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.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2006203-NE-NOUVEAUTU72&grs&sor .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution NVIDIA 440 Nouveau RTX 2060 RTX 2080 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads) Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS) Intel Comet Lake PCH 16GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB (1365/7000MHz) Realtek ALC1220 DELL P2415Q Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 Ubuntu 20.04 5.4.0-37-generic (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.36.2 X Server 1.20.8 NVIDIA 440.82 4.6.0 GCC 9.3.0 ext4 3840x2160 Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB (1515/7000MHz) Zotac NVIDIA NV164 8GB 5.7.4-050704-generic (x86_64) nouveau 1.0.16 4.3 Mesa 20.2.0-devel (git-c977567db6) NVIDIA NV166 6GB OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - CPU Microcode: 0xc8 Security Details - itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of Split huge pages + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - High xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra hitman: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra hitman: 1920 x 1080 - Low tesseract: 3840 x 2160 xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimate dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGL dota2: 3840 x 2160 - OpenGL xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Low tesseract: 1920 x 1080 unigine-super: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen - High - OpenGL tomb-raider: 3840 x 2160 - High unigine-super: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen - Low - OpenGL tomb-raider: 2560 x 1440 - High tomb-raider: 1920 x 1080 - High dow3: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra - OpenGL dow3: 1920 x 1080 - High - OpenGL dow3: 1920 x 1080 - Low - OpenGL etlegacy: Renderer2 - 3840 x 2160 NVIDIA 440 Nouveau RTX 2060 RTX 2080 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 385.2035532 264.1792927 94.85 146.37 267.7389 178.3843409 153.8 104.5 549.0617308 429.3360 69.4 68.0 179.5 114.5 151.4 95.004232 102.152791 122.550761 284.0 442.8691927 339.7740853 111.05 150.12 333.8422 236.1634754 157.4 137.2 554.2883369 465.3364 95.1 89.7 225.7 141.1 181.2 112.212985 116.633173 131.769597 284.0 20.4425355 17.2239060 6.33 8.59 18.68494 15.6852630 10 6.9 50.0961509 43.47830 18.7 13.7885674 11.7914186 4.35 5.97 14.07704 10.6195386 7.8 7.1 34.1985110 30.14004 12.5 OpenBenchmarking.org
HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time RTX 2080 RTX 2060 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 2.89 / Avg: 9.01 / Max: 107.88 Min: 2.49 / Avg: 10.54 / Max: 104.82
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High RTX 2080 RTX 2060 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 442.87 385.20 20.44 13.79
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra RTX 2080 RTX 2060 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 339.77 264.18 17.22 11.79
HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra RTX 2080 RTX 2060 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 2 SE +/- 0.02, N = 2 111.05 94.85 6.33 4.35
HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 150.12 146.37 8.59 5.97
Tesseract Resolution: 3840 x 2160 NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 333.84 267.74 18.68 14.08
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate RTX 2080 RTX 2060 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 236.16 178.38 15.69 10.62
Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 9 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 157.4 153.8 10.0 7.8
Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 137.2 104.5 7.1 6.9
Xonotic Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low RTX 2080 RTX 2060 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 554.29 549.06 50.10 34.20
HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time RTX 2080 RTX 2060 60 120 180 240 300 Min: 2.97 / Avg: 6.66 / Max: 86.06 Min: 2.23 / Avg: 6.84 / Max: 89.77 Min: 3.59 / Avg: 115.72 / Max: 335.57
Tesseract Resolution: 1920 x 1080 NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 2.82, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 465.34 429.34 43.48 30.14
Unigine Superposition Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 95.1 69.4 MAX: 116 MAX: 82.7
Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High RTX 2080 RTX 2060 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 89.7 68.0 MIN: 68.2 / MAX: 104.7 MIN: 52.4 / MAX: 79.8
Unigine Superposition Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 225.7 179.5 MAX: 307.7 MAX: 251
Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: High RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 141.1 114.5 MIN: 99.6 / MAX: 161.7 MIN: 84.8 / MAX: 132.4
Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High RTX 2080 RTX 2060 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 181.2 151.4 MIN: 122.3 / MAX: 208.3 MIN: 106.7 / MAX: 175
Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 112.21 95.00 MIN: 22.82 / MAX: 213 MIN: 25.95 / MAX: 162.19
Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 116.63 102.15 MIN: 37.89 / MAX: 225.55 MIN: 28.97 / MAX: 171
Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL RTX 2080 RTX 2060 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 131.77 122.55 MIN: 61.26 / MAX: 264.21 MIN: 41.87 / MAX: 209.79
ET: Legacy Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 NVIDIA 440 Nouveau OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 5.69, N = 15 SE +/- 4.03, N = 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 284.0 284.0 18.7 12.5
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4