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&sro.

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

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 - OpenGLNouveau 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 Ti54584013559.6733.9317.795.618.8723.648.1349581113758.7733.3717.205.588.5523.178.6088833623785.3748.9427.7511.4215.7037.4510.633825012277124.5770.1937.7814.8216.3330.468.50196668541188265.90219.78133.2735.2247.54139.4549.10502009434599.9793.3443.5011.8214.0644.1316.739030841661141.20115.0566.8720.0223.6066.7017.502171313411325418.63263.35165.3547.4662.76216.2498.901691288021034360.43237.05143.8442.9054.24183.3499.733531884852076491.73322.38251.8388.1890.35221.4999.275062104952668499.97376.35262.66120.35107.54220.81100.03OpenBenchmarking.org

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti110220330440550SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3217169353506196509054498838

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti50K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 321.91, N = 3SE +/- 411.29, N = 3SE +/- 1269.45, N = 3SE +/- 579.05, N = 3SE +/- 74.14, N = 3SE +/- 87.44, N = 3SE +/- 37.17, N = 3SE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 313134112880218848521049566854200943084158405811833625012

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 8.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 313251034207626681188345661135137237277

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti110220330440550SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 3.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3418.63360.43491.73499.97265.9099.97141.2059.6758.7785.37124.57

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti80160240320400SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 3SE +/- 2.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3263.35237.05322.38376.35219.7893.34115.0533.9333.3748.9470.19

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti60120180240300SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3165.35143.84251.83262.66133.2743.5066.8717.7917.2027.7537.78

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 347.4642.9088.18120.3535.2211.8220.025.615.5811.4214.82

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 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 362.7654.2490.35107.5447.5414.0623.608.878.5515.7016.33

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti50100150200250SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3216.24183.34221.49220.81139.4544.1366.7023.6423.1737.4530.46

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti20406080100SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 398.9099.7399.27100.0349.1016.7317.508.138.6010.638.50

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

NVIDIANouveau 0fNouveau DefaultOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 680GTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 980 Ti1326395265Min: 1 / Avg: 2.39 / Max: 8Min: 1 / Avg: 2.75 / Max: 5Min: 1 / Avg: 2.04 / Max: 6Min: 1 / Avg: 1.98 / Max: 7Min: 1 / Avg: 3.78 / Max: 34Min: 1 / Avg: 10.03 / Max: 67Min: 1 / Avg: 7.04 / Max: 38Min: 3 / Avg: 16.79 / Max: 50Min: 4 / Avg: 16.95 / Max: 50Min: 4 / Avg: 11.66 / Max: 38Min: 1 / Avg: 7.98 / Max: 30

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