Nouveau Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 vs. NVIDIA

Open-source Nouveau versus NVIDIA Linux OpenGL graphics tests. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1610149-PTS-NOUVEAUL37&gru&sor.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 TiIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MBRealtek ALC1150Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.8.1-040801-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.4nouveau 1.0.124.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.41.0.8GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0ext43840x2160NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)4.4.0-42-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 370.284.5.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Nouveau Default: GTX 680, Nouveau Default: GTX 760, Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau 0f: GTX 680, Nouveau 0f: GTX 760, Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti: EXA

csgo: 1920 x 1080dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 Ti23.648.1359.6733.9317.795.618.8713558405423.178.6058.7733.3717.205.588.5513758114937.4510.6385.3748.9427.7511.4215.7023783368830.468.50124.5770.1937.7814.8216.332772501238139.4549.10265.90219.78133.2735.2247.5411886685419644.1316.7399.9793.3443.5011.8214.06345200945066.7017.50141.20115.0566.8720.0223.606613084190216.2498.90418.63263.35165.3547.4662.761325131341217183.3499.73360.43237.05143.8442.9054.241034128802169221.4999.27491.73322.38251.8388.1890.352076188485353220.81100.03499.97376.35262.66120.35107.542668210495506OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76050100150200250SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3221.49220.81216.24183.34139.4566.7044.1337.4530.4623.6423.17

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68020406080100SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3100.0399.7399.2798.9049.1017.5016.7310.638.608.508.13

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 760110220330440550SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3499.97491.73418.63360.43265.90141.2099.97124.5785.3759.6758.77

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 76080160240320400SE +/- 1.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3376.35322.38263.35237.05219.78115.0593.3470.1948.9433.9333.37

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 76060120180240300SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3262.66251.83165.35143.84133.2766.8743.5037.7827.7517.7917.20

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3120.3588.1847.4642.9035.2220.0211.8214.8211.425.615.58

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3107.5490.3562.7654.2447.5423.6014.0616.3315.708.878.55

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 7606001200180024003000SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 326682076132510341188661345277237137135

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 76050K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 579.05, N = 3SE +/- 1269.45, N = 3SE +/- 321.91, N = 3SE +/- 411.29, N = 3SE +/- 74.14, N = 3SE +/- 37.17, N = 3SE +/- 87.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 321049518848513134112880266854308412009425012833658405811

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 760110220330440550SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3506353217169196905088544938

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 980 TiGTX 780 TiGTX 680GTX 7601326395265Min: 1 / Avg: 1.98 / Max: 7Min: 1 / Avg: 2.04 / Max: 6Min: 1 / Avg: 2.39 / Max: 8Min: 1 / Avg: 2.75 / Max: 5Min: 1 / Avg: 3.78 / Max: 34Min: 1 / Avg: 7.04 / Max: 38Min: 1 / Avg: 10.03 / Max: 67Min: 1 / Avg: 7.98 / Max: 30Min: 4 / Avg: 11.66 / Max: 38Min: 3 / Avg: 16.79 / Max: 50Min: 4 / Avg: 16.95 / Max: 50

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