores: 960 - GTX 560: GPU Compute Cores: 336 System Details - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: GPU Compute Cores: 336. - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520: GPU Compute Cores: 48. - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti: GPU Compute Cores: 192. - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536. - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660: GPU Compute Cores: 960. - GTX 560: GPU Compute Cores: 336. Anisotropic Filtering: 2x. Graphics Details - GTX 560: 2x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 GTX 560 Result Overview Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.2 100% 586% 1072% 1558% 2044% Unigine Heaven Reaction Quake 3 Unigine Valley OpenArena GpuTest Xonotic
NVIDIA GeForce Fermi/Kepler Ubuntu Linux Performance openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 2560 x 1600 reaction: 1920 x 1080 reaction: 2560 x 1600 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 unigine-heaven: 2560 x 1600 unigine-valley: 1600 x 1200 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1200 unigine-valley: 2560 x 1600 warsow: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: GiMark - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1600 luxmark: GPU - Room luxmark: GPU - Sala luxmark: GPU - Luxball HDR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 GTX 560 142 85.47 213.70 213.87 16.31 4.02 22.69 19.38 19.38 10.42 124.97 124.50 222.28 157.46 159.15 110.48 101.73 71.56 1519 1519 24543 24468 867 867 2231 2230 109786 109788 139 139 399 399 181 381 2583 22.70 14.20 30.10 30.10 2.21 1.21 3.73 3.14 3.14 1.73 19.23 19.20 28.04 18.80 21.74 14.31 15.87 10.30 262 262 3909 3886 95 95 504 504 13437 13437 24 24 69 69 27 43 317 117.30 70.60 191.40 191.57 14.16 5.34 19.64 16.18 16.19 9.16 110.87 110.63 204.93 118.67 140.57 84.38 88.08 54.57 1240 1239 22118 22044 705 705 1873 1873 105963 105966 112 112 322 322 149 318 2157 420.30 241.73 504.90 505.40 42.80 22.78 67.35 58.00 57.98 34.44 303.20 304.17 317.80 289.66 283.87 242.59 195.14 163.64 5387 5390 57671 57555 1883 1883 9019 9022 228271 226971 426 426 999 999 295 647 4184 277.70 387.83 576.03 577.60 33.41 33.44 48.54 42.87 42.89 42.87 275.93 277.70 230.42 231.70 206.88 206.90 157.32 150.93 3781 3757 34289 34191 2344 2345 6721 6719 103413 102088 544 544 1281 1282 203 441 2908 137.13 288.57 267.70 268.53 19.17 20.37 25.40 24.02 24.02 24.02 205.50 205.70 162.06 162.05 111.27 111.45 1660 1662 34840 34981 1975 1975 2750 2751 186815 187095 329 329 909 909 OpenBenchmarking.org