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&grw&rdt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau Default GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 980 TiIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)Realtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-42-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.4NVIDIA 370.284.5.01.0.8GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0ext43840x2160NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MBAcer B286HK4.8.1-040801-generic (x86_64)nouveau 1.0.124.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB4.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Nouveau Default: GTX 680, Nouveau 0f: GTX 680, Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau Default: GTX 760, Nouveau 0f: GTX 760: EXA

gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreencsgo: 1920 x 1080dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLNVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau Default GTX 780 Ti GTX 980 Ti GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 980 Ti3531884852076491.73322.38251.8388.1890.35221.4999.275062104952668499.97376.35262.66120.35107.54220.81100.032171313411325418.63263.35165.3547.4662.76216.2498.901691288021034360.43237.05143.8442.9054.24183.3499.7354584013559.6733.9317.795.618.8723.648.13196668541188265.90219.78133.2735.2247.54139.4549.1088833623785.3748.9427.7511.4215.7037.4510.639030841661141.20115.0566.8720.0223.6066.7017.5049581113758.7733.3717.205.588.5523.178.60502009434599.9793.3443.5011.8214.0644.1316.733825012277124.5770.1937.7814.8216.3330.468.50OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

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

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 760110220330440550SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3353506217169548849381969050

GpuTest

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

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76050K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 1269.45, N = 3SE +/- 579.05, N = 3SE +/- 321.91, N = 3SE +/- 411.29, N = 3SE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 74.14, N = 3SE +/- 37.17, N = 3SE +/- 87.44, N = 318848521049513134112880258408336581125012668543084120094

GpuTest

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

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 7606001200180024003000SE +/- 8.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 320762668132510341352371372771188661345

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 760110220330440550SE +/- 1.57, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 3.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3491.73499.97418.63360.4359.6785.3758.77124.57265.90141.2099.97

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76080160240320400SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3322.38376.35263.35237.0533.9348.9433.3770.19219.78115.0593.34

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76060120180240300SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3251.83262.66165.35143.8417.7927.7517.2037.78133.2766.8743.50

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 388.18120.3547.4642.905.6111.425.5814.8235.2220.0211.82

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 390.35107.5462.7654.248.8715.708.5516.3347.5423.6014.06

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.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 +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3221.49220.81216.24183.3423.6437.4523.1730.46139.4566.7044.13

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

NVIDIANouveau DefaultNouveau 0fOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLGTX 780 TiGTX 980 TiGTX 680GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 399.27100.0398.9099.738.1310.638.608.5049.1017.5016.73

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

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

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