Nouveau Turing Nouveau Linux 5.7 Mesa 20.2 benchmarking of Nouveau on GeForce RTX 2000 series for open-source NVIDIA. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060: Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB (1365/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.82, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080: Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB (1515/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.82, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau: RTX 2080: Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA NV164 8GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.4-050704-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.0-devel (git-c977567db6), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau: RTX 2060: Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.4-050704-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.0-devel (git-c977567db6), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 153.8 |================================================ NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 157.4 |================================================= Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 10.0 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 7.8 |== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 104.5 |===================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 137.2 |================================================= Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 6.9 |== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 7.1 |=== Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 122.55 |============================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 131.77 |================================================ Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 102.15 |========================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 116.63 |================================================ Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 95.00 |========================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 112.21 |================================================ ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 284.0 |================================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 284.0 |================================================= Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 18.7 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 12.5 |== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 146.37 |=============================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 150.12 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 8.59 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 5.97 |== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 90 NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . MIN: 3 AVG: 7 MAX: 86 Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... MIN: 4 AVG: 116 MAX: 336 HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 94.85 |========================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 111.05 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 6.33 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 4.35 |== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . MIN: 2 AVG: 11 MAX: 105 NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . MIN: 3 AVG: 9 MAX: 108 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 429.34 |============================================ NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 465.34 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 43.48 |==== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 30.14 |=== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 267.74 |====================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 333.84 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 18.68 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 14.08 |== Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 151.4 |========================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 181.2 |================================================= Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 114.5 |======================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 141.1 |================================================= Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 68.0 |====================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 89.7 |================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 179.5 |======================================= NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 225.7 |================================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 69.4 |==================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 95.1 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 549.06 |================================================ NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 554.29 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 50.10 |==== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 34.20 |=== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 385.20 |========================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 442.87 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 20.44 |== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 13.79 |= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 264.18 |===================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 339.77 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 17.22 |== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 11.79 |== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 440: RTX 2060 . 178.38 |==================================== NVIDIA 440: RTX 2080 . 236.16 |================================================ Nouveau: RTX 2080 .... 15.69 |=== Nouveau: RTX 2060 .... 10.62 |==