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.

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Nouveau Default: GTX 680
October 13 2016
 
Nouveau Default: GTX 760
October 13 2016
 
Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti
October 13 2016
 
Nouveau Default: GTX 980 Ti
October 14 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 680
October 13 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 760
October 13 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti
October 13 2016
 
NVIDIA: GTX 680
October 13 2016
 
NVIDIA: GTX 760
October 13 2016
 
NVIDIA: GTX 780 Ti
October 13 2016
 
NVIDIA: GTX 980 Ti
October 13 2016
 
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Nouveau Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 vs. NVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel 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)NVIDIA 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 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MBRealtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-42-generic (x86_64)4.8.1-040801-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.4NVIDIA 370.28nouveau 1.0.124.5.04.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.44.1 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.41.0.8GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 Vs. NVIDIA BenchmarksSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- 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

csgo: 1920 x 1080dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultragputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenNVIDIANouveau 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 Ti221.4999.27491.73322.38251.83207618848535388.1890.35220.81100.03499.97376.35262.662668210495506120.35107.54216.2498.90418.63263.35165.35132513134121747.4662.76183.3499.73360.43237.05143.84103412880216942.9054.2423.648.1359.6733.9317.791355840545.618.87139.4549.10265.90219.78133.2711886685419635.2247.5437.4510.6385.3748.9427.7523783368811.4215.7066.7017.50141.20115.0566.87661308419020.0223.6023.178.6058.7733.3717.201375811495.588.5544.1316.7399.9793.3443.50345200945011.8214.0630.468.50124.5770.1937.78277250123814.8216.33OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68050100150200250SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 330.4623.1737.4523.6444.1366.70139.45183.34216.24220.81221.49

Dota 2

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 38.508.6010.638.1316.7317.5049.1099.7398.90100.0399.27

OpenArena

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 680110220330440550SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 3.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3124.5758.7785.3759.6799.97141.20265.90360.43418.63499.97491.73

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 6801326395265Min: 1 / Avg: 7.98 / Max: 30Min: 4 / Avg: 16.95 / Max: 50Min: 4 / Avg: 11.66 / Max: 38Min: 3 / Avg: 16.79 / Max: 50Min: 1 / Avg: 10.03 / Max: 67Min: 1 / Avg: 7.04 / Max: 38Min: 1 / Avg: 3.78 / Max: 34Min: 1 / Avg: 2.75 / Max: 5Min: 1 / Avg: 2.39 / Max: 8Min: 1 / Avg: 1.98 / Max: 7Min: 1 / Avg: 2.04 / Max: 6

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68080160240320400SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 2.49, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 370.1933.3748.9433.9393.34115.05219.78237.05263.35376.35322.38

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68060120180240300SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 337.7817.2027.7517.7943.5066.87133.27143.84165.35262.66251.83

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 6806001200180024003000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.21, N = 327713723713534566111881034132526682076

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68050K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 87.44, N = 3SE +/- 37.17, N = 3SE +/- 74.14, N = 3SE +/- 411.29, N = 3SE +/- 321.91, N = 3SE +/- 579.05, N = 3SE +/- 1269.45, N = 325012581183365840200943084166854128802131341210495188485

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 680110220330440550SE +/- 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 = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3384988545090196169217506353

Unigine Heaven

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 314.825.5811.425.6111.8220.0235.2242.9047.46120.3588.18

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIAOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGTX 980 TiGTX 760GTX 780 TiGTX 68020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 316.338.5515.708.8714.0623.6047.5454.2462.76107.5490.35