Nouveau 2021 Performance on Kepler vs. NVIDIA Linux NVIDIA vs. Nouveau 2021 driver Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel. GTX 680: Nouveau: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NVE4 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-051300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-01fa90b 2021-06-29 hirsute-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.182, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NVE4 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-051300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-01fa90b 2021-06-29 hirsute-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.182, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 680: NVIDIA 470: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 470.42.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.2.175, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 760: Nouveau: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NVE4 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-051300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-01fa90b 2021-06-29 hirsute-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.182, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NVE4 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-051300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-01fa90b 2021-06-29 hirsute-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.182, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 760: NVIDIA 470: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 470.42.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.2.175, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 31.96 |===== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 163.91 |======================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 196.92 |============================= GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 30.44 |===== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 132.27 |==================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 282.21 |========================================== ET: Legacy 2.77 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 88.9 |===== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 576.1 |=================================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 713.6 |=========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 89.0 |===== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 537.7 |================================ GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 699.9 |========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 8.64124 |===== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 43.09320 |=========================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 64.03840 |======================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 8.33433 |===== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 33.74850 |===================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 53.18490 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 57.2 |====== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 311.3 |================================ GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 412.9 |=========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 56.1 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 259.0 |=========================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 335.7 |=================================== Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 72.7 |====== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 236.6 |==================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 494.7 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 73.3 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 215.0 |================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 502.1 |=========================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 533.91 |====== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 2182.88 |========================= GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 3539.12 |========================================= GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 524.77 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 1729.66 |==================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 3179.11 |===================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 33.37 |====== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 136.43 |========================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 221.19 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 32.80 |====== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 108.11 |===================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 198.70 |====================================== Portal 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 36.21 |======= GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 171.43 |================================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 214.46 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 36.41 |======= GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 140.74 |============================ GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 186.55 |===================================== Left 4 Dead 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 27.91 |======= GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 157.56 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 28.81 |======== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 137.67 |===================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 20.50 |======== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 79.11 |=============================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 107.81 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 19.51 |======== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 57.70 |====================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 87.54 |================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 213.65 |======== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 824.38 |============================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 1123.55 |========================================= GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 203.35 |======= GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 601.32 |====================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 912.23 |================================= Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 45.0 |======== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 148.0 |=========================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 239.3 |=========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 44.0 |======== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 125.3 |======================= GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 189.2 |================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 141.10 |======== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 666.68 |======================================= GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 678.08 |======================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 136.88 |======== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 622.69 |===================================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 709.32 |========================================== Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 61.9 |========= GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 207.0 |============================== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 299.6 |=========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 62.1 |========= GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 184.7 |=========================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 242.1 |=================================== DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 114.44 |========= GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 384.60 |================================ GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 502.60 |========================================= GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 113.70 |========= GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 360.86 |============================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 511.14 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 17.5 MAX: 34.0 GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 16.0 GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 18.0 GTX 760: Nouveau ........... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 17.8 MAX: 33.0 GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 11.0 GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 20.0 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 13.80 |=== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 61.80 |============== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 179.58 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 14.63 |=== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 55.44 |============= GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 151.61 |=================================== BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 13.80 |=== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 61.77 |============== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 179.29 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 14.64 |=== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 150.70 |=================================== BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 13.81 |=== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 61.75 |============== GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 179.40 |========================================== GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 14.68 |=== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 55.38 |============= GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 150.74 |=================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 48.42 |==== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 322.77 |========================= GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 363.52 |============================ GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 46.73 |==== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 273.83 |===================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 542.03 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 680: Nouveau ........... 40.41 |==== GTX 680: Nouveau Reclocked . 235.24 |======================= GTX 680: NVIDIA 470 ........ 282.88 |============================ GTX 760: Nouveau ........... 38.80 |==== GTX 760: Nouveau Reclocked . 193.46 |=================== GTX 760: NVIDIA 470 ........ 422.95 |==========================================