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&grw .
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
tesseract: 3840 x 2160 etlegacy: Renderer2 - 3840 x 2160 tesseract: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Low xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - High xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultra xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimate unigine-super: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen - Low - OpenGL unigine-super: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen - High - OpenGL dow3: 1920 x 1080 - Low - OpenGL dow3: 1920 x 1080 - High - OpenGL dow3: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra - OpenGL dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGL dota2: 3840 x 2160 - OpenGL hitman: 1920 x 1080 - Low hitman: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra tomb-raider: 1920 x 1080 - High tomb-raider: 2560 x 1440 - High tomb-raider: 3840 x 2160 - High NVIDIA 440 Nouveau RTX 2060 RTX 2080 RTX 2080 RTX 2060 267.7389 284.0 429.3360 549.0617308 385.2035532 264.1792927 178.3843409 179.5 69.4 122.550761 102.152791 95.004232 153.8 104.5 146.37 94.85 151.4 114.5 68.0 333.8422 284.0 465.3364 554.2883369 442.8691927 339.7740853 236.1634754 225.7 95.1 131.769597 116.633173 112.212985 157.4 137.2 150.12 111.05 181.2 141.1 89.7 18.68494 18.7 43.47830 50.0961509 20.4425355 17.2239060 15.6852630 10 6.9 8.59 6.33 14.07704 12.5 30.14004 34.1985110 13.7885674 11.7914186 10.6195386 7.8 7.1 5.97 4.35 OpenBenchmarking.org
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 2060 RTX 2080 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 267.74 333.84 18.68 14.08
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 2060 RTX 2080 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 4.03, N = 15 SE +/- 5.69, N = 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 284.0 284.0 18.7 12.5
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 2060 RTX 2080 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 2.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 429.34 465.34 43.48 30.14
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 2060 RTX 2080 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 2.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 549.06 554.29 50.10 34.20
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 2060 RTX 2080 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 385.20 442.87 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 2060 RTX 2080 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 264.18 339.77 17.22 11.79
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 2060 RTX 2080 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 178.38 236.16 15.69 10.62
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 2060 RTX 2080 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 179.5 225.7 MAX: 251 MAX: 307.7
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 2060 RTX 2080 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 69.4 95.1 MAX: 82.7 MAX: 116
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 122.55 131.77 MIN: 41.87 / MAX: 209.79 MIN: 61.26 / MAX: 264.21
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 102.15 116.63 MIN: 28.97 / MAX: 171 MIN: 37.89 / MAX: 225.55
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 95.00 112.21 MIN: 25.95 / MAX: 162.19 MIN: 22.82 / MAX: 213
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.53, N = 9 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 153.8 157.4 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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 104.5 137.2 6.9 7.1
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 146.37 150.12 8.59 5.97
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 2060 RTX 2080 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 2 SE +/- 0.02, N = 2 94.85 111.05 6.33 4.35
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 2060 RTX 2080 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 151.4 181.2 MIN: 106.7 / MAX: 175 MIN: 122.3 / MAX: 208.3
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 2060 RTX 2080 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 114.5 141.1 MIN: 84.8 / MAX: 132.4 MIN: 99.6 / MAX: 161.7
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 2060 RTX 2080 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 68.0 89.7 MIN: 52.4 / MAX: 79.8 MIN: 68.2 / MAX: 104.7
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 2060 RTX 2080 60 120 180 240 300 Min: 2.23 / Avg: 6.84 / Max: 89.77 Min: 2.97 / Avg: 6.66 / Max: 86.06 Min: 3.59 / Avg: 115.72 / Max: 335.57
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 2060 RTX 2080 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 2.49 / Avg: 10.54 / Max: 104.82 Min: 2.89 / Avg: 9.01 / Max: 107.88
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